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title: "In-App Purchases: Overview & Prerequisites"
slug: "overview"
updated: 2026-06-23T11:23:13Z
published: 2026-06-23T11:23:13Z
canonical: "help.frisbii.com/overview"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.frisbii.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# In-App Purchases: Overview & Prerequisites

Frisbii Media's in-app purchase middleware allows you to sell the same offers in your mobile apps that you sell on your website. A purchase made in the app is also valid on the web platform and vice versa — the same subscription, the same access rights, on all platforms.

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## How it fits into your architecture

Frisbii Media does **not** replace the platform stores. You still use Apple's StoreKit and Google's billing library to handle the actual payment. Frisbii Media acts as a middleware that:

1. Receives the purchase receipt from your app's backend
2. Validates it with Apple/Google
3. Creates a corresponding order in Frisbii Media
4. Links the order to a Frisbii Media customer (once the user is identified)

This means a user can buy anonymously in the app and the purchase is held in Frisbii Media until they log in and the purchase is associated with their account.

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## Prerequisites

### Platform setup

You must implement the standard in-app purchase flow for each platform before integrating with Frisbii Media:

- **Apple App Store:** [StoreKit documentation](https://developer.apple.com/in-app-purchase/)
- **Google Play:** [Google Play Billing integration](https://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/integrate)

### Frisbii Media backend setup

Configure in-app purchases in the Frisbii Media backend before going live:

- [In-App Purchases setup guide](/frisbii-media/docs/in-app-käufe-1)

This includes:

- Linking your Apple App Store and Google Play apps to your Frisbii Media company
- Configuring which Frisbii Media offers are available as in-app purchases
- Uploading your Apple shared secret / Google service account credentials

> [!NOTE]
> You need at least one configured [in-app offer in Frisbii Media](/frisbii-media/docs/app-store-angebote-1) before the middleware endpoints will accept purchases.

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