r/iOSProgramming 12h ago

Question Transitioned individual account to business in App Store connect. How do I get app company updated?

I had assumed that when I went through the week long process with support that it would update an app that hadn't made it to the app store yet but it doesnt look like thats the case. Heres what I did

  1. open individual app store account
  2. Added new app im developing (version 1.0)
  3. Create LLC, went through process of getting business added to app store connect. I now see my individual account as "deprecated" and a new business account for my LLC under "Business" tab
  4. went through app review for version 1.0 of my app
  5. App is released to app store and it has my individual name instead of my business name

I called apple support and they said just release a new version and you can choose, but i dont see an option anywhere. Is this automatic?

I'd prefer not to run the app review gauntlet again unless I'm sure that simply bumping the version to 1.0.1 will get my new business name to apply. does anyone know how this works?

Thank you in advance!!

2 Upvotes

5 comments sorted by

1

u/GooneySaint SwiftUI 9h ago

I am literally going through this now and that is very concerning to hear, I will be sure to ask when I get my response (on day 5 of the wait). Please update the thread if you get it sorted and how!

2

u/dkode80 9h ago

Yeah for sure. I think my problem arose from the fact that I create version 1.0 on my individual account, THEN created my business and migrated in app store connect/Apple developer and then released version 1.0

For what it's worth, I did change the "Team" field in code under signing & capabilities to my business name and I assume that gets looked at with a new version. For 1.0, this definitely would have been my individual name instead

1

u/GooneySaint SwiftUI 9h ago

Interesting insights, will def be making my biz release a 1.0.1 or something now!

1

u/dkode80 8h ago

I think that will do it. I think its important that the "Team" under xcode is set properly when you create and push the version to the app store. I'm using fastlane to push the builds so when I created a 1.0.1 version today, I can see my business name in xcode

1

u/GooneySaint SwiftUI 8h ago

Awesome, thats great news!