How to Open iPhone Developer Account

If you are a developer and have good knowledge of programming, you can create and publish your own iPhone app and can earn a lot of money. The demand for iPhone apps is increasing with rapid growth and users are searching for every type of iPhone app that can make their iPhone experience more fun and convenient. iPhone app developers can take advantage of this growth and huge interest in iPhone apps by creating their iPhone developer account by following few simple steps as described in this article.

You cannot publish your own iPhone app unless you have an iPhone developer account or an Apple developer account. You can use this account to publish your iPhone app on Apple’s app store from where people can buy your app. Today, hundreds of thousands of iPhone apps are available in the app store created by companies and individual developers that are earning good amount of money for the developers. If you are interested in opening an iPhone developer account, following is the step by step tutorial that can help you to open your account.

 How to Open iPhone Developer Account

1. Registration. To get the development kit (The SDK) of Apple, you have to register yourself with Apple’s developer program. For registration, go to http://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/.
2. Pay Fees. You have to pay 99$ as fees for standard developer account. Apple will only allow you to publish your apps on Apple app store when you pay fees for the developer account.
3. Supply Apple ID. You will be asked to supply Apple ID if you already have one.
4. Provide Details. You will be asked to provide relevant account information including your email id. Once you provide all information, Apple will create your developer account for iPhone apps.

The Development

You will gain access to the SDK – Apple’s development kit and to the developers forum from where you can learn about all recent activities as well as tutorials and tips for creating and publishing your own iPhone app. The developers account includes multiple other options in the developers program for new users.

You can use a number of tutorials that can help you in developing an app from scratch and can guide you through the whole process of developing and publishing an iPhone app on app store. The tutorials will guide you about using iOS platform for development of apps as the development platform for iPhone apps is the iOS. You are going to develop almost all of your apps for the iOS.

Publishing Your Apps

After creating your iPhone app, the next step is to publish your iPhone app on Apple’s App Store. You have to submit your app first to be reviewed by Apple, after which it will be listed on the App store. Apps in App Store are ranked depending on their popularity. If your app gains popularity with time, it can reach the top ranked positions in th App Store. Publishing and selling iPhone apps on Apple App Store is a profitable job for many developers who are earning a living out of selling iPhone apps.