Using a different company name for iPhone app distribution?

Question

My company is starting to get into iPhone development. We\'d like to keep our iPhone business segregated from our other businesses, so in the App Store, we\'d like to be kn

Answer 1

Apple will probably reject your application if the company name you provide does not match your company's legal name. Or at least they did for me, an operating as document was also rejected. i.e. our legal name was foo and we are operating under the name bar.

Answer 2

The company name is set when you submit your first app. Be careful, you can not change it once submitted, the Apple docs clearly state this. If you use the wrong name you will have to get Apple to change it and that is no fun.

Answer 3

I'm not sure of the exact point at which you choose your display name, but I'm absolutely positive that it warns you and explicitly tells you that "you will show up in the app store as xyz" at the point at which you must give a name.

I setup my account a few weeks ago, and I'm sure it warned me.