Separate subscription groups for products when offering sale pricing? (iOS)

Question

When creating multiple offerings (ie. for sales or A/B testing), I understand it’s recommended that iOS devs use separate subscription groups so that users only see one offering in iOS subscription management page. HOWEVER...

Question: What happens when a current user reinstalls on a new device and hits “Purchase” instead of “Restore Purchases”? With the separate subscription groups approach, there is the chance they will be double-charged if get the “B offering” when they originally purchased the “A offering”, correct? 😬

Comments? Suggestions? Thx.

cody · Accepted Answer

Hey @jpm001! 👋You can programmatically call `syncPurchases` to be sure that the user’s active purchases are associated to the user for any active entitlements they may have, before allowing them to make a purchase. Otherwise, you’re right, the user might be able to make a purchase of the other subscription group and have two active subscriptions.

jpm001 · Answer

Thanks, Cody.At what point in the app lifecycle of a new install would you recommend calling ‘syncPurchase’? As I understand, there’s the potential risk of it calling an Apple ID sign-in alert, right?Note of relevance?: I’musing auto-generatedanonymous IDsThanks again for your help!It’s my first couple days with RC!

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