About the SiteApps Marketplace for web apps
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The SiteApps Marketplace allows websites to quickly implement and test web apps designed to extend the functionality of their website. After performing a simple, one-time installation of the "parent" SiteApps tag, site owners and content managers can easily customize, deploy and manage website applications through the SiteApps dashboard, without the need to further modify code on the original website.
Add features, no coding required. These days, there are a wide array of tools designed to empower websites, but implementation has typically required at least an intermediate knowledge of HTML and/or Javascript; often times, the people most interested in testing or using these tools don't have the skills to actually implement them.
SiteApps is designed to simplify feature adoption for site admins and webmasters, and to streamline implementation and management for the folks most concerned about site content and capabilities.
Why develop web apps the SiteApps Marketplace
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It's simple. No need to learn a new SDK. Our platform uses the web's most common language for client-side development: Javascript. Even better, we went beyond basic Javascript to include JQuery as an optional add-on to support your app development. In essence, JQuery is our SDK -- and it comes loaded with a wealth of tools and shortcuts to aid in the development of powerful and complex web apps. And best of all, we offer true live testing of your app on any website, allowing potential customers to "try before they buy".
Earn Cash. Once your app is available on the SiteApps marketplace, websites can immediately deploy it with a few clicks. You can offer your app for free or charge a monthly fee. You keep 70% of the revenue generated by sales of your app, and we take care of monetizing the app for you.
- new sales channel: if you already have an app, allow sites using SiteApps to automatically deploy your app;
- creating brand awareness: if you are an optimization agency, you can create an interesting app that allows you to expose your brand and potentially sell services to help implement this app;
- generating viral marketing: add a 'powered by' link to your app to generate traffic to your site from sites that installed your app
Get Creative. SiteApps offers segmentation and targeting features that allow customized implementations. Your apps can be configured to be presented only to specific user segments, on specific URLs and with advanced frequency controls. Your app -- delivered selectively and strategically using the SiteApps platform -- can become a true personalization tool for webmasters.
Guarantee Quality Delivery. SiteApps takes care of guaranteeing a quality delivery of your app. We use Google's AppEngine for our tag management layer, host all of the accessory files for your app, and compress and optimize delivery of all applications we serve.
Show Off Your Work. SiteApps allows any website to try the app before they buy it. If you think that a certain website could benefit from your app, tell them about it and show them how it would appear on their site.
Walking through the development of an app
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Instead of writing about how to develop an app, we thought it might be easier to show you. Watch the video below -- it's a demonstration of how to create and submit your first app (a simple image switcher) in under two minutes.
That's it! We hope you enjoy developing apps for the SiteApps Marketplace.
Developer Resources
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We want to make the development process as streamlined as possible. We just launched an are adding to our documentation daily. Check our our developer forum to discuss development with other codes. Also visit our FAQ for more common issues.
