[uwp] [C#] Best Practice for dialog with "buy me" message

Question

I want to show dialog with message

"This is trial functionality. You can buy this application to get full functionality"

Buy should be a link.

When user click it, it will go to the market place with my app.

1. How developers usually do this ?

I understand that I can create link to my app

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/publish/link-to-your-app

https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/<your app's Store ID>

And getting app store id by api.

Then show hyperlink.

But may be there are more simple way ? How are you usually do this.

May be there built-in functionality ?

2. What is better to do from marketing point of view ?

- redirect to windows store page

- may be it is possible to navigate to purse page ( I don't know )

What is the best practice for such message. Where are buy links usually redirect to ?

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Answer 1

Hi,

This is Visual C# forum. As your issue is related to UWP I am moving your thread to UWP forum for getting quick response.

Your understanding and cooperation will be grateful.

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Thanks,
Sabah Shariq

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Answer 2

Hello SmartWhy,

>>” How developers usually do this ?”

Have checked the Windows.ApplicationModel.Store namespace? It contains In-app purchases and trials functions in UWP.

You could get the app license to check if current app is trial. See Implement a trial version of your app for more details.

According to the “license.IsTrial” value, you can let users choose to buy this app and have a fully-licensed version by calling “productResult.Product.RequestPurchaseAsync()”. Then it will show a "Buy interface".

The official code sample for your reference: https://github.com/Microsoft/Windows-universal-samples/tree/master/Samples/Store

Please read “Setup Instructions”, “Additional Setup Instructions for Business to Business Scenario” and “System requirements” before running the official sample.

Best Regards,

Xavier Eoro

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