App Store Small Business Program
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The App Store Small Business Program is an Apple initiative that reduces App Store commission rates for eligible smaller developers to support their growth and innovation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| App Store Small Business Program canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T955977 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: App Store Small Business Program Context triple: [App Store, policy, App Store Small Business Program]
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A.
App Store
The App Store is Apple’s official digital marketplace for discovering, purchasing, and downloading apps and games on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS devices.
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B.
Apple Store
Apple Store is Apple Inc.’s official retail and online chain that sells its hardware devices, software, and services while providing product support and technical assistance.
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C.
Universal App Quick Start Program
The Universal App Quick Start Program was an Apple initiative that provided developers with early access to Apple silicon hardware, tools, and resources to help them quickly adapt and optimize their apps for the new ARM-based Mac architecture.
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D.
iTunes Store
The iTunes Store is Apple’s pioneering digital media marketplace that popularized legal online purchases of music, movies, TV shows, and other content.
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E.
AppExchange
AppExchange is Salesforce’s online marketplace for third-party business applications and integrations built on or for the Salesforce platform.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: App Store Small Business Program Target entity description: The App Store Small Business Program is an Apple initiative that reduces App Store commission rates for eligible smaller developers to support their growth and innovation.
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A.
App Store
The App Store is Apple’s official digital marketplace for discovering, purchasing, and downloading apps and games on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS devices.
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B.
Apple Store
Apple Store is Apple Inc.’s official retail and online chain that sells its hardware devices, software, and services while providing product support and technical assistance.
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C.
Universal App Quick Start Program
The Universal App Quick Start Program was an Apple initiative that provided developers with early access to Apple silicon hardware, tools, and resources to help them quickly adapt and optimize their apps for the new ARM-based Mac architecture.
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D.
iTunes Store
The iTunes Store is Apple’s pioneering digital media marketplace that popularized legal online purchases of music, movies, TV shows, and other content.
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E.
AppExchange
AppExchange is Salesforce’s online marketplace for third-party business applications and integrations built on or for the Salesforce platform.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple developer program
ⓘ
app marketplace commission program ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Apple Developer Program infrastructure ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
iOS apps
ⓘ
iPadOS apps ⓘ macOS apps ⓘ tvOS apps ⓘ watchOS apps ⓘ |
| appliesToRevenueType | net revenue after refunds and taxes ⓘ |
| benefit | reduced App Store commission rate ⓘ |
| category |
developer economic initiative
ⓘ
technology business program ⓘ |
| commissionAppliesTo |
in‑app purchases
ⓘ
paid app purchases ⓘ |
| commissionRateRevertsTo | 30% when developer exceeds 1 million USD threshold ⓘ |
| communicationChannel |
Apple Developer website
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Developer Documentation
Apple press releases ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | 2021-01-01 ⓘ |
| eligibilityCriterion |
applies to developers new to the App Store
ⓘ
applies to existing developers under the revenue threshold ⓘ developers earning up to 1 million USD per year in App Store proceeds after Apple’s commission ⓘ requires enrollment by the developer ⓘ |
| exclusionCriterion |
developers designated as having a related account that exceeds the revenue threshold
ⓘ
developers exceeding 1 million USD in proceeds in a given year ⓘ |
| geographicScope | global ⓘ |
| goal |
encourage innovation
ⓘ
reduce App Store commission costs ⓘ support small developers ⓘ |
| launchAnnouncementDate | 2020-11-18 ⓘ |
| launchYear | 2020 ⓘ |
| operator | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| platform |
Apple App Store
ⓘ
linked to:
App Store
|
| policyType | App Store commission policy ⓘ |
| purpose |
help developers reinvest more in their businesses
ⓘ
make App Store more accessible to smaller businesses ⓘ |
| reducedCommissionRate | 15% ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
App Store Review Guidelines
ⓘ
Apple App Store ⓘ
linked to:
App Store
Apple Developer Program ⓘ |
| requires | active Apple Developer Program membership ⓘ |
| standardCommissionRateBeforeProgram | 30% ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
indie developers
ⓘ
small app developers ⓘ small software businesses ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: App Store Small Business Program Description of subject: The App Store Small Business Program is an Apple initiative that reduces App Store commission rates for eligible smaller developers to support their growth and innovation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.