Starting an iPhone® Application Business For Dummies®

Chapter 8. Registering with Apple

In This Chapter

• Understanding the relationship between you and Apple

• Preparing your company and financial data

• How to sign up with Apple as an iPhone app developer

• Navigating the sign-up process

• Registering your iTunes Connect account

• Submitting the necessary contact, bank, and tax information

• Lining up your requirements as an iPhone app developer

As we start Part III of the book, it's time to start preparing all the necessary registration to allow you to start developing (and selling) your iPhone application. Of course, the first step is to formalize your relationship with Apple so you can create and submit iPhone applications to be sold on the Apple iTunes store and be paid when people buy your application. Since the Apple iTunes store is the only way that you can sell an iPhone application directly to the user community, then registering yourself with Apple is a simple, one-stop method to gaining entrance into this community.

In this chapter, we are going to examine the structure of the agreement, or relationship, that you (as an iPhone application developer) have with Apple and what information you should have ready before you log on to Apple's site. We will walk through all the various screens and steps necessary to register with Apple as a developer, and talk about what items need to be submitted to Apple before you start uploading applications to be sold in its store.

Your Relationship with Apple

When you want to start creating, selling, and distributing ...