Multi-currency billing for apps is fundamentally broken right now

The US Dollar is at a three-year low. For app developers in the EU, primarily serving EU merchants, charging in USD feels impractical and disconnected from our market.

Multi-currency billing for apps is fundamentally broken right now.

We can specify a different billing currency when creating an application charge via the Billing API, but the App Store pricing settings are locked to USD, causing confusion for EU merchants. Partner payouts are also limited to USD.

The documentation recommends local currency billing as a best practice (About billing for your app):

Yet, displaying pricing in a different currency in the App Store remains impossible:

Can you share plans or a timeline for supporting multi-currency pricing and payouts in the App Store? This is critical for EU developers.

Hey Patrick!

Thanks for flagging this - we’re exploring strategies for expanding multi-currency options on the app store. I’ve connected with the app store team on this to ensure they’re aware of the current experience for EU merchants and devs - there’s no timeline to share right now though.

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