Apple App Store Contract Renewal Dilemma

It looks like iPhone developers will have to suffer through a little period of uncertainty that stems from Apple’s highly successful App Store. When iPhone developers first got into the iPhone App Store, there was a one-year contract period, and those contracts are going to expire in about a month’s time, and Apple has unfortunately not announced an official contract-renewal mechanism. Developers were previously told that they would be offered a renewal option within 90 days of their contract’s expiration, but it doesn’t look like one has appeared yet. Word is that there is no process in place to offer renewals just yet, but developers will be notified via e-mail when there is one. The good news is that Apple won’t suddenly take down already-approved apps from the App Store immediately upon contract expiration, so it looks like that developers will just have to be patient for a while.