My Branded TapMango App - Enrolling in the Apple Developer Program

Contents

• Create an Apple Account
• Enrolling in the Apple Developer Program
• Inviting TapMango To Your Developer Team
• Give TapMango Access To Your API Key

For TapMango to create and publish a branded mobile app on the Apple App Store you'll need to enroll in Apple's Developer Program and invite us to your developer team as an admin.
An Apple Developer Program membership is $99/year and is required to host apps on their platform.

Before you can enroll you'll need...

Legal Entity Status
Your organization must be a legal entity that it can enter into legal agreements with Apple. Apple does not accept DBAs, fictitious businesses, trade names, or branches. The legal entity name must correspond with the tax ID you plan to use and will appear on your product page for apps you may distribute on the App Store and Mac App Store. 

 The Authority to Sign Legal Agreements
As the person enrolling your organization in a developer program, you must have the legal authority to bind your organization to legal agreements. You must be the organization’s owner/founder, executive team member, senior project lead, or an employee with legal authority granted to you by a senior employee.

 A Website
Your organization’s website must be publicly available and the domain name must be associated with your organization.

 A Work Email
Your email address with your organization’s domain name.

 A D-U-N-S® Number
Your organization must have a D-U-N-S® Number. Apple uses this to verify your organization’s identity and legal entity status.* 

Click here for help with updating your D-U-N-S number 

1. Go to Dun & Bradstreets Apple Support Page. Enter your business email to start your case.

2. Click the Developer Program user group.

3.Select Update or Correct DUNS as the reason for your request.

4. Select I know my DUNS number.

5. Enter your DUNS number in the field.

6. Scroll through the form and update all the information that needs to be updated. MAKE SURE THE BELOW SECTION IS FILLED OUT.

*These unique nine-digit numbers are assigned by Dun & Bradstreet and are widely used as standard business identifiers. Learn more here.
If you already have a DUNS find it here: USA or Canada

Create an Apple Account

Go to account.apple.com to create an Apple Account, and follow the steps here to complete the signup process. 
If you already have an Apple Account, enroll in the Apple Developer Program here.
Apple requires Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for all accounts. The phone number added during registration will be used for 2FA purposes.
For more information see Apple's Support page for Two-Factor Authentication.

 

Enrolling in the Apple Developer Program

Go to developer.apple.com/programs/enroll and enroll in the Apple Developer Membership. You'll be prompted to complete enrollment in the Apple Developer app.
If you don't have an iPhone, iPad, or Mac click Continue enrollment on the web.

For more information about the enrollment process see Apple's Support page for Enrolling as an Organization.

1. Enter your information as the Account Holder

2. Enter your organization’s information

i) Select an entity

Note:
If you enrolled as an individual or single-person business you must request a change from Apple directly. Apple does not allow team member invites for personal accounts. Learn about switching your account here.

You must enroll as a Company/Organization to invite TapMango to your Developer Team as an Admin in a later step.
 

ii) Organization Name and D-U-N-S® Number

Find your DUNS: USA or Canada

Enter the Legal Entity Name and D-U-N-S®Number of your business.
 

iii) Company headquarters address and phone number.

These must be associated with your company/business.

iv) Company website

The website must be publicly available and the domain name must be associated with your company/organization.

v) Signing Authority

Confirmation you have the authority to bind the company/organization to legal agreements and provide the contact information of an employee who can verify your signature authority.

3. Verification Call With Apple

After submitting the above information, Apple will call within 48 hours to verify:

• Your identity as the account holder
• The name of the business being enrolled in the Apple Developer Program
• The identity of the Signing Authority and that they have the authority to bind the company/organization to legal agreements

Missed the call? 
On Apple's Contact Us page select Membership and Account > Program Enrollment and then Phone to complete the process with a member of their team.
You cannot move on to Step 4 without completing this process. 

4. Payment

Once Apple has reviewed and approved the submission you'll receive an email to finalize enrollment and add a payment method for the $99/year membership fee.

Give TapMango (Limited) Access To Your Apple Developer Account

You must invite TapMango to your developer team as an Admin user so we can submit the app on your behalf.

Getting your Invite Email Address

Before proceeding, you’ll need a TapMango email address used to invite to your team. Your account manager should have provided this during the onboarding process.

If you haven’t received it yet, please contact [e-mail] and include your business name to request your invite email address.

Invite TapMango to your Developer Account

Only once you've been provided with an email address to invite to your development team;

1. Sign in to https://developer.apple.com (click account in the top corner)
2. On the right side, select App Store Connect
3. You may need to click to go to iTunes connect - if not you will be navigated to iTunes connect
4. Select Users and Access
5. Select + next to Users in the left hand side.
6. Enter:
   • First Name: TapMango
   • Last Name: Inc
   • Email: <Email Address you were told to invite>
7. IMPORTANT: 
   • Check Admin under Roles
   • Check Access to Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles. under Development Resources

Note: If TapMango is not given Admin access and Access to Certificates, Identifiers, & Profiles, we will not be able to properly submit your Apple application. This may delay your process.

Give TapMango Access To Your API Key

TapMango will need you to give us permission to use the App Store Connect API on your account. The following steps will walk you through providing us access: 

1. Log into your Apple developer account 

If you have multiple Apple Developer accounts, log in to the one associated with your TapMango rewards app.

2. Under the header "App Store Connect" click "Users and Access"

3. Click the Integrations header. In the left menu, click App Store Connect API followed by Team Keys

4. You will be redirected to the App Store Connect API page. Click the "Request Access" button in the middle of the page. You will be asked to accept an agreement before you can proceed. 

Once you've accepted the agreement, you have completed all necessary steps.

Let Us Know When You're Done

IMPORTANT -- Please email [e-mail] with the name of the business you're operating your developer account with. If you do not do this it may delay your app submission because our team will not know which account to upload the application for.

Please note this inbox is monitored, but we will not reply unless we're requesting additional information or there is an app rejection we need the account holder to take action on.

 

Additional Questions?

As always, if you have any additional questions that isn't covered in this guide do not hesitate to contact us and we'll be happy to help.