1. What is a vest bag
The vest package is a method of using the loopholes in the App store rules to put the same product on the shelves multiple times through technical means. The vest package and the main product package have the same content and functions, except that the icon and the application name cannot be exactly the same, the others are basically the same.
2. Why do vest bags and what are the benefits of making vest bags?
1. Guide, brush list, increase keyword coverage
The keywords of an app are limited, and the vest package can increase our search keywords and increase the chances of our app being searched and downloaded by users. An app with excellent quality itself, vest package can help us quickly improve the ranking.
2. Anti-risk
For some new functions with uncertain effects, we can test them on the vest package first. After the effect is OK, we iterate to the main app, so that even if the new function does not work well, it will not affect the traffic of the main app.
3. The development method of vest bag
1. UI part
- On the basis of the original UI, modify the new UI.
- The modification of the startup map must not be the same as before.
- The logo modification must not be the same as before.
2. Code part
- Modify the folder name in the project (all need to be modified).
- Modify the project name.
- Modify the class name, the prefix is uniformly replaced, and the suffix name can also be modified according to the situation (view/ViewController/model).
- Add obfuscated code, modify the previous method name, and add unrelated methods to the class (it is recommended to use #pragma mark - (here is a special mark of the vest package) to mark for subsequent modification).
- Modify boundID.
- On the basis of the previous App, add or delete some functions to maximize the differences between the two Apps.
4. Launch moves
- It is best to prepare a new account for the vest package , and do not affect the main App, so as to prevent the account from being blocked or punished to affect the normal download of the main App.
- When listing, the project description should not be the same as that of the main app.
- The project promotion should not be the same as that of the main app.
- The test accounts provided to Apple also provide new ones.
- Do not use the same computer as the main app for uploading the vest package (it is said that the IP of the upload package will be detected).
V. Summary
The vest bag itself does not comply with Apple’s listing standards, but in order to allow more users to download our app and improve the ranking of our app, we have to try our best to make vest bags and commit crimes against the wind. To develop the vest package, we try to make them different from the same App as far as possible from UI display and code implementation, but their core content is similar, and user traffic eventually flows to the same server to achieve the effects of traffic flow and ranking improvement .
We have to try our best to ensure the security of the main app when we put the vest package on the shelves, so we use a separate account to upload the vest package. In order to improve the review rate, we also need to use different computers to upload the package. The project description, product promotion, etc. cannot be the same, that is, try to make two apps, but the cycle should be short.
Finally, the vest package is just an auxiliary. Our app itself must have content, so as to retain users. Otherwise, even if users download it, they will uninstall it soon. As a result, " those who retained users did not retain users' hearts ", and only user information was left, which could not bring us substantial value.
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