Buy own Theme!

[akld10]

Such kind of question. Can authors by their own themes (from other accounts of course) to increase theme’s rating?

[OsamaSayegh]

Wouldn’t that be lying to your customer and sort of false advertising?

And no, it’s not allowed as per the Author Terms:

##The rules

We ask that as an author you always abide by the Author Terms and the following rules:

     1. The items you upload for sale must be your own creation. Do not submit works based on tutorials          or other people’s designs.

     2. You must have the rights to license the items you upload, either because they are your own          original content, or because you have a license that grants you permission to resell any third-party          assets included with your item.

     3. If you believe that anyone on any of the Envato Market sites has copied one of your items or is          otherwise infringing upon intellectual property rights, please report this behaviour to Help Team.

     4. Do not buy your own items or engage in other conduct with the intention of defrauding          Envato Market or other authors.

     5. Do not upload items that contain explicit profanity, nudity or extreme violence.

     6. Everything uploaded to Envato Market should be appropriate for commercial sale.