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Tencent to apply for Apple’s new App Store Mini Apps Partner Program  [Updated]

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/11/Apple-could-make-billions-of-dollars-of-extra-commission-thanks-to-WeChat-deal.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p><strong>Update 9:34am PT</strong>: There is no direct deal between Apple and Tencent for the 15% commission rate on WeChat mini games and apps. Instead, Tencent is taking advantage of Apple’s new App Store Mini Apps Partner Program (https://developer.apple.com/programs/mini-apps-partner/), which launched for all developers (https://9to5mac.com/2025/11/13/apple-launches-mini-apps-partner-program-developers/) today. Tencent, like all developers, will first have to apply to the program. </p>



<p>Members of the program earn 85% of qualifying In‑App Purchase (https://developer.apple.com/programs/mini-apps-partner/#qualifying-in-app-purchase) sales within qualifying mini apps (https://developer.apple.com/programs/mini-apps-partner/#qualifying-mini-app).  </p>



<p>The original story via Bloomberg is below. </p>



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<p><a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple’s[/url] App Store commission <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2025/11/13/apple-seeking-permission-to-appeal-loss-in-1b-developer-lawsuit/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">might be under threat[/url] in multiple countries around the world, but the company has just gained a huge new source of commission thanks to a WeChat deal struck in <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/china/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">China[/url]. </p>



<p>The situation arises because the way most Chinese iPhone users buy apps is very different to anywhere else in the world … </p>



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