“Cannot connect to iTunes Store” in-app purchases

Question

I am having problems testing my in-app purchases. I get back valid product identifiers, but upon purchase I receive the dreaded \"Cannot connect to iTunes Store\". Interesti

Answer 1

Make sure you have signed out of any production iTunes accounts on the device.

I was getting this error on my test phone which was logged in with my actual iTunes account. You cannot test apps using your production iTunes account, hence the error. I just wish Apple provided a better error so as to avoid this guesswork...