Hi all. I’m getting close to finalising a plugin that I plan to put on the marketplace and I’ve been looking at everything I can find on security. Adobe ( https://developer-stage.adobe.com/developer-distribution/creative-cloud/docs/guides/faq/ ) says “Our payment vendor FastSpring offers an extra lay…

@rauchwer is the real expert on this, but I’ll try to answer: a) I need to sign up with FastSpring if I’m submitting paid plugins because that’s how money from any sales is sent, regardless of how I secure the plugin? Correct! And then I have a choice between: b) I rely on the security built …

Never had to deal with any licence codes. I guess Marketplace handles this maybe :thinking: Probably these licences are needed if you distribute your plugin outside of Marketplace and handle everything yourself

Hi @MartinB , This is, indeed, somewhat confusing. Using license codes is optional in the Adobe Exchange Marketplace. You can use them to add more security but you don’t have to. There is some built-in security, where users who purchase through the Marketplace get an entitlement check through the …

Thanks Erin, I’ll drop them a line. In the meantime could you please confirm the following: a) I need to sign up with FastSpring if I’m submitting paid plugins because that’s how money from any sales is sent, regardless of how I secure the plugin? And then I have a choice between: b) I rely on th…

Many thanks for the confirmation, Erin. I’ve had a reply to my query to FastSpring’s support line: Adobe creates products in their store. Unfortunately, we don’t have any solution for authenticating your license code in app. We also don’t encrypt the file fulfillment - it is delivered as-is. I’…

This topic about obfuscation might help if you need some ideas [image] I'm Shocked! Why Are Plugins Decrypted on Install? Photoshop I just realized that UXP plugins are decrypted and installed as plain text on the user’s computer. Seeing the ccx installer file encyrpted wa…

Thanks Karmalakas. It was actually that topic that started me down this thought process. Some very useful comments there!

I had the same issue when trying to figure out licensing for my plugins. For Fastspring, it seemed like they don’t want you to be able to figure it out and want you to use their other service licensespring.com You could go the simple (but less secure way) and just come up with a license key algori…

Thanks @JasonM . Interesting and it all makes sense. I’m just starting and don’t expect volumes to justify anything like signing with LemonSqueezy, but useful information regardless.

Looking for an idiot's guide to using FastSpring licence codes

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Karmalakas January 25, 2024, 2:58pm 7

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