Chromium Blog: New developer dashboard and registration flow for Chrome Web Store

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New developer dashboard and registration flow for Chrome Web Store

Thursday, March 12, 2020

Chrome Web Store New dashboard is now the default

When you click Settings > Developer Dashboard on the Chrome Web Store home page.

When you follow existing bookmarks or links to the developer dashboard.

When you navigate explicitly to chrome.google.com/webstore/developer/dashboard.

Opting out means that you’ll see the old dashboard in each of the cases listed above. You can always opt in again by clicking the link in the old dashboard’s banner:

Opting out is useful for specific use cases that affect a small number of developers. The new dashboard does not yet support the following tasks:

Transfer items

Edit or publish a paid item, or add in-app purchases, using Chrome Web Store Payments

View an item’s public key

Re-order screenshots

Preview a new version of your item or promotional tiles

View revenue stats

known issues document Developer registration fee now required earlier

Developers who previously published items to the public were required to pay the registration fee at that time. These developers do not need to pay the fee again: no action is required.

New developers must register and pay this fee before they can use the Chrome Web Store developer dashboard.

Previously registered developers who have never published an item to the public must now pay this fee before they can use the CWS developer dashboard. If you have published to private domain or to trusted testers, but not to the public, you will now need to pay the registration fee. Note: This will look like a new developer registration flow, but all that’s required is to pay the fee and complete the flow.