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Anyone that accepts Zapier Terms of Service can build a private integration. | Integrations by developers who work for the company owning the API or have been contracted by the API owner can go public. | Integrations by developers who are building on an API they own but for a competing product with Zapier. |
Integrations by developers building on a private API with no intention of going public, are permitted to remain private/invite-only indefinitely. | Integrations by developers who work for or third-party developers (preferably a trusted developer) hired by the company owning the API and intended to go public, are permitted as private before going public. | Integrations by developers who do not own the API used in the integration or who have not been given explicit permission by the owners of the API. |
Integrations by developers who are building on a public API they do not own, and routing traffic to their own servers. Exceptions apply when building on an approved third-party API. | ||
Integrations by developers building on a public API they do not own and intend to share with their team (within their company or organization, family and friends, etc.) are only permitted to be private. | ||
Integrations by developers building on a public API they do not own and intend to sell access to the integration, are only permitted to be private. | ||
Integrations by developers building with sandbox/test/dev environments or endpoints are only permitted to be private. |
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. The description should not include links or mentions of Zapier or other apps, or make it appear your integration is associated with or endorsed by Zapier. Focus less on selling the application, instead, provide a clear explanation of what your application actually does.
Examples:
Trello is a team collaboration tool to organize anything on a kanban board.
, not Trello is the best project management tool
.Dropbox lets you store files online, sync them to all your devices, and share them easily.
, not A file storage app
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