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renojim's avatar
renojim
Community Streaming Expert
10 years ago

Giving users in-channel product for free

Other than Test Users, is there any way to give a user an In-Channel Product without charging them? Looking at the roChannelStore documentation there doesn't seem to be a way unless I missed something. Alternatively, is it possible to create an In-Channel Product that is free (Price tier 0 doesn't seem to be an option)?

-JT
Roku Developer Program

7 Replies

  • RobSMS's avatar
    RobSMS
    Visitor
    9 years ago
    There is no way using the Roku side of things. I ended up modifying my back-end to add IAP purchases to user accounts.

    It would be nice to have some way of offering coupons or free items to user accounts from Roku's side though.
  • adamkaz's avatar
    adamkaz
    Channel Surfer
    9 years ago
    +1 on coupons. It seems that someone stubbed it out on the roku side. When running validateTransaction through the API, there is a couponCode field returned.

    Another nice feature would be the ability to adjust trial periods on the fly. Say a channel has two tiers with 30 day free trials. If a customer switches tiers mid way through the trial, it would be nice to give them a prorated trial on the new plan.
  • EnTerr's avatar
    EnTerr
    Roku Guru
    9 years ago
    There definitely should be "price tier 0" for IAP, just like on any other platform!

    So that like on other platforms one can run "sales" like "Today only, you get this item FOR FREE!"
  • EnTerr's avatar
    EnTerr
    Roku Guru
    9 years ago
    Roku* -
    what say you regarding "price tier 0" option for in-app products?

    Is there request filed on that - and if not, could you kindly open one, please?
  • RokuTomC's avatar
    RokuTomC
    Community Moderator
    9 years ago
    There is currently no "Price Tier 0" for in-channel products, but we've opened a request as a result of the demand generated in this thread.