Register your third-party partner or agency in Apple Business
Anyone can deliver data about places using Apple Business. Even if you don’t own or manage an organization yourself, your organization may deliver location and place card information, photos, or actions on behalf of an organization (for example, an ad agency). In Apple Business, these are called third-party partners.
For third-party partners, the following information is required:
Legal name of the organization
Country or region
Address
Phone number
Website
Two verification methods
After you’re verified, an organization may want you to manage their brands and locations in Apple Business. Before you can begin, you need to share your third-party partner Organization ID with them. See Share your third-party partner Organization ID.
Create your third-party partner account
Go to https://business.apple.com/.
Select Sign up now.
Enter and review the following organization information:
The name of your organization.
Note: This name may change when you verify your organization.
Select whether you want to receive emails about Apple Business news, updates, and promotions.
The website URL.
Note: This is an optional field, but providing it can expedite your organization’s verification process.
The location and address of the organization.
Select the checkbox that you’re an agency that manages data on behalf of other organizations, then select Confirm.
Select Next.
If you used a personal Apple Account or a Managed Apple Account used by another organization, you need to create a new Apple Account to access all of the features of Apple Business.
Enter the following:
First and last name of the individual who signs up on behalf of the organization.
Note: This needs to be a legal, human name. First and last names such as “IT Coordinator” or “Apple Deployment” are returned to you to correct the information.
The country or region.
Create and confirm a password for your new account, select a region code, enter your phone number, and choose whether you want verification codes sent to your phone number using SMS or a phone call.
Enter the characters shown on the screen or select Vision Impaired.
Select Next.
Enter the verification code sent to your email address, then select Next.
Enter the verification code sent to your phone number, then select Next.
Select Sign In, sign in with your new Apple Account user name and password, then enter the verification code.
Enter your organization information again, select the checkbox that you’re an agency that manages data on behalf of other organizations, then select Confirm.
Review the Apple Business Terms and Conditions, then select Agree.
If necessary, enter your organization’s website, then choose your first verification method:
See Business ID types accepted.
Securities & Exchange Commission Central Index Key
Business Registration Number
Small Business Administration Profile User Identifier
National Provider Identifier
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Certificate Number
Minority Certificate Number
Federal Taxpayer Identification Number
Repeat the process with the second verification method:
Business license
Sales tax permit
Food, health or alcohol permit
Lease or property agreement
Utility bill
Other
Select Done.
Your organization’s information is in review and may take up to five business days. You’ll receive an email when the review is complete.
Note: During the review process, Apple may reach out to verify your submitted information. Make sure that any filters allow mail from all apple.com domains and return any missed phone calls quickly so the review process can proceed smoothly.
Share your third-party partner Organization ID
Important: Contact someone at the organization and let them know when you are sending this information, so they can add it quickly and you can begin managing their content.
In Apple Business, sign in with a user whose role is Organization Administrator.
To view roles and permissions, see Intro to roles and permissions.
In your browser, choose Settings > Organization.
Locate your third-party partner Organization ID and copy it to your Clipboard.
Share your third-party partner Organization ID with an organization that wants you to manage their brands in Apple Business.
Manage another organization
After a business owner shares access with your organization, you can view and manage all the access you’ve been granted in one place. Go to Settings > Integrations > Shared Access to see every organization that has shared access with you, including their brands, features, and current access status. Use the search bar or filters to find a specific organization, brand, feature, or invitation status:
Search
Organization ID ( you can search through Organization ID)
Note: You can’t search by Organization name. The Organization column sorts by Organization name, which you can order as ascending or descending.
Filters
Brand (search for a Brand in the Brand filter)
Feature
Status:
Invitation pending with the invitation expiration date
Access active for invitation you already accepted
Invitation expired
Accept a pending invitation
When an organization shares access with you, a new invitation appears with the status Pending. You can review exactly what’s being shared before you accept the invitation. Invitations expire after 30 days, so if you don’t accept within that period, contact the organization so they can resend the invitation.
You can also access the invitation from the invitation email when you select Sign In from email. This takes you to the Shared Access page, with a filter applied to show the same brands and features listed in the invitation email.
In Apple Business, sign in with a user whose role is Organization Administrator.
To view roles and permissions, see Intro to roles and permissions.
In your browser, choose Settings > Integrations > Shared Access.
Note: You need to have permissions from the organization to view Shared Access.
Locate the invitation with the status of Invitation Pending, then select it.
Review the organization, brands, and features included and the scope of access you are granted.
Note: The scope may include several brands and features. The invitation is for all brands and features listed.
Select Accept.
Track changes to your access
Every access relationship has a Change Log, a time-stamped record of every update which includes features added or removed, brand scope changes, and access revocations.
In Apple Business, sign in with a user whose role is Organization Administrator.
To view roles and permissions, see Intro to roles and permissions.
In your browser, choose Settings > Integrations > Shared Access.
Select the organization whose access history you want to review.
View the Change Log for a record of all the changes.