diff --git a/db/manifest b/db/manifest
index 55ae4eae6..d48a70cc5 100755
--- a/db/manifest
+++ b/db/manifest
@@ -332,4 +332,5 @@ chat_channel.sql
 jamblaster.sql
 test_drive_lessons.sql
 whitelist.sql
-teacher_student_flags.sql
\ No newline at end of file
+teacher_student_flags.sql
+add_sale_source_col.sql
diff --git a/db/up/add_sale_source_col.sql b/db/up/add_sale_source_col.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b1607e97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/up/add_sale_source_col.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE sales ADD COLUMN source VARCHAR NOT NULL DEFAULT 'recurly';
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/sale.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/sale.rb
index 7fb4e073a..98d126c18 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/sale.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/sale.rb
@@ -73,17 +73,53 @@ module JamRuby
     # if it can't validate the receipt, or communicate with Apple at all, etc
     #
     # So, if this raises exceptions, you can handle them in the stubbed out begin/rescue in ApiJamTracksController#ios_order_placed
-    def self.validateIOSReceipt(receipt)
+    def self.validateIOSReceipt(receipt, price_data)
+      byebug
 
       # these are all 'in cents' (as painfully named to be very clear), and all expected to be integers
-      price_info = {subtotal_in_cents:nil, total_in_cents:nil, tax_in_cents:nil, currency: 'USD'}
+      price = price_data['product_price'].to_f * 100.0
+
+      price_info = {
+        subtotal_in_cents: price, 
+        total_in_cents: price, 
+        tax_in_cents: nil, 
+        currency: price_data['product_currency']
+      }
 
       # communicate with Apple; populate price_info
+      url = 'production' != Rails.env ? "https://sandbox.itunes.apple.com/verifyReceipt" : "https://buy.itunes.apple.com/verifyReceipt"
+      uri = URI.parse(url)
+      http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
+      http.use_ssl = true
+      http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
+      request = Net::HTTP::Post.new("/v1.1/auth")
+      request.add_field('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+      request.body = { 'receipt-data' => receipt }
+      begin
+        response = http.request(request)
+      rescue 
+        raise $!
+      end
+      json_resp = JSON.parse(response.body)
+
+      #  https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/releasenotes/General/ValidateAppStoreReceipt/Chapters/ReceiptFields.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40010573-CH106-SW1
+
+      if 0 != json_resp.status
+        err_msgs = {
+          21000 => 'The App Store could not read the JSON object you provided.',
+          21002 => 'The data in the receipt-data property was malformed or missing.',
+          21003 => 'The receipt could not be authenticated.',
+          21005 => 'The receipt server is not currently available.',
+          21007 => 'This receipt is from the test environment, but it was sent to the production environment for verification. Send it to the test environment instead.',
+          21008 => 'This receipt is from the production environment, but it was sent to the test environment for verification. Send it to the production environment instead.'
+        }
+        raise err_msgs[json_resp.status]
+      end
 
       price_info
     end
 
-    def self.ios_purchase(current_user, jam_track, receipt)
+    def self.ios_purchase(current_user, jam_track, receipt, price_data)
 
 
       jam_track_right = nil
@@ -93,7 +129,7 @@ module JamRuby
 
         using_free_credit = current_user.redeem_free_credit
 
-        sale = create_jam_track_sale(current_user)
+        sale = create_jam_track_sale(current_user, 'ios')
 
         if sale.valid?
 
@@ -106,7 +142,7 @@ module JamRuby
             sale.recurly_currency = 'USD'
             sale.save!
           else
-            price_info = validateIOSReceipt(receipt)
+            price_info = validateIOSReceipt(receipt, price_data)
 
             SaleLineItem.create_from_jam_track(current_user, sale, jam_track, using_free_credit)
 
@@ -454,11 +490,12 @@ module JamRuby
       sale_type == JAMTRACK_SALE
     end
 
-    def self.create_jam_track_sale(user)
+    def self.create_jam_track_sale(user, sale_source=nil)
       sale = Sale.new
       sale.user = user
       sale.sale_type = JAMTRACK_SALE # gift cards and jam tracks are sold with this type of sale
       sale.order_total = 0
+      sale.source = sale_source if sale_source
       sale.save
       sale
     end
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/sale_receipt_ios.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/sale_receipt_ios.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a311dd9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/sale_receipt_ios.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module JamRuby
+  class SaleReceiptIOS < JsonStore
+
+    belongs_to :sale, class_name: "JamRuby::Sale", foreign_key: :foreign_key1_id
+
+  end
+end
diff --git a/web/app/controllers/api_jam_tracks_controller.rb b/web/app/controllers/api_jam_tracks_controller.rb
index 8630b44d4..46e9b6aa9 100644
--- a/web/app/controllers/api_jam_tracks_controller.rb
+++ b/web/app/controllers/api_jam_tracks_controller.rb
@@ -336,11 +336,14 @@ class ApiJamTracksController < ApiController
     end
 
     begin
-      Sale.ios_purchase(current_user, jam_track, nil)
+      Sale.ios_purchase(current_user, 
+                        jam_track, 
+                        params[:receipt], 
+                        params[:price_data])
     rescue
       # JONATHAN - this definitely needs beefing up so that you can communicate back to the app any errors you might raise.
       # ... Go wild with this response; I just stubbed something.
-      response = {message:"Unable to complete purchase.", reason: nil}
+      response = { message: $!.to_s }
       render :json => response, :status => 422
       return
     end
diff --git a/web/lib/ios_receipt_validator.rb b/web/lib/ios_receipt_validator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..159917a41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/lib/ios_receipt_validator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+require 'httparty'
+
+class IosReceiptValidator
+  include HTTParty
+  base_uri 'production' != Rails.env ? "https://sandbox.itunes.apple.com/verifyReceipt" : "https://buy.itunes.apple.com/verifyReceipt"
+  default_params :output => 'json'
+  format :json
+end