Publish on marketplace
Learn how to publish a blueprint on the marketplace and share it with the GSA community.
Intro
For this guide, we assume you have already created a blueprint and ensured it is working properly.
Make sure you only publish your own work on the marketplace, or have permission to publish the work of others (through an open-source license, for example) and give appropriate credit to the author.
Publish Blueprint
To publish something on the marketplace, you need a GSA account that has made at least one (add-on) purchase. This requirement helps us reduce spam on the marketplace.
1. Marketplace Checklist
You can find the Marketplace checklist on the blueprint Settings page. The checklist helps you prepare the blueprint for publishing.
2. Set Up Summary, Image, etc.
Enter a summary, description, and image to help people understand what your blueprint is about.
2.1 Summary
The summary is the first thing people see when browsing the Blueprint Marketplace.
An example of how this will appear on the marketplace:
2.2 Description
The description allows you to provide more details about the blueprint, reference sources, and more.
An example of how this will appear on the marketplace:
2.3 Image
The image is visible on the marketplace next to the summary and above the description.
3. Publish Version
Only Published blueprint versions are visible on the marketplace. Newly created blueprint versions (DEV mode) won't be visible. Learn more about blueprint version states >
You must have at least one published version before you can publish the blueprint on the marketplace.
Learn how to publish a blueprint version >
4. Nickname & Terms
Click the Marketplace nickname & terms link to open the popup.
Enter a nickname, which will be displayed on all your marketplace items as the author, and read the terms. You can accept the terms at the bottom of the popup.
After accepting the terms, we will send you a copy via email.
Here is an example of how the author name is displayed:
5. Submit for Approval
After completing all steps of the checklist, you can submit the blueprint for approval.
Use the Preview button to see how the blueprint will look on the marketplace.
Confirm that you want to publish the blueprint.
After submitting the blueprint, a GSA representative will review your creation. If everything is in order, it will be published to the marketplace.
Publish New Version
After creating a new blueprint version and testing the changes on your dashboard, you can publish the new version to the marketplace.
First, select the version you want to publish, then click Publish now.
The version is now published and available on the marketplace:
