Pricing of individual non-consumables and packs of non-consumables.

I'm developing a game where the player will have an option purchase characters to use in-game. Characters are grouped into thematic groups of 5.

I would like to offer each character in a group to be sold individually, or as a pack at a discount. If the player has already bought a character individually, the pack would provide them with the remaining characters from the group of 5.

In the app store, I would like to configure the purchases as follows:

  • Character A
  • Character B
  • Character C
  • Character D
  • Character E
  • Pack of 5 Characters
  • Pack of 4 Characters
  • Pack of 3 Characters
  • Pack of 2 Characters

Note that in the app store the packs are not specific about which characters the player would receive, only the quantity and the group that the characters belong to.

In the app, the packs would presented to the player only if applicable (ie pack of 3 is only shown if the player has bought 2 individual characters from that group). The app is specific about which characters the player would receive from that pack, as the interface would be adjusted according to which characters the player has already purchased.

Would this configuration of in app purchses pass review?

Would this configuration of in app purchses pass review?

Probably, though you would need to be very clear in your "review notes" about how to purchase them. I.e. in your review notes for the "pack of n", you would need to write "IMPORTANT: this IAP is only shown in the user interface to users who have already purchased particular combinations of other IAPs. So before you can purchase this, you must follow the following steps to purchase other IAPS: 1.... 2.... 3.... 4... 5.... 6... . Now, when you do XYZ, you will see a button "Buy Pack of N". Tap this to purchase this IAP. After completing the app store purchase process, If you now tap JKLMNOP you will see QWERTY, as shown in the attached screenshot, indicating that the purchase has completed."

Suggestion: write out these instructions, then see if a random friend can follow them having never seen your app before.

Thanks for the response. I was hoping being explicit in the review notes would alleviate any ambiguity.

Pricing of individual non-consumables and packs of non-consumables.
 
 
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