---
title: canMakePayments
framework: storekit
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: storekit/appstore/canmakepayments
---

# canMakePayments

A Boolean value that indicates whether the person can make purchases.

## Declaration

```swift
static var canMakePayments: Bool { get }
```

## Mentioned in

Testing transactions that use custom link tokens

## Discussion

Discussion Use canMakePayments to determine at runtime whether a person can authorize payments. If the value is false, a person can’t authorize payments, so don’t offer In-App Purchases or external purchases. important: Your app might need to alter its behavior or appearance when people can’t make purchases. For example, don’t enable your user interface for making In-App Purchases or external purchases when purchases are blocked. The following conditions can cause the value of canMakePayments to be false: A person sets the Content & Privacy Restrictions in Screen Time to prevent purchases. For more information, see Use parental controls on your child’s iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The device has a mobile device management (MDM) profile that prevents purchases. For more information, see Device Management. If canMakePayments is true and your app uses only StoreKit In-App Purchase APIs, the person can authorize purchases in the App Store and your app can offer In-App Purchases. Determine whether to offer purchases for apps that use External  Purchase APIs If your app has the entitlements to use the External Purchase APIs, determine at runtime whether to use the External Purchase API or the In-App Purchase APIs by following these steps, in order: Check canMakePayments. If canMakePayments is false, don’t offer either external purchases or In-App Purchases. If canMakePayments if true, continue to step 2. Check the External Purchase API values: canOpen, canPresent, and isEligible. If any value is true, use only the External Purchase APIs to offer external purchases. If all the values (canOpen, canPresent, and isEligible) are false, and canMakePayments is true, use StoreKit In-App Purchase APIs to offer In-App Purchases. note: The StoreKit APIs always enable your app to view existing transactions and receive auto-renewable subscription renewals, so your app can support your customer’s existing purchases made through the App Store.