What is an Apple ID?

Also called an 'Apple Account', an Apple ID is an email address used to access Apple services including the App Store from which you can purchase Takedown subscriptions from Apple. See this Apple support article for the full explanation.

When you purchase a Takedown subscription, the purchase price is charged by Apple to the Apple ID to which your purchasing iPad is registered. In most cases, this means that Apple will be charging a credit card although there are other available payment forms such as Apple gift cards.

To avoid any issues with purchasing Takedown subscriptions now or in the future, consider following these guidelines for creating and managing your Apple ID:

1. Do not use a personal email address to create your Apple ID
2. Do not use a professional email address to create your Apple ID
3. Whatever email address you use, the inbox for that email address must be monitored. All communications from Apple regarding your Takedown subscriptions are sent to the email address you use to create your Apple ID. If you don't monitor the Apple ID email address inbox, you will miss any communication from Apple including, but not limited to, renewal notices (sent in advance of the renewal date) and billing issues such as wrong address or expired credit card. Billing issues can prevent an auto-renewal which means the Takedown features associated with that subscription will stop working on your subscription expiration date.

Note that Apple does not provide us your Apple ID email address or any copies of renewal notices or billing problems. So, while we'd welcome the opportunity to help you purchase Takedown subscriptions, we can not offer any detailed assistance due to Apple's policies. We can provide general guidance as above, distilled from a decade's experience of more than a thousand customers purchasing Takedown subscriptions from the App Store. We've seen the myriad of issues that users face purchasing our subscriptions from Apple.  Following the guidance above will help you avoid these issues.

Related:

• Support articles related to Apple App Store, Subscriptions, Pricing