How, or when, do I set price of my application on the Microsoft App Store?

Question

To whom it may concern,

I have submitted my first application to be sold on the Microsoft App Store. I am awaiting certification.

However, I never set a price for the application.

I did what is on the following web page:

Set pricing and availability for your MSI or EXE app
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/publish/msiexe/set-app-pricing-and-availability

I was only provided to supply the pricing model, i.e. my application had to be purchased, and that there was a one-time payment for my application. I never actually set a dollar amount.

Assuming the application is certified, will I be asked for the specific price later? I suspect that is the case. I just worry I missed something.

Regards,
William Hallahan

Answer 1

Hi @technoway

Please see the following page for setting in-app purchases:

In-app purchases and trials

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/monetize/in-app-purchases-and-trials

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Answer 2

I unaccepted the answer above. After researching for some time, and going through each part of the link at:

 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/monetize/in-app-purchases-and-trials  

I am still not able to determine how I set the price of an application.

This is a one-time purchase application - or, equivalently (I think), an application with a single in-app purchase.

I researched the StoreProduct Class, which apparently involves SKUs, which (I think) come with a price. However, the StoreProduct class only has "Get" methods, and I see no way to set the price. I've looked at the submission steps, and I've gone through both .NET code and native APIs for in-app purchase code.

I also see in other sections of the help documentation state the price can be set at submission time, however, that is not correct, at least not for MSI and EXE applications.

I'm currently also working on in-app purchase code, which I believe is the only way to get paid in the App Store. None of that code seems to handle a price, and I see in other documentation that that price shouldn't be hard coded in the application, so I wouldn't expect that to handle the price.