Promo code for in app purchase items

Question

Apple doesn't provide promo codes for in app purchase products. My content will be in an sqlite database in the app. I'll use a column flag to indicate purchase status. Once the user purchases, I unlock the row by changing the flag.

Would it be easy enough to provide another interface so the user can enter in a code and unlock the item without purchasing? If the user then tries to purchase a product they have used a code for, I query the row for purchase status and display an alert that the user already has this item...or simply indicate this in my app's in-app store.

Does this sound feasible/doable? Possible Apple would reject this technique?

Answer 1

I think Apple would reject you if you duplicated the in-app store functionality in your app. the reason they would not allow it is that it circumvents the way they make money off of the in-app purchases, and there is no distribution guarantee (how could Apple guarantee that you deliver the content as promised?)