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If, on the other hand, you are confident that you will reach the stage of having an application ready to publish or know that you will need access to more advanced features such as iCloud, In-App Purchasing and Apple Pay then it is worth joining the developer program sooner rather than later.

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If your goal is to develop iOS applications for your employer then it is first worth checking whether the company already has membership. That being the case, contact the program administrator in your company and ask them to send you an invitation from within the Apple Developer Program Member Center to join the team. Once they have done so, Apple will send you an email entitled You Have Been Invited to Join an Apple Developer Program containing a link to activate your membership. If you or your company is not already a program member, you can enroll online at: