iTunes Connect How to choose a good SKU

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I m reading the iTunes Connect Developer Guide as I m trying to add a new application to iTunes Connect     I m a bit confused about the SKU number which I should provide  On page 81 in the above developer guide they provide an example of their data for their application Orange Ball   They have chosen Orange Ball 01 for the SKU Number  What is the 01 indicating - that it is version 1   Why use underscore   Why not just type    OrangeBall     if that SKU is not used     Update notes    on January 23rd 2012  Apple changed the above example to application  Ball Maze  and SKU  com apple com maze   a few years later  Apple changed the whole documentation  but you may refer to https   help apple com app-store-connect   dev97865727c for a similar example with application  Adventure App  and SKU  Adventure123

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SKU stands for Stock-keeping Unit  It s more for inventory tracking purpose  The purpose of having an SKU is so that you can tie the app sales to whatever internal SKU number that your accounting is using

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SKU can also refer to a unique identifier or code that refers to the particular stock keeping unit  These codes are not regulated or standardized  When a company receives items from a vendor  it has a choice of maintaining the vendor s SKU or creating its own  2  This makes them distinct from Global Trade Item Number  GTIN   which are standard  global  tracking units  Universal Product Code  UPC   International Article Number  EAN   and Australian Product Number  APN  are special cases of GTINs

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The SKU example used in the documentation was to provide the allowed characters in a new user-specified SKU

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I put the year and the number series of my app example 2014-01

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Might be answer is late but look at Simple Information of SKU  Stock keeping unit  number is  it s an unique tracking number  an arbi  trary num  ber  that are used in appStore for your application  You can put what  ever you want in there as long as it is unique among your appli  ca  tions  Try to fol  low a pat  tern for the SKU Num  ber of your apps so that you will be able to bet  ter orga  nize them  I sug  gest a com  bi  na  tion of the cur  rent year   month   ID for your app  So if you   re devel  op  ing your first appli  ca  tion on september 1991  oh   yah it s my b day s month and year  D    you could put your SKU Num  ber as    19910901     Here  I am just suggesting you for this pattern but you can take choose any pattern which easy for you

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Spending some time coming up with an SKU naming strategy can help you  You   ll be able to make it easy for team members to read and understand what each SKU represents  Use a value that is meaningful to your organization  Ultimately  your SKU is a way to record important product information  so the more straightforward it is  the better for everyone  Sticking to alphanumeric SKUs and substituting    -    or         for space is always the safest and best bet  E g  Your app name  Social Point  Submit year  2020   Your SKU is  Social Point 2020

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As others have noted   quot SKU quot  stands for stock keeping unit  Here s what I find currently  3 February 2017  in the Apple documentation regarding the  quot SKU Number  quot   SKU Number A unique ID for your app in the Apple system that is not seen by users  You     can use letters  numbers  hyphens  periods  and underscores  The SKU can   t start with a hyphen  period  or underscore      Use a value that is meaningful to  your organization  Can   t be edited after saving the iTunes Connect record    internet archive link   iTunes Connect Properties

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You are able to choose one that you like  but it has to be unique   Every time I have to enter the SKU I use the App identifier  e g  de mycompany myappname  because this is already unique

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