Does game need to be live in order for in-app purchases to work?

games4fun

Hello,

So my game is finished and ready for sale but not yet released yet as the release date is set out a week later. I used a promo-code for my game and tried to purchase a in-app purchase but it keeps saying In-app Purchase Error product identifier was not recognized. My question is does my game need to be live on the app store for the in-apps to work correctly.

Thank you

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Did you sandbox your IAP before you submitted it? I would imagine if it's not listed IAP might not work as a regular purchase but you can sandbox test it. Plus if you're game has been approved for sale then the IAP must work or you'd have gotten rejected.