055 - Apple Business Manager

A potential customer emailed me saying they could not buy Kompressor. The app is listed at €0 on the Mac App Store and unlocks with an in-app purchase, and Apple Business Manager cannot buy in-app purchases. At all.

That means every company running Apple Business Manager is locked out of most paid Mac apps, including yours. I had already seen this happen once without understanding it: over 100 institutional downloads in a single day, zero purchases, no email, no explanation.

In this video I go through what Apple Business Manager is, why the in-app purchase model breaks for business buyers, the two ways out, and how I set up direct distribution and licensing for Kompressor using Amore. Business customers get a normal Stripe invoice instead of an App Store receipt, which their finance team will thank you for.

Amore is free to use and so is the licensing system: https://amore.computer Kompressor: https://kompressor.app