Epic is offering developers an alternative to Apple’s in-app purchases
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Summary
Epic Games has rolled out changes to its in-store offerings as an alternative to Apple’s in-app purchases.
The games developer will not charge a fee for the first $1m of revenue generated per app per year, the company’s typical 88-12% revenue share will then apply.
This is more generous than Apple and Google, which both charge 15% on sales below $1m.
From June, Epic will also allow developers to create webshops on the Epic Games Store, enabling users to make cheaper out-of-app purchases.
To incentivise users to spend via webshops, 5% of their spending will be offered as an Epic reward that can be used on future Epic Games Store purchases.
The changes come in the wake of a court ruling that Apple cannot control in-app purchases or the pointing of apps to off-platform payments.