IPhone App disappeared

Posted by theambiapps on Friday April 27, 2012 @09:37AM
from the self-post dept.

I released my first iPhone app to AppStore today. After waiting for an hour, it was on the app store, so I submitted the iTunes URL to all review sites and reviewers. All of sudden, the app just disappeared from the store!

This is the iTunes URL : http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/outliner7/id520827199?ls=1&mt=8

And website: http://wwww.ambiapps.com/outliner7.html

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Re:IPhone App disappeared by ryanpetrich on Friday April 27, 2012 @10:09AM (#3899075)

Corrected website link: http://www.ambiapps.com/outliner7.html

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Re:IPhone App disappeared by zimpenfish on Friday April 27, 2012 @10:25AM (#3899153)

If I follow the iTunes link, it says "this is not available in the UK store but it is in the US store".

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Re:IPhone App disappeared by theambiapps on Friday April 27, 2012 @10:37AM (#3899202)

It said it is not available in US Store for me! Anyway, it is strangely back now. I sent a support request to Apple using iTunes Connect. Not sure why it happened!

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Re:IPhone App disappeared by Aqua_Geek on Friday April 27, 2012 @10:09AM (#3899073)

Did you check iTunes Connect? Are there any details/explanation there?

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Re:IPhone App disappeared by theambiapps on Friday April 27, 2012 @10:40AM (#3899218)

I did. I kept refreshing iTunes Connect and it didn't give me any new information. I clicked on the appstore link and it just said that this app is not available in US App Store. Strangely, it is back now. I hope it stays alive when someone reviews the app! Lesson No.2782 : Wait for sometime before sending out link to reviewers.

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Re:IPhone App disappeared by Aqua_Geek on Friday April 27, 2012 @01:04PM (#3900005)

How long did you wait? It does take some time for things to propagate across the iTunes CDN (though usually it's not very long).

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Re:IPhone App disappeared by theambiapps on Friday April 27, 2012 @11:41PM (#3901952)

After releasing the app in the morning, I waited for half an hour and it appeared in iTunes. I used the link to update my website and posted it to several reviewers. Close to evening, it disappeared, and appeared again in another couple of hours!

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