# The Developer Portal

https://dev.wisecp.com/es/the-developer-portal

The developer portal is where products and releases are managed from draft to live: what each section holds and what every state means.

## Overview

The portal opens from inside your customer account and exists only for approved developers. An account without an application cannot reach the address at all.

It answers three questions: where your publishing stands, what your products and releases are doing, and whether your public profile is current.

Selling does not happen here. The portal publishes your card, stores your package and hands it to buyers; payment is taken on your own site.

## Prerequisites

- **An approved application**: The portal opens only for an approved developer profile.
- **An open session**: The portal is tied to your customer account; signed out, the address is not found.
- **A subscription for writes**: Reading is always open. Creating and submitting products need Premium Developer.

## Structure

The portal has five sections, each answering a different question.

| Section | What it shows |
| --- | --- |
| Summary | Published products, total views, review count and average rating |
| Marketplace submissions | Each product's step from draft to live, and what is expected of you now |
| Developer Account | The certified mark, subscription state, account owner and whether the public profile is live |
| Recent products | Product cards: version, views, buy clicks, price and the reason a submission came back |
| Developer resources | Links to the docs, the Marketplace, the certification criteria and the request platform |

The product and release editors are sub-pages of the portal. From the product list, **Manage** opens the product editor and **Releases** opens its release list.

## Walkthrough

### Create your first product

1. Select **New Product**. Without a subscription the button reads *Subscription Required* instead.
2. Fill the editor section by section; the readiness meter at the top counts what is complete.
3. Once every section is complete, **Submit for Review** becomes available.

### Follow the state

1. The submissions section shows each product's current step and says when something is expected from you.
2. When changes are requested, the reason appears on the card. Correct it and send the product again.
3. An approved product goes live and is listed under your profile in the directory.

### Update your profile

1. Select the gear icon on the Developer Account card.
2. Edit the avatar, tagline, about text and contact addresses.
3. Select **Save Profile**. The changes appear on your public profile immediately.

## Reference

- **Draft**: Visible only to you. It can be edited, deleted and submitted for review.
- **In review**: Handed to a moderator. You may withdraw it until it is picked up; after that editing and withdrawing close.
- **Changes requested**: The reason is written onto the record. The product can be edited and sent again.
- **Published**: Visible in the catalogue. Description, artwork and price stay editable; package, version number and licence check do not.
- **Retired**: Taken off the catalogue. The record, its reviews and existing buyers' access are kept.
- **Card metrics**: Views count openings of the product page; buy clicks count visitors sent on to your own page.

## Example

The portal addresses are fixed, and both editors live underneath the same path.

```bash
/developer                    portal home
/developer/products           product list
/developer/products/new       new product editor
/developer/releases           release list
```

These addresses exist only for an approved developer. Opened from any other account the page is not found. That is not a permission error; the address does not exist for them.

## Pitfalls

> **Editing closes when review starts**
> 
> Once a moderator picks up the record it cannot be edited or withdrawn. Make final changes before you submit.

> **A published product is not deleted**
> 
> Deleting works on drafts only. What you can do with a live product is retire it, which keeps its reviews and its buyers' access.

> **A developer without products is not in the directory**
> 
> Even with a published profile, the directory lists only developers who have something published.

## Related Articles

- [Joining the Developer Programme](https://dev.wisecp.com/en/joining-the-developer-programme)
- [Premium Developer Subscription](https://dev.wisecp.com/en/premium-developer-subscription)
- [Preparing a Product for Review](https://dev.wisecp.com/en/preparing-a-product-for-review)
- [Publishing a Marketplace Product](https://dev.wisecp.com/en/publishing-a-marketplace-product)
- [Shipping a Marketplace Release](https://dev.wisecp.com/en/shipping-a-marketplace-release)