How do I get MFi certified for my brand?

MFI is an Apple program that provides certification to vendors who sell their products as compatible with the iPhone, iPad and iPod.

As a brand owner, you may be very interested in getting MFI certification for your product. This is so that when people buy and use the item, they can see an official logo from authorized sources such as yours! To get this done all you have to do it email us with a PPID application. We got Apple MFI Manufacturing License, so we can help you apply it.

Each design and each length will need apply different PPID. After passed this PPID, you can check your brand on MFI website.

  • Submit the product plan (as below form details)
company onwer company name Brand name accessory name SKU UPC connector color length product picture brand certification packaging artwork
  • Apple will review the product plan, if they think product plan is workable, then they will approve the product plan.
  • The factory will prepare the samples, run certification assistant, submit the self-certification form.
  • Choose the test Lab, UL and GRL are available.
  • Print a packing list, it will indicate how many pcs of samples you need to prepared and where the samples will be sent to.
  • Send samples to the test lab, and make the payment to the test lab, the cost usually is 550 USD. The test lab will start samples audit after receive the payment.
  • The test lab will submit the test result to the Apple Portal after the test finished, this takes 3-7 working days. If the samples passed the test, then congratulation, the most difficult parts already finished. If the samples failed during the test, then the factory have start from step 3 again, also it means they have to make another 550 USD payment.
  • Submit the product packaging to apple for review, once the packaging is approved, the processes for MFI certification is finished,

 

There are lots of requirements on packaging, we will introduce to you at next blog.

After all these steps are finished, the manufacturer is able to start mass production for your products. Once an accessory has completed MFi certification requirements and is reported to Apple as sold/distributed by the manufacturer it will be searchable in our public database of authorized Lightning, headset, charging, and MFi accessories.

As a MFI certified factory, welcome to contact us to request the MFI cable price-lists