In-app purchases registered in the market to serve the game must be registered in the same way on the Hive Console for the receipt to be verified normally when making in-app purchases. Market PID must be registered by distinguishing the mobile and PC. The Market PID cannot be deleted once registered, so you must be careful when registering it. If there’s an error in the registered content, you can correct it by clicking the Edit Button.

Market PID Management

① Select a game to search. The game will not show up if you don’t have permission to access the game, or if the game is not registered to App Center.
② Select a game and select the app ID of this game. You cannot search all market PIDs registered in the game without selecting an app ID.
③ Enter the market PID to search. Leave the space blank to search all market PIDs registered to the app ID.
④ Once you’ve selected the game and app ID, click the Search button to check the details.
⑤ You can download a list of market PIDs registered.
⑥ Download the CSV template to registered many market PIDs at once.
⑦ Used to register a single market PID.
⑧ If the PID information is modified, click the Refresh Cache button so that the client can receive a new market PID. This function is available only with SDK versions before 4.16.3.
⑨ You do not have to re-register the market PID registered in the commercial console in the sandbox if you click the Sync Sandbox button.
⑩ Registered market PID cannot be deleted, but can be changed to not use.
⑪ The basic screen displayed before clicking the Search button does not have details.

Register Market PID with CSV

Click the Upload CSV button to move to the registration page. Only market PID addition is available for CSV upload, and cannot be registered if it is duplicate to the existing market PID. If the PID requires modification, please click the PID to make the relevant changes in the detailed page.

① Select a game to register the PID.
② Select the payment method for this game.

  • Mobile: Refers to the in-app purchases made in the mobile market such as Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
  • PC: Refers to products that are paid through a PG company in Crossplay or a product of Steam, a PC market.

③ App ID selection options are displayed based on the payment method selected. Follows the operating system value set in App Center.

  • Mobile: Mobile App IDs are exposed, including Google Play Store, Apple App Store, etc.
  • PC: App ID selected on windows and mac OS that support crossplay are exposed.

④ Mobile market of the selected App ID is entered automatically. This section is not exposed if you selected PG payment.
⑤ Download the CSV template and enter the market PID according to the template.

  • How to Fill the Mobile Market CSV Template 
    • File Name: Market Payment(ko).csv
    • ① This is only an example. Please delete and then enter the value
    • ② Enter the market PID. Maximum of 255 characters using English lowercase letters, numbers, special characters(_ .)
    • ③ Enter the product name. Maximum of 55 characters.
    • ④ Enter only if applying the product group to Apple App Store type market PID. Leave it empty if there is no group. If entering a group, you must have a space in between the word and number (e.g. Group 1). Refer to the Alternative Product Group Settings as a reference
    • ⑤ Enter one of the following currencies: USD, KRW, CNY, JPY, EUR
    • ⑥ Enter the amount of currency
    • ⑦ Item or Currency
    • ⑧ Optional. Enter only if you need to enter middle and small categories for management
    • ⑨ Enter ‘consumable’ for normal consumable products, and enter ‘subscription’ for subscription products
    • ⑩ Enter the subscription period for subscription products: 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, Yearly
    • ⑩ Enter Yes or No to check if the product is a promotion product
  • How to Fill Out PC CSV Template
    • File Name: PG Payment(ko).csv 
    • ① This is only an example. Please delete and then enter the value
    • ② Enter the market PID. Max. 255 characters using English lowercase letters, numbers, special characters(_ .)
    • ③ Product Name: Enter in the format of: language code;product name;product description;. Max. 55 characters. English is mandatory.
    • ④ Enter the number of the Tier from the registered Hive Price Tier
      ⑤ Item or Currency
      ⑥ Optional

⑥ Select and upload the composed CSV file. Click the recycle bin to delete the registered file.

Click Save if all sections have been completed.

Register Individual Market PID

Click the market PID button to move to the registration page.

Register Mobile Market PID

① Select a game to register the PID.
② Select market payment.
③ Mobile market App ID is exposed as an optional choice.
④ Mobile market of the selected App ID is entered automatically.
⑤ Enter the market PID. Max. 255 characters using English lowercase letters, numbers, special characters(_ .)
⑥ Max. 55 characters can be entered for the product name. If the name exceeds 55 characters, it will be saved excluding the excess characters.
⑦ Exposed only if AppID is iOS and will not be selected if there is no group. Groups can be determined after creating a group in the alternative shop group settings.
⑧ Select the main currency.
⑨ Select the price of the selected currency.
⑩ The major category is a required field to enter. The middle and small category are optional.
⑪ For subscription products, the subscription period must be entered.
⑫ Select whether the item is a promotion item.

Click Save if all sections have been completed.

Register PG Payment Market PID

① Select a game to register the PID.
② Select PC.
③ AppID for PC is exposed as an optional choice.
④ Enter the market PID. Max. 255 characters using English lowercase letters, numbers, special characters(_ .)
⑤ Click the product name multilanguage input, and enter the product name and description in the pop-up screen. English is a mandatory field and max. 55 characters can be entered for the product name. If the name exceeds 55 characters, it will be saved excluding the excess characters.
⑥ Select a tier. Market PID cannot be registered if there is no data registered on Hive Price Tier.
⑦ Amount by currency of the selected Tier is exposed.
⑧ Enter the product category. Middle category and small category are not mandatory fields.

Currently, PG payment does not support subscription products. Click Save if all sections have been completed.

Modify Registered Market PID

Search the market PID and select the market PID to modify and move to the detailed page. Other sections excluding the market PID can be modified.

What is an Alternative Product Group?

You can create and set a group when you want to expose the market PID for Apple App Store differently for each currency. Proceed with the settings in the following order.

  1. Go to Console > Billing > IAP v4 > Alternative Product Group Settings menu
  2. Select the game and App ID to set
  3. Add product group
  4. Add the currency of that group
  5. Change the status of the group to On
  6. Click Save
  7. Go to Console > Billing > IAP v4 > Market PID Management menu
  8. Select game and App ID
  9. When registering a market PID, choose a product group. To alter the settings for a group of already registered market PIDs, check the market PID from the list.

Alternative Product Group Settings

① Choose a game to search within. The game will not be displayed if you do not have the required permissions or if it is not listed in the App Center.
② After choosing a game, choose the game’s app ID. The only accessible App ID is for the Apple App Store.
③ Add a product category. The group’s name is generated automatically and cannot be modified.
④ Add a currency in the pop-up. One group may contain numerous currencies. However, only one currency may be registered for use in more than one group.

⑤ You can delete the added currency by clicking X.
⑥ The default option when adding a group is OFF; make sure to change it to ON.
⑦ To finish the final setting, you must click the Save button if there have been any modifications.