What does a great template look like?

We review every template before it is live on the site. New templates will always go through a full review before they're allowed on the MUI Store, whereas updated templates will go through an abbreviated review. We've broken down each step of the process below to make it as clear and predictable as possible. If you need help with the actual upload, you can see a step-by-step guide in the following article. 

Overarching requirements

MUI Store focuses on curating templates that hit the following points: 

1. Great design execution. 

   A clean, well-considered design execution is the main selling factor. This is about end-user experience and strong UX/UI execution, and is the single most important reason customers purchase our templates.

2. High-quality code. 

   Code that mimics the open-source library style and is well-documented and well-laid out. This is about developer experience. Some things we look for are:

   • Documentation. Should cover for new components, extended MUI components, and installation or getting started guides. If there's compiling involved, that also must be documented.
   • Any dependencies should be reasonably up to date. Essentially, just be sure you're not using a wildly outdated dependency that would cause buyers to second-guess. As a good rule of thumb, all dependencies are less than 3 months old.
   • The product needs to attach a single zip file. Attaching any other file type will result in a rejection. We want to keep the deliverables accessible to everyone, and zips work the best.

Other requirements

1. Targeted purpose. Templates that aim to solve a specific category of problem.
2. Support. The author consistently provides excellent customer support.
3. Complementarity. The templates in our store offer enough diversity among them.

With all the above in mind, your templates will be in good company! Our goal is to bring together a range of templates that offer clear differences and advantages rather than a massive sea of mediocrity. We want to offer our customers a hand-picked collection of the best templates possible and a focused revenue stream for our authors. 

See the Review checklist for new items for more details.