Auto update approval for verified users

Hi!

I was wondering, I think it sometimes can be quite annoying to wait for an reviewer to check your update and approve it.

It would be great if there was an option to become a verified user. If you are a verified user, your updates don’t need manual approval.

For example, as an author you have the option to become verified user by paying $10 and agreeing to the rules that if you have included something that is not allowed your account will be returned to normal and you cannot be become a verified user anymore.

Anyways, its just an idea

Kind regards,

Philo

Even verified users break rules.

Huge +1 on this for me.

Early in a product life cycle, I can update a project with tweaks 2 or 3 times in a 24 hours timespan. This is just a fact of life when your project receives a flood of new users, new eyeballs, and new bug-detectors to your product. While I can update my live-demo instantly, it often can take a day or two (which I might note is SUPER fast compared to other sites) for the reviewers to approve the new download file.

For example: I just launched a new product that had a few bugs and typos spotted immediately – I had the live-demo updated in mere minutes, but I had to resort to emailing the updates to early buyers while I waiting for a reviewer to find the time. Again, this is no fault of the reviewers at all – they do amazing work.

I would imagine that allowing “verified” authors to auto-approve their own download files would also take more stress off of the reviewers, which means faster feedback/approvals on new products and on updates from less experienced authors, who would often benefit from the reviewers having a little extra time to help them move towards approval.

Great idea Philo!

I just did an update as it happens, I was 18th on Themeforest. I thought it’d take ages but it was updated within hours so no complaints this end.

Yep – this is often the case during the week – most updates are approved in a flash. Still, to buyers who want to have the newest version “right this instant”, those few hours can be annoying. I think the bigger point here is that if a “verified” author can auto-approve his own update files, it takes a huge load of work from the reviewers in general.