What you need BEFORE you submit your iPhone app to Apple

Answer 1

• Optional. You don't need a bank account if your plan is to go with free apps. Though with iAd in the future, you may want it just for the ad revenue.
• Required. The public will never see an email address unless you want to publish it. Apple will need a support email address to use for issues with approval, on-going issues, etc.
• Required. You will need a support website. This doesn't have to be very complicated. Apple just wants a URL. How put together this website is may impact how well your app does but from a requirement standpoint, any website will do.
• Optional. You don't need a company name. Your apps can be published under your own individual name.
• Optional. Support phone number isn't required. My experience is that all the interactions with Apple are done over email. This also creates a nice paper trail where phone calls don't leave anything.
• Optional. Your full name is given out unless you use a company name.

Answer 2

Mandatory

• An email address for Apple to contact me.
• A company name. (or owner's name, if not a company)
• My full name given out to the public. (assume this is the owner name)

Necessary, can be provided later

• A bank account with direct deposit access.
• A phone number for Apple to call me.

Nice to have

• A support website.
• An email address to give out to the public.

Ehh...

• A support phone number for the public.