We have a native mobile app where we also sell subscriptions to get access to our cloud services to operate smart home devices.
Now we would like to add another model where we sell hardware-as-a-service. The customers that purchased this type of a model (HaaS) will be asked to add their payment details to start their leasing of our equipment
Now, I know that on app and google IAP, you cannot sell hardware or any physical goods or services, so we will need to add a 3rd party gateway to collect the payment details and start the service
My questions are:
- Is it allowed to add 3rd party payment gateway to start a **subscription **for hardware on IOS and Android? (meaning this is not a 1 time payment, it’s a hardware subscription)
- Will it cause issues if we have another model where we do use IAP of Apple and Google? of course the same customer will never be exposed to the IAP subscription if he purchased the HaaS
- How do we go about in integrating a 3rd party payment inside the app? Do we need to ask for pre-approve from Apple and Google?
Tnx
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