# Verification & Badges

> Submit developer verification and understand earned or purchased badge tiers without promising ranking or conversion gains.

Canonical: https://theaimart.co/docs/verification-and-badges
Updated: 2026-10-29 · Guide version: 1.1

Developer verification and marketplace badges are related trust indicators, but they are not a guarantee of app safety, search position, payout speed or conversion improvement.

## Submit developer verification

1. Open [Verification](/Dashboard/Verification).
2. Enter the required business name and any requested business/contact evidence.
3. Submit the request and inspect its status or administrator notes.
4. If rejected, address the stated issue before submitting again.

Verification management uses `POST /developers/verify` and `GET /developers/verify/status`. A minimal request shape is:

```json
{"business_name":"Your developer business"}
```

Only authorized administrators approve or reject identity requests. A pending request prevents a second pending submission. Do not upload another person's identity or sensitive documents as a test.

## Badge information

`GET /developers/badge` returns the account's effective tier, earned/purchased breakdown, rating count and average, current thresholds, expiry and offered purchase prices. The public badge endpoint returns a smaller display record.

Current tier identifiers are `none`, `verified`, `green`, `blue` and `gold`. Earned tiers come from ratings: green needs 50 ratings averaging 4.0★ or higher, blue 500 at 4.3★, gold 5,000 at 4.5★ (or a granted Gold request). Each person counts once across your apps and agents, and your own reviews never count. A purchased tier can expire, and an earned tier can drop if your average falls. Do not assume that an earned tier is permanent or that the old Basic/Trusted/Elite labels are API values.

Optional purchases use the actual checkout and payment verification flow. Gold requests are reviewed separately. Copy current terms and prices from your authorized dashboard; no fixed badge price or commercial entitlement is promised here.

## Troubleshooting and limitations

For a badge discrepancy, compare earned tier, purchased tier and expiry rather than only the rendered color. For a pending identity check, inspect notes and contact support; a suggested review window is not a guaranteed service level. A badge does not replace app review, entitlement checks or your own assessment of a third-party app.

## Next

Read [Reviews & Ratings](/docs/reviews), [Discovery & SEO](/docs/discovery-and-seo) and [Accounts & Authentication](/docs/accounts-and-auth).