What are Verified and Unverified Activities?

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Contents

Introduction

The Difference Between Verified and Unverified Activities

When to Keep Your Activity Unverified

When to Verify Your Activity

Introduction

Discord offers two distinct settings for Activities: Verified and Unverified. These settings provide different levels of visibility and functionality, each suited for specific purposes. In this article, we'll delve into the characteristics and benefits of both Verified and Unverified Activities, helping you understand when and how to use each effectively.

The Difference Between Verified and Unverified Activities

Verified and Unverified Activities have several distinct characteristics:

Verified Activities

These Activities are:

  • Visible to everyone on Discord (There is no longer a server member limit.)
  • Allowed to enable discovery through Discord Discovery Surfaces
  • Playable in any server, regardless of size
  • Eligible for monetization, provided Premium App requirements are met

Unverified Activities

Unverified Activities have the following features:

  • Only visible to you, your development team, and app testers
  • Not discoverable by the general Discord community
  • Limited to servers with fewer than 25 members
  • Great for testing and development

The key difference is accessibility and visibility. Verified Activities are open to all Discord users, while Unverified Activities are restricted to developers and testers.

When to Keep Your Activity Unverified

While you are developing and testing your Activity, keeping it unverified is the best option. It is only playable by the team's developers and app testers who are explicitly invited to test it. It can also only be launched in servers with less than 25 members.

⚠️ It's crucial to only test Activities from developers you trust. For more information on Unverified Activity Safety, check out this article.

The best practice for development, testing, and adding new features is to use an unverified Activity. Meanwhile, maintain a separate verified "live" Activity for your stable build.

When to Verify Your Activity

When you are ready to release your Activity to the world, this will open the doors to discoverability and monetization. But first, verification is necessary to enable discovery and monetization features for your Activity.

Verification

For development and iteration, we suggest having an unverified Activity.

To learn about how to get your Activity verified, please take a look at the How Do I Get My App Verified article.

Discoverability

There are currently three surfaces where people can discover your Activity once it’s verified and discovery has been enabled.

Please see this article to learn more about these surfaces and how users can find and launch your Activity.

⚠️ Note that after enabling discovery for your app, it can take up to 30 hours for your Activity to appear in the search bar.

Monetization

You can now monetize your eligible Activity through both In-App Purchases and Subscriptions!

To learn about the eligibility criteria and how to monetize your application, check out this article.

 

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