Registering a foreign Apple developer account in China, after submitting the Apple developer registration form, you will receive an Apple confirmation email and need to continue filling out an authorization form “Confirm Legal Authorization” on the official website: The applicant listed below is registering the Apple Developer Program for your organization. Please provide the following information to confirm that the applicant has the legal authorization of your organization, and please enter the 6-digit number contained in the Apple Developer email. As shown below.
After submitting the confirmation information on the official website, continue the registration process in the Developer software of Apple computer. At this time, there is only one step away from the completion of developer registration, which is to pay the annual membership subscription fee, that is, the annual fee of Apple Developer is 99 US dollars. The currency of this 99 US dollars is different in different countries, but it can be understood as the equivalent of 99 US dollars, calculated in local currency. As shown below.
When it came to entering the payment method, we chose a credit card with the same place of origin to bind the payment, but unfortunately, many problems occurred. Let’s take a look at the various reasons for rejection of binding payment methods and payment bank cards.
Contact Apple Support for more information. As shown below
Your payment method was declined. Please enter valid payment method information.As shown below
Prepaid cards cannot be used for this purchase. To continue, add another payment method.As shown below
Then I considered changing to China and choosing China UnionPay credit card binding payment. You can see that the input is a UnionPay card starting with 62, but it still fails, prompting that the payment number does not match the payment card type! This payment method option can clearly support both UnionPay credit cards and debit cards starting with 62. The card number is correct, so why does the type not match? As shown below.
We all know that if we register directly as a Chinese Apple developer, there won’t be so many problems. Even if the bank card cannot be bound, it can be quickly bound to Alipay and WeChat for password-free payment.
However, some businesses and needs require the use of foreign company developers. We are currently exploring the risk control issues of cross-border use of Apple accounts and believe that there will be no problem.
