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App submission checklist

Use this checklist to help you prepare and organize all the required info so that everything's in place before you submit your app.

Note Your customers will see most of the info in this list, so give it a lot of thought. Consider having someone else review key entries, such as your app's description, to make sure your app is represented well.

Checklist for submitting an app

Here's the key info that you'll need for submitting your app to the Windows Store. We recommend that you make sure you have all of this ready to go before you start the submission process.

Submit an app page	Field name	For more info
Name	App name 256 characters or less	What to name your app Entering your app's name
Selling details	Price tier	Plan for monetization Adding trials and in-app purchases
	Free trial period	Plan for monetization Adding trials and in-app purchases
	Countries/regions	Choosing your markets
	Release date	Selecting your app's release date
	Category Subcategory	Choosing a category and subcategory
	Accessible app	Declaring your app as accessible
	Minimum DirectX feature level	Developing for different Direct3D feature levels (DirectX and C++)
	Minimum System RAM
Advanced features	In-app offers	Plan for monetization Your app's description Adding trials and in-app purchases
Ratings	Age rating	Age ratings and rating boards
Ratings	Rating certificates	Age ratings and rating boards
Cryptography	Does this app call, support, contain, or use cryptography or encryption?	Understanding export restrictions on cryptography
Cryptography	Is the use of cryptography limited to an allowed function?	Understanding export restrictions on cryptography
Packages	Package upload control The path to your app's finished packages	App package requirements
Description You'll need all the required info for each language that your app supports.	Description 10,000 characters or less	Your app's description How your app appears in the Windows Store App images Making your app easier to promote
	App features (optional) Up to 20, each one 200 characters or less
	Keywords (optional) Up to 7, each one 45 characters or less
	Description of update 1,500 characters or less (leave blank for your app's first release)
	Copyright and trademark info 200 characters or less
	Additional license terms (optional) 10,000 characters or less
	Screenshots Up to 8, each with a description of 200 character or less Minimum image size: 1366x766
	Promotional images (optional) Up to 4 images in these sizes. 414x180, 414x468, 558x756, 846x468
	Recommended hardware (optional) Up to 11 short comments about the hardware your app requires, each one 200 characters or less.
	App website (optional) A URL that is 2,048 characters or less
	Support contact A URL that is 2,048 characters or less
	Privacy policy (conditional—see certification requirement 4.1) A URL that is 2,048 characters or less
	In-app offer description	Your app's description
Notes to testers	Notes 500 characters or less	Providing info to certification testers

Note

If your app needs to connect to a service in order to function, make sure that the service will be online and available when we test your app. If your app can't connect to a service it needs during testing, it will fail certification.

Build date: 3/26/2013