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Amazon: SVOD IAP offer creation

If you want to offer subscriptions through in-app purchase on Amazon you will need to create an offer in the store and match it with an offer in the Magine Pro Console.

General information

Before you can sell offers through Amazon you need to sign an agreement with Amazon and fill out tax forms.

If an offer is visible in the app depends on the visibility of the offer in the Magine Pro Console.

Amazon offer setup

Amazon will ask you to add two SKUs. A SKU is a unique ID that serves as identifier for our system and app to show and add the correct offer to the user account.

To create an offer in Amazon, head to https://developer.amazon.com/dashboard and select App & Services from the top menu. Pick the app in the App List and go through the following steps:

  1. Select In-App items from the left menu.
  2. Click Add Single IAP from the top menu.
    1. Select Subscription
    2. Enter:
      1. Subscription Title - (this is not shown to the end user) e.g. Monthly Plan
      2. Subscription SKU - (this is not shown to the user) e.g. monthly_plan
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    4. On the next page you'll be able to set the Display Title and Description, both will be the ones the end users see in the Store so chose carefully.
    5. Attach the two icons needed by the store, one is 512x512px and the other 114x114px. Both needs to be PNG and with transparent background. This is not a mandatory but should preferably be provided for professional purposes.
  3. Create a term and define the renewal period, under "Subscription terms" by selecting "Add New Term"
    1. Term Period - Monthly or Yearly
    2. Term SKU - e.g. subscription_monthly_01 - this must be globally unique across your Amazon Store
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    4. The term Term SKU needs to include the renewal period and it has to be written like this: monthly or annually, so it's easily understood between platforms.
  4. In the last section you'll set the Pricing, flip the switch to Yes (unless the offer is for free) and set the Price. The Store will automatically calculate corresponding price for all other regions and currencies but they can be adjusted if needed.

Everything is now created on the Amazon Store side, head to Console Integration part to connect the offer to Magine Console, which is the last step to get it fully operational.

Create matching offer in the console

When you have created the base plan and offer (if applicable) in Google you need to create an offer in the Magine Pro Console.

  1. Go to the commercial section in the Magine Pro Console
  2. Click on "Create offer"
  3. Name your offer
  4. Select Third-party and then subscription in the drop-down menu
  5. Add unique selling points and an image
  6. Select AMAZON as a provider
  7. Paste the AMAZON SKU into the external product ID field
    1. NOTE: This There are two different SKU's - a parent SKU (under In-App Items), .
    2. Go to the APP > In-App Items > Select the In-App SKU (i.e. Monthly Subscription) > Scroll Down to "Subscription terms" and you will find the Subscription SKU to be used in Console here:
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  8. Define in which region the offer can be purchased
  9. Add a package
  10. Review and create

Troubleshooting Amazon offers

If the offer renewal period doesn't show in the app please check the naming of the term Subscription SKU. The app is reading the renewal period from there.

Therefore it is important that the term SKU includes the word monthly or annually depending on which offer you create.

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