Joining the Developer Programme

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Publishing on the Marketplace starts with a developer application: what the form asks, what the decision looks at, and what opens once you are approved.

Overview

The developer programme is a membership. Until your application is approved you cannot create a Marketplace product or open the developer portal.

The application and your public profile are one record. The tagline, links and avatar you fill in are the profile itself, published the moment the application is approved. There is no second profile form.

Applications are sent from a customer account. That gives the profile and every product you later publish an owner, and it is the account the decision is sent to.

Prerequisites

A signed-in customer account Visitors cannot apply. Register first, then return to the application page.

A name on the account The name you publish under is read off your account: the company name, or the account holder's name when there is none. The field cannot be edited on the form.

A domain for the licence Required. The developer licence the programme grants is issued for this domain; moving it later goes through the team.

Work we can look at Optional, but the field that weighs most. A link to a module, a theme or a repository says more than any description.

Developer Agreement accepted Nothing is filed until the box is ticked. The server checks it too, not only the page.

Structure

The form has two kinds of fields: the profile text a visitor will read, and the case for your application that only a moderator sees.

Field	Required	Who reads it
Developer or studio name	From the account	Everyone — directory card and product byline
One-line description	Yes	Everyone — the line under your name in the directory
About your studio	No	Everyone — your public profile page
What you plan to build	Yes	Moderators only
Domain to licence	Yes	The team only — the licence is issued for it
Website, email, support, docs, social profiles	No	Everyone — the contact block on your profile
Developer avatar	No	Everyone — your initials are shown when empty

An account carries one application at a time. While one is pending or approved, the form cannot be submitted again.

Walkthrough

Send the application

Sign in and open the developer application page. The page shows which account the application will belong to.
Write the one-line description. This is the sentence read directly under your name in the directory.
Describe what you plan to build in a few sentences and link to your work if you have any.
Enter the domain to licence, tick the agreement box and select Submit Application.

Wait for the decision

Applications are reviewed in order. The form stays closed meanwhile, so a second one cannot be sent.
The decision reaches your account. Approval publishes your profile in the directory.
A refusal carries a reason and shows it on the application page. Once the reason is addressed you may apply again from the same form.

After approval

The developer portal opens. Products, releases and your profile are managed there.
A free WISECP Developer licence is issued to your account for the domain you entered.
Publishing a product additionally requires the Premium Developer subscription. Without it the editor opens read-only.

Reference

Pending review The application is with a moderator. The profile is not published yet and no new application can be sent.

Approved The profile is live in the directory, the portal is open and the developer licence is issued.

Not approved The reason is shown on the application page. This state does not close the form; correct it and apply again.

Developer licence Granted once per account, for life, and never renewed into an invoice. It cannot be transferred to another account.

Example

The two texts you write are read in two different places. The one-liner belongs to the directory card, the long text to your profile page.

What the directory card shows

Acme Studio                       <- the name on your account
Server automation and backups     <- the one-line description
3 products · 4.6 rating           <- computed from your published products

Product count and rating are never asked for. Both are computed from your published products, so you do not appear in the directory until your first product goes live.

Pitfalls

The published name comes from the account, not the form

The studio name field is shown read-only and the value it posts is never read. If the name is wrong, correct your account settings first, then apply.

Approval is not guaranteed

Every application is judged against the programme criteria. One that does not meet them is refused with a reason, and you keep the right to apply again.

The licence follows the profile

The developer licence exists because you are a developer. Switching the profile off cancels it; switching it back on restores it.

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