Apple announced the expansion of the program for the purchase of e-books and applications for business users, educational institutions and other institutions that need to purchase multiple copies of the same software. From today Volume Purchase Program operates in 16 countries around the world.
Volume Purchase Program The program is designed for both customers and developers who can set special prices for wholesale software. Also as part of the Apple offers several options for wholesale delivery of digital content to users.
Volume Purchase Program is now working in 16 countries: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey and the UAE.
Once buyers are starting to participate in the Volume Purchase Program, for them it is possible to buy a lot of copies of the selected applications, while Apple takes the execution of payments and to download the software. Under the program, developers can set are, for example, educational institutions, but only in the case when the consumer buys 20 copies or more.
Programmers who wish to participate in the wholesale, you must subscribe to the service iTunes Connect, which allows you to mark what programs are available for wholesale, and what - no.
Wholesale service can be useful for companies that implement a program of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), and IT administrators of these companies need to establish a uniform, in terms of software, the environment for the users.