If you change your app's name on the App Store do the shortlinks change?

Question

We're changing the name of one of our apps on the iTunes App Store.

Say we rename our app from foo, to bar.

At the moment you can download the app from http://itunes.com/app/foo. After the name change will the shortlink also change to http://itunes.com/app/bar or is the shortlink tied to the bundle id?

Answer 1

I asked Apple for details, and this is their reply:

We understand that you plan to update the name on your app and want to confirm the App's direct URL.

The URL for your application will be www.itunes.com/apps/XXXX where you replace “XXXX” with your app name with no spaces. Once your app has been approved, your direct link should update to reflect your new app name. This link will work within 24 hours of your application going live in the App Store.

However, at this stage both links work. The old link http://www.itunes.com/apps/StoryBot and the new link, http://www.itunes.com/apps/BookBot both work (at this stage). The old one may expire at some point (try it to see if it has yet) but at the time of writing this they both work.

UPDATE

After some period of time the original link stopped working, and the new link took affect.

Answer 2

No, the application URL will remain with the first application name.

For example if you have SuperGame and submit a version 2 you can then change the application SuperGame 2 the URL will still be that of SuperGame. As long as the bundle ID is the same of course. I have seen an answer on here that mentioned this same thing.

Update:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/6177561/442695