I am New Author – Need Step-by-Step Guidance Before First Script Submission

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Hi everyone,

I’m new to the Envato Market as a seller, but I’ve been working for many years as a PHP and Laravel developer. Now I’ve finally decided to package and sell one of my full Laravel scripts on CodeCanyon.

The script is ready, fully functional, and includes user/admin panel, Payment Gateways documentation, and demo site. But before submitting it for approval, I need your help to understand the proper process — step by step — to avoid rejection. I’ve read a lot, but still have doubts and don’t want to make any mistakes.

:white_check_mark: What I Understand So Far (Please Correct Me If I’m Wrong):

  1. I need to create a ZIP package with:

    • Full working Laravel script
    • Documentation (documentation/index.html or README)
    • Admin/user credentials
    • A demo site URL (with full access)

  2. I submit this ZIP for Envato review.

  3. Question: After approval, will the item automatically go live on the marketplace, or Not
    As my understanding is there another step for public listing?
    Is the approval ZIP and public version uploaded separate form right?

  4. Question: Is it mandatory to include a license verification system during the first approval?
    I haven’t implemented license logic yet, but I plan to add it after approval.

  5. After approval, can I update the script later to include license validation (domain lock, Envato purchase check, etc.) and then publish the update?

  6. Question: After approval, is there any time limit to make it public listing?

:red_question_mark: Additional Questions:

  • Is there any official guide or sample code to integrate Envato license verification in Laravel/PHP?
  • Is it okay to use a third-party license server script?
  • Or do authors usually develop their own from scratch?
  • Any limitations or approval rules regarding this?

:information_source: My Goal:

I just want to make sure my submission is as clean and compliant as possible. I’ve put a lot of time into development, and I want to avoid unnecessary rejections. This is my first script and first time on CodeCanyon — so I really appreciate any advice or shared experience.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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https://help.author.envato.com/hc/en-us/sections/360000089563-Code-Item-Requirements

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Ask ChatGPT, it is really good for code, including what you ask.

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Please help me the below my doubts:

  1. I need to create a ZIP package with:
  • Full working Laravel script
  • Documentation (documentation/index.html or README)
  • Admin/user credentials with demo site URL (with full access)
    Then submit this ZIP for Envato review.
  1. Question: After approval, will the item automatically go live on the marketplace, or Not
    As my understanding is Envato review and public listing both different way Right so once approved only i can add listing file upload, image, descripton etc process Right..?
    Is the approval ZIP and public version uploaded separate form right?
  2. Question: Is it mandatory to include a license verification system during the first approval?
    I haven’t implemented license logic yet, but I plan to add it after approval.
  3. After approval, can I update the script later to include license validation (domain lock, Envato purchase check, etc.) and then publish the update?
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Also, how can we know if the user has installed the script on multiple domains or made multiple installations? Most scripts allow only one domain or one installation, and if the limit is exceeded, a message like “limit reached” is shown. Additionally, some systems can monitor the domains being used. Where can this information be viewed? I couldn’t find such a feature on the Envato dashboard.

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Most of your questions comes with and “IF” statement. IF you get the item approval.

Just upload the file, you will probably get rejection anyway, if you’re lucky or if you have really good project, best case, you’d get “soft” rejection and you could fix the problem, rest of the “issues” can be discussed after or can be experienced by using the system. It’s not complicated.

Yes

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@GoGoGoGoGoGoGoGoGoGo I suggest you don’t rely on codecanyon as the chances of your rejection will be 100% for sure,
On the other side, they will take at least 6 days for review, so if you have a plan to sell it anywhere or how your hard work gets paid, be ready for that one.

And one more thing, if your product luckily got published, they will deduct 50% price of your product, if you are exclusive author, you can’t sell it anywhere.

And I have noticed traffic of the codecanyon get reduced by 20% in last months.

Well good luck from my side, you can try your luck here.

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Way more. The new items gets 100 unique views per day, for the first week if you’re lucky ( the first 3-4 days ) and it goes down do 20-30 unique view per day.

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As per your reply, the item automatically goes live on the marketplace after approval. So, when I submit it for approval, does the code need to have the license verification implemented as well? I saw in another ticket that someone implemented license verification, but Envato rejected it because they required a registration code—even though you can’t get a registration code without purchasing. If I implement this, won’t I face the same issue?

My application is developed in Laravel, and I utilize Blade views with Tailwind CSS classes directly in the HTML. For additional customization, I have included a custom.css file in the header. I would like to know if it is acceptable to use inline CSS for certain elements, or if all custom styles must always be placed in an external CSS file.

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Just submit the item, it will be probably rejected anyway…
If you get the approval, we can discuss it later. No point to discuss anything now…

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