pay with different cards

If I enable sharing can I use separate cards to pay for personal and business purchases?


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Posted on Oct 15, 2019 2:53 PM

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Posted on Oct 21, 2019 3:02 PM

Hi johnfromcedar park,


Thanks for posting. If I understand correctly, you have a question about payment for Family Sharing and iCloud; is that right?


This resource, Change, add, or remove Apple ID payment methods, has some great information:


"Manage payment methods that family members use

When you set up Family Sharing and turn on purchase sharing, one adult in the family—the family organizer—controls a single shared payment method for everyone in the family group. Learn more about family purchases and payments.

If you're the family organizer, you can add multiple payment methods to your own Apple ID, but your family members can use only the first payment method in the list. If a family member can't make a purchase, the family organizer can move a different payment method to the top of the list."


You can add multiple payment methods for your Apple ID, but there's not exactly a way to distinguish between personal or business; the cards will be listed in order of preferred payment method, and if the first one can't be charged, the billing would process using the next card in the list.


I hope I've answered your question! Take care.

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Oct 21, 2019 3:02 PM in response to johnfromcedar park

Hi johnfromcedar park,


Thanks for posting. If I understand correctly, you have a question about payment for Family Sharing and iCloud; is that right?


This resource, Change, add, or remove Apple ID payment methods, has some great information:


"Manage payment methods that family members use

When you set up Family Sharing and turn on purchase sharing, one adult in the family—the family organizer—controls a single shared payment method for everyone in the family group. Learn more about family purchases and payments.

If you're the family organizer, you can add multiple payment methods to your own Apple ID, but your family members can use only the first payment method in the list. If a family member can't make a purchase, the family organizer can move a different payment method to the top of the list."


You can add multiple payment methods for your Apple ID, but there's not exactly a way to distinguish between personal or business; the cards will be listed in order of preferred payment method, and if the first one can't be charged, the billing would process using the next card in the list.


I hope I've answered your question! Take care.

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