Every time Authors upload new products to the digital marketplace, they are due to a thorough review by the TemplateMonster team. Every week the review team releases 800-1000 items. The number of new releases will grow bigger in the nearest future.
TemplateMonster team carefully reviews every product to match the following criteria:
Product titles and URL addresses. Every item should feature a unique product name. An exception to the rule can be corporate themes where some product names can be repeated. The review team also checks where you host the Live Demo of your item. It shouldn’t be hosted on free hosting services like 000webhostapp.com, netlify.com. For example, you may host your website at https://whois.domaintools.com/. When checking item titles, we ensure they follow product naming guidelines.
Product uniqueness, which includes:
- Checking product description for plagiarism;
- Reviewing theme images from Slider Media and Presentation Media;
- The same procedure is applied to images on product pages;
- Making certain that product footer or contact page features unique contact lists;
- Checking different unique text that can be indexed by search engines;
- Running search based on the product and vendor name.
Product category and product type. Checking if the product images and files from the pack match the category chosen by an Author. We also ensure that the product archive is structured according to our guidelines.
Tags and features. The Review team checks if the chosen tags are relevant to the item, and the listed features are available in the product.
Image validity and product description. Images should be of high quality and not stretched. The product description should be unique and contain at least 256 characters.
Demo check. The demo should be relevant to the product that the Author uploaded for review. The Review Team may check the software if the demo doesn’t match the theme. Ir our iFrame or browser cannot display an HTTP domain, an Author may be asked to install HTTPS (SSL).
Besides the aforementioned factors, Authors should ensure that:
- The product pack structure matches TemplateMonster guidelines. There should be no external links to other websites, emails, or notices of other marketplaces.
- Live Demo shouldn’t include target=”_blank” attribute (only Shopify themes may feature it).
- Detailed English product documentation should be attached.
- There should be a working contact form and Google Map widget.
- The item should be responsive and cross-browser compatible.
- Plagiarism check.
- Live Demo should match the item submitted for review.
Please note: due to the complex plan of the review process, it takes from 2 business days to 2 business weeks, depending on the type of product and queue.
Before the product is checked by us it will also be checked
- for the presence of a virus in the archive;
- if the live preview url is available;
- if the live preview url contains malicious content or threats.
The authors may receive such error texts:
- The product archive contains viruses, please check your zip files.
- The live demo is not working, please fix it.
- Check your live demo for malicious content and threats.
If you have a shopping cart issue when downloading a WooСommerce theme (the products are not added at all or only one product is added and disappears as the page is reloaded) here is the fix:
“- SameSite=Noneallow-same-origin: If this token is not used, the resource is treated as being from a special origin that always fails the same-origin policy (potentially preventing access to data storage/cookies and some JavaScript APIs).
If your product was rejected, it’s likely it didn’t meet the marketplace requirements. See the most common reasons for product improvement requests.
Please note! From February 15, 2024, new Presentations, Graphics, Video, Audio, and 3D products will be automatically added to MonsterONE subscriptions as another way to increase author revenue.
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