You can sell your plugin or theme through the WooCommerce + WooCommerce API manager or WooCommerce + WooCommerce Software Add-on platform using Appsero.
Let us see the steps, shall we.
Basic Information
To add a new plugin, click on the Add New button. There you will find two options “Add Plugin” and “Add Theme“. Click on the “Add Plugin” button.
Now you have to click on “Yes, It’s a Premium Plugin” button.
Because it is a premium plugin, all the details have to be filled up manually. All the necessary data needs to be added. Check out what you need to add.
Available Fields
| Name | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Plugin Name | Yes | The name of the plugin. |
| Slug | Yes | Slug of the plugin. It will be generated automatically but you can change it. Note that you will not be able to update it later. |
| Version | Yes | The version of the plugin. You will be able to add new version at the time of release. |
| Requires PHP Version | Yes | Requires PHP Version for the plugins. |
| Requires WordPress Version | Yes | WordPress version requires for the plugin. |
| Tested up to | Yes | Maximum version of WordPress the plugin has been tested. |
| Homepage URL | No | Website URL of the plugin. Put Website URL based on the hosted store. Put WordPress.org URL of the plugin, if it is hosted on WordPress.org. |
| Demo URL | No | Demo site URL of the plugin. |
| Description | No | Give a description of the plugin. This field is markdown supported. |
Now, you can add the details in the fields.
Licensing
Now, onto the Licensing part. Appsero will ask you a question, Whether you want to manage your plugin ‘s license through Appsero or not. Now, we recommend choosing “Yes;“
Then you can use every feature of Appsero including Analytics, Licensing & Deployment. So it is recommended to select Yes.
You can choose “No” also. In that case, then you can only use the analytics part.
If you want currently WooCommerce with WooCommerce API manager or WooCommerce with WooCommerce Software Add-on – select them.
But if you want to use Appsero directly with WooCommerce without any other plugin, you need to choose I don’t use any of them.
Use WooCommerce with Woo API Manager or Woo Software Addon
On the following screen, select the platform you are already using.
On the next screen, Appsero will ask you how do you want to manage your licensing going forward
- If you want to use Appsero to handle licensing for future sales – select “Use Appsero“
- If you want to use Software Licensing to generate licenses but want to use Appsero for license checking only, select “Keep using existing license generator and use Appsero for license checking only“
The redirected page will show you a message that “I have installed Appsero Helper plugin”.
When you click on the “I have installed Appsero Helper plugin” you will get an API key.
Now, to verify the API key, you need to install the Appsero Helper plugin on your website. Then, you need to navigate to Admin-> Settings-> Appsero Helper. Then you need to paste the API key from Appsero to your website and hit the Connect button.
Now, when you click the Verify button, it will give you a message that the connection is successful.
Now, you need to select your website that you connected with Appsero.
After selecting the website, you need to select your existing project on your website. If you are getting any error in this step, we recommend adding your product already to your store.
After adding your project, you need to hit the Next button to complete.
That’s it. Rest is the same as adding a Premium plugin or theme. You can get help from this documentation.
Use WooCommrce (without other plugins)
To use WooCommerce as the platform click on “I will use WooCommerce to sell” button.
We are assuming you have an account created on WooCommerce and already created products over there. Otherwise, Appsero will give you an Error.
If you click on Using Appsero for Licensing or Next, then you will be redirected to a page.
The redirected page will show you a message that “I have installed Appsero Helper plugin”.
When you click on the “I have installed Appsero Helper plugin” you will get an API key.
Now, to verify the API key, you need to install the Appsero Helper plugin on your website. Then, you need to navigate to Admin-> Settings-> Appsero Helper. Then you need to paste the API key from Appsero to your website and hit the Connect button.
Now, when you click the Verify button, it will give you a message that the connection is successful.
Now, you need to select your website that you connected with Appsero.
After selecting the website, you need to select your existing project on your website. If you are getting any error in this step, we recommend adding your product already to your store.
After adding your project, you need to hit the Next button to complete.
That’s it. Rest is the same as adding a Premium plugin or theme. You can get help from this documentation.
