有没有办法设置订阅功能齐全的 UWP 商店应用程序，无需附加组件和无限试用？

Question

I would like to publish a UWP app on the Microsoft Store with the following configuration.

-App is listed as Free+ with unlimited trial

-User downloads the app without purchasing and can use it forever, with all features

-A reminder will popup at each launch of the app to inform the user that this app has a trial unlimited in time but that he could purchase it for a few pennies by clicking a button. By doing so there will be a subscription recurrent billing (one year) for which he can opt out at anytime

Essentially, I am trying to mimic the donation subscription model, but with a fixed price, circa 1 dollar.

I see on the docs that there is a subscription options, great, but it requires me to create an add-on. I do not understand why those two are linked? Can't I create a subscription without an add-on, since my app comes as fully featured from the start?

Any help on how to achieve the above bullets, and clarification if possible is appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

>App is listed as Free+ with unlimited trial

This is possible because you could choose Unlimited for the trial according to this document: Free trail

>User downloads the app without purchasing and can use it forever, with all features

This is possible as well. When you find that he has a trial certificate, don't limit any features.

>Can't I create a subscription without an add-on, since my app comes as fully featured from the start?

You might misunderstand the relationship between Subscription and Add-ons. Subscription is a type of Add-on. In the document you post, you could see that the first step of creating a subscription is to create an add-on and choose Subscription for product type. It doesn't matter whether your app is fully featured or not.

Currently, subscriptions are available for in-app purchases of digital products only, not for the app itself. So you can't create subscriptions that directly to the app. Please create add-on subscriptions instead.