I'm a first-timer and got rejected with no specific reason

Hi everyone,

My React template recently got rejected on ThemeForest. Unfortunately, I didn’t receive specific reasons.
The only thing I understood was this:
“unfortunately we found it isn’t at the quality standard required to move forward, and you won’t be able to re-submit this item again.”

I think it is good to help first-timers with valid reasons not just rejecting with ambiguity, I put all my efforts on creating a product with acceptable code quality and to note that I read all the docs related to selling and product quality.

Can anyone offer feedback on common reasons for React template rejections? Any insights would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Here is the link to my demo:
Ponyu: The React eCommerce Template (1001universes.tech)

I see your template looks cool and should be approved by Envato staff.

Not sure why they don’t approve it.

Thanks for your comment. This is sad. I was open to a soft rejection so I could improve the product, but they told me that I’m not allowed to submit it again.
Still, I am open to any comment that can improve it, I want to know at the end how should be my product.
Regards.

I do not have anything specific in my mind about the code quality, the stack is fairly simple with the most popular libraries. React, TailwindCSS, DaisyUI, HeadlessUI and Zustand. I even applied reduced-motion and other accessibility considerations.
Though the only thing that I have doubts about is, using Zustand instead of Redux for global state management, I consider it is a new trend and might not be accepted by Envato as a valid option.

You would probably get the approval if you were submitting the item a year ago or two but these days things getting change too fast. Not sure about the code quality but a little bit polishing with focusing on some of the pages for a little bit more details would be a good idea. It feels like a blog instead of e-commerce.

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