Helpful Resources for Authors

This article contains helpful resources for marketplace authors including the Envato Market API, image templates, links to 3rd party applications and documentation standards

Envato Extras

Envato Extras compiles apps, tools and resources to help you get more out of Envato. Check it out here. 

Envato Market API

What is the Marketplace API? Learn more here. 

• Documentation – The official documentation for working with the marketplace API.
• Envato Marketplace Items WordPress Plugin – Created by Derek Hermans, this plugin allows you to easily display your recent items on your WordPress blog.
• PHP Wrapper Class; refer here for usage details.

Documentation

• HTML Documentation Template – Most marketplace items require documentation. You can use this template as a starting point.
• Documenter Web App – Dynamically generate your documentation with ease!

Item Image Templates

Not all of us are fantastic designers. This can make the process of branding, for example, a code-based item, significantly more difficult. But that’s okay! We have a dozen different image templates that you’re free to use in your next marketplace item! Just download the PSD, replace the text with your own information, and save!

Free Item Preview Image Templates.

Tutorials

• YouTube: envatoMarketplaces – Learn about the Envato Market API, selling tips, and more.
• Display Anything you Want from the Envato API with PHP – via Nettuts+
• Make an iPhone App Using the Envato API – via Nettuts+
• How to Use the Latest Updates to the Marketplace API – Details some of the new features in the marketplace API, as of January 2011.
• Sponsored Search Results on your Website – This is a nifty little way to generate referral income from sites that show content similar in nature to the marketplaces.

Promoting your Items

• Free File of the Month

DMCA

• Fresh Killer – Automatically sends take-down notices to site owners.

Analytics

• Envato Analytics – Tool (currently in beta) that allows any marketplace member to track how many people are visiting your items and where customers are being referred to your items from external sources.

  Simply go to Envato Analytics and log in with your marketplace account name + API key. Your API key is available via My Account -> My Settings.

Promotional Assets

• Referral Banners and Icons
• Marketplace Buttons
• More Marketplace Buttons

3rd Party Apps

iPhone

• NVator – Nvator is an elegant and native iPhone application which allows you to monitor your Envato Marketplace activities. Nvator is especially useful for keeping track of your deposits and balance when on the road using your existing Envato account.
• Leaflet – Leaflet is an iPhone app designed for Envato marketplace publishers. Keep track of all of your account related information including comments, earnings breakdown, statement list and receive push notifications for both new sales and comments. You can also respond to comments and view individual statement entries all in one.
• SalesDonkey – SalesDonkey lets you track your sales and comments on any website from Envato network.
• Viento – Are you constantly checking your envato® stats? Would you love to be able to check you sales, statement and much more on the go?
• Sales Summit – Monitor your Envato Marketplace sales and products. Sales Summit lists sales for today, this month and summarises past months sales.
• iNvatooPro – iNvatooPro is a great application for the iPad by user ArtCrocky packed with all kinds of features. From checking your sales, to viewing graphs, to sharing on social media sites. This app definitely has something to interest any author or user of the Envato Marketplaces.

Mac

• SalesDonkey – SalesDonkey is a Mac OS X application that detects new sales on your Envato account and notifies you using Growl framework and audio.
• iEnvato – This is an Air app that provides advanced statistics, a brand new look, and much more.

Windows

• iEnvato – This is an Air app that provides advanced statistics, a brand new look, and much more.

Please note that, because most of the tools and resources listed above are created by third party individuals, Envato cannot endorse or be held liable for any potential issues that arise from their usage.

Site Specific Utilities

ThemeForest

• WordPress Theme Update Notifier – This is a simple WordPress theme update notifier that will provide your theme buyers with a notification every time you issue a theme update.