Converting Mac App from Paid to Freemium (Price Change)

I currently have a paid app in the Mac App Store and am about to release a freemium version - free with three auto-renewing subscriptions.

Is there a way to set things up in App Store Connect such that this next release of my app becomes free at the point when it goes live? I need to synchronise the changeover.

I've read posts suggesting you just set the price to zero, but that doesn't synchronise the change (as far as I can tell).

Thanks in advance.

UPDATE: I see you can schedule a price change. Is the answer to not auto-release the app when it's approved, and to then coordinate its release date with the scheduled price change?

See Supporting business model changes that describes the paid to freemium model.

Yes, I understand the mechanics of what's needed in code. That's not what my question was about.

Converting Mac App from Paid to Freemium (Price Change)
 
 
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