License type

BlackBerry World supports four license types that you can use for your app. You select a license type when you add a new app on the vendor portal.

After you add a release for an app, you cannot change the license type, regardless of the status of the release or the app. To change the license type of an approved app, you must either make the app unavailable on BlackBerry World and submit it again as a new app with a different license type, or you can complete the BlackBerry World vendor support form to request a license change from free to paid.

The four available license types are:

• Free: Users can download the app for free.
• Paid: Users must purchase the app before they can download and use it. If you select this license type, you must also select a license model.
• 7-day subscription: Users can purchase the app or use it for a trial period that you specify. Use the Price drop-down list to specify the price of the initial trial period. Use the Initial Trial Period drop-down list to specify the trial period.

  If the price of the initial trial period is free ($0), the initial trial period can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, or 14 days. If the price of the initial trial period is not free, then the initial trial period must be 7 days.

  After the trial period expires, users pay a fee to renew their subscription to the app for 7 days. Use the Renewal Price drop-down list to specify the renewal fee. If the price of the initial trial period is not free, then the renewal fee must match the price of the initial trial. Users pay the renewal fee every 7 days. If you select this license type, you must also select a license model.
• 30-day subscription: Users can purchase the app or use it for a trial period that you specify. Use the Price drop-down list to specify the price of the initial trial period. Use the Initial Trial Period drop-down list to specify the trial period.

  If the price of the initial trial period is free ($0), the initial trial period can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 14, 16, 30, 45, 46, or 60 days. If the price of the initial trial period is not free, then the initial trial period must be 30 days.

  After the trial period expires, users pay a fee to renew their subscription to the app for 30 days. Use the Renewal Price drop-down list to specify the renewal fee. If the price of the initial trial period is not free, then the renewal fee must match the price of the initial trial. Users pay the renewal fee every 30 days. If you select this license type, you must also select a license model.