Vendor onboarding checklist
Before you create products on the AppDirect platform consider your commercial goals and complete some preparatory steps.
Commercial considerations
- Plan your e-commerce strategy
- Decide on a go-to-market strategy. Think about user experience and what you want for your user.
- Marketing and payment plan
- Marketing strategy
- Pricing plan
Preparation
We recommend you complete the following preparation before you create your products on the AppDirect platform.
Step | Action | Documentation link |
---|---|---|
1 | Apply for a developer account | Developer application process |
2 | Understand the different AppDirect product types | Product types |
3 | Understand add-ons | Manage add-on products |
4 | Understand credentials and authentication on the AppDirect platform | Configure product integration security |
5 | Understand the Subscription event flow | Integration events |
6 | Error codes you need to set up on your platform | Event error codes |
7 | Understand the event flags | Event flags |
8 | Understand how to integrate your SSO with AppDirect | Authentication |
Create your product
Step | Action | Documentation link | Effort |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Set up your credentials for product integration | Manage credentials | Low |
2 | Build your mechanism to do a credential handshake. Use OAuth2.0 separate credentials authorization. | Configure product integration security | High |
3 | Build your integrations | You do this on your platform | High |
4 | Make sure you capture the event flags correctly. This was a preparation step. | You do this on your platform | Medium |
5 | Create your product | Add products | Low |
6 | Create an edition for your product | Add editions | Low |
7 | Add basic branding data for your product | Edit product profiles and branding | Low |
8 | (Optional) Preview your product. See how it appears and behaves on the marketplace. | Preview product profiles | Low |
9 | Add integration endpoint URLs. AppDirect will send notifications to these URL endpoints. | Edit integration | Low |
10 | Run ping tests to test your integration endpoint URLs. When all the indicator circles turn green, all tests have passed. If any ping tests fail, fix the URL endpoint on your platform. | Run ping tests | Low |
11 | Run the integration report | Integration report | Low |
12 | Request publication of your product on the AppDirect marketplace. A Marketplace Manager will review your request. | Publish products | Low |
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