Create Manual Web App add-ons

Developers and Marketplace Managers can create Manual Web App add-ons for parent products that were configured as Manual Web Apps.

Manual Web App products are similar to Web Apps except the integration is completed manually with email notifications and a Marketplace Manager or Developer marks the provisioning as completed. There is no API integration.

Before adding a Manual Web App add-on to your marketplace, create a parent Manual Web App product on your marketplace. After you create your add-on you will connect your new Manual Web App add-on product to the parent product.

📝 Note AppDirect must enable some settings. Contact your AppDirect technical representative for more information.

To create a Manual Web App add-on

📝 Note If the AppDirect logo appears in the upper-left corner of the page, when Manage > Billing and Distribution, or Manage > Developer appears in this topic, click the grid icon > Switch to | Distribution, instead. If the AppDirect logo appears in the upper-left corner of the page, when Manage > Marketplace appears in this topic, click the grid icon > Switch to | Store, instead.

1. Create a Manual Web App product on your marketplace.
2. Go to Manage > Billing and Distribution > Products > Add Products. The Create New Product page opens.
3. Enter a name for this new add-on. This is the name that marketplace customers and Company Administrators see when they purchase your product and when they use and manage subscriptions for it.
4. Select the following:
   1. Add-on for Product for service type.
   2. Web Application (manual setup) for product type.
   3. Multiple Users for the usage model.
   4. Recurring for the revenue model.
5. Click to agree to the distribution terms and conditions.
6. Click Create Product. The add-on product is created and appears on the Product Dashboard.
7. Configure the developer notification email address. See Edit manual web app add-on integration settings.
   1. Go to Manage > Billing and Distribution > Products > productName | Edit.
   2. On the left menu, click Integration | Edit Integration.
   3. Add a developer notification email address and click Save.
8. Connect the Manual Web App add-on product to the parent product. See Edit connections to parent products.
   1. Click Manage > Billing and Distribution > Products > productName | Edit > Connections & Pricing | Connections.
   2. Locate the application to which you want to connect the add-on in the Connect Add-on to Products table.
   3. Click Select next to the product name.
   4. Click OK to make the add-on available for customers to purchase with all editions.
   5. Click Save.
9. Add the Manual Web App add-on description.
   1. Go to Manage > Billing and Distribution > Products > productName | Edit.
   2. Click Connections & Pricing | Description.
   3. Add an Add-on Name and complete the other fields as necessary.
   4. Click Save.
10. Request publication of the product.
11. Go to Manage > Billing and Distribution > Products > productName | Edit.
12. Click Publish.

When these steps are completed, the Manual Web App add-on product is available for purchase on the marketplace. When an end user purchases this product, the marketplace sends an email to the developer notification email address.

Note: Pending events must be manually resolved for the Manual Web App product before the event for the Manual Web App add-on is sent to the marketplace. Then the pending event for the Manual Web App add-on must be resolved.

The Marketplace Manager can manually resolve pending events at Manage > Marketplace > Dashboard > Events | Event Logs. For more information, see View and resolve pending events.