Publishing and managing Marketplace apps

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1. What does this page cover?

Learn how to submit your applications to Zoho Marketplace and manage them effectively. This page covers the process of distributing your applications to public users and both publishing and managing your apps.
Before proceeding, learn more about Zoho Marketplace apps.

2. Availability

Developer Console is a free platform and is available in all data centers.
Only the super admin can create applications, submit them for review, and manage them within Zoho Marketplace.

3. Publishing an app to Marketplace

4. Guidelines for publishing apps on Marketplace

Below are the basic points to keep in mind before sending an application for approval in Zoho Marketplace. Please ensure that your application:

Is in a consumable state, without errors
Isn't tailored to a specific client
Has an in-app help page that describes how to use the application
Has secure Deluge scripts
Doesn't have any hard-coded scripts specific to any user or unnecessary scripts, to avoid performance issues
Has a clear name that's directly related to the functioning of the app
Preferably has a landing dashboard inside the application, so users can easily navigate the app

5. Steps to create and submit an app

Note: Only the super admin of an account can create an application, submit it for review, and manage it on Zoho Marketplace.

5.1 Creating an app

You can start creating applications in Developer Console by following the steps mentioned on the Create and Manage apps page. Once the app is created, you can continue to add developers to your account to assist with its development. When the application is ready for Marketplace listing, you can follow the steps below.

5.2 Submitting an app to Marketplace

Note: If you haven't set up your company profile in the Partner console, start by setting it up, as this is a prerequisite to publishing apps to Marketplace.

Navigate to Marketplace under the DEPLOY section in the left pane of your Developer Console account.
Click + Submit an App to select the app you want to publish to Marketplace.

If you have already submitted an app to Marketplace before, click the + Submit an App button in the top-right corner to submit more applications.
Choose the application that you want to submit in the Submit to Marketplace pop-up and click Next.

Note: All the apps will be listed in the dropdown. Select the apps that are published to stage environment and can be submitted to Zoho Marketplace. Only the latest stage version of the application can be distributed to Marketplace.

Enter the details required to submit the app to Marketplace in the pop-up that follows. You will be taken to the Marketplace page.

Make sure you follow the prerequisites before submitting the app for review.

Once the application has been submitted for Marketplace review, further changes to the app cannot be published to stag until the review is completed by the Marketplace team.

Once the review is complete and your application is approved, it'll be listed on the Marketplace. In other cases, your application may have one of the following statuses, depending on which the next course of action can be taken.

5.3. Managing Marketplace apps

Field	Screens	Description
Application Name		The name of all the applications submitted to Marketplace
Marketplace Version		Marketplace Version: The version number of the published Marketplace app Equivalent App Version - The version of the application that was submitted to Stage
Released On		The date when the new version has been submitted or updated on Marketplace
Status		Displays the status of the application after submission, with different statuses that will be displayed: - Under Review - The app is under review by the Marketplace team. It usually takes a few days for the review to be completed. - Incomplete - The app submission is incomplete. Continue submitting the app to Marketplace by clicking the Resume Submitting button and finishing the steps to submit it for review. - Approved - The application has been successfully submitted and approved. Submit an updated version of the app to Marketplace by clicking the Submit New Version button, if an update is available. Note: - If an application needs revision, you'll receive notifications in your Partner console inbox, along with any suggested changes. The required changes can then be made to the app. You can communicate directly with the Zoho Marketplace team, and manage feedback or requests related to your applications, from there. - The detailed status of your apps can be viewed on the Marketplace Partner console.

5.4 Publish updates to approved Marketplace apps

To publish an update to an application:

Navigate to Marketplace under the DEPLOY section in the left pane of your account. The Marketplace Application page will appear.

Click the Submit New Version button available beside the application that you wish to update.

Once the submitted app with the updates is approved by Marketplace, the new version will be published. This new version will replace the old version on Zoho Marketplace and will then be available for users.

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