Products · Dash Dots
Listing and review
What goes in your dot's listing, its categories, who your testers are, how a version goes live, and what to do when one is turned down.
Your listing is your dot's shop window in Dash. You decide what goes in it, and your developers add the name, subtitle and description when they publish. During the beta, you agree the icon and categories with Monime.
Your listing
| Detail | Example |
|---|---|
| Name | Ferry Tickets |
| Subtitle, up to 64 characters | Freetown to Lungi and back |
| Description, up to 3,000 characters | Book and pay for the Lungi ferry, and keep your ticket on your phone. |
| Icon | A square image, in the size and format your Monime contact gives you |
| Categories | Transport, Travel |
| Package name | sl.lungiferries.tickets |
Categories
Pick the ones a customer would look in first. Your dot can be in more than one.
| Area | Categories |
|---|---|
| Bills and utilities | Utilities, Electricity, Water, Telecom, Television, Internet service providers |
| Money | Finance, Savings, Loans, Micro-credit, Microfinance, Asset finance, Investments, Insurance, Remittances |
| Shopping and food | Shopping, Food and drink |
| Getting around | Transport, Travel |
| Everyday life | Education, Health, Government, Jobs, Real estate, Agriculture, Religion, Donations |
| Fun | Entertainment, Events, Games, Sports, Gambling, Lifestyle, Social, News |
| Anything else | Productivity, Other |
Write a clear listing
Say what the dot does, in your customers' words. Write "Buy EDSA units for your meter", not "Smart utility solutions".
For the icon, use your logo on a plain background, with no words. Don't change the name or icon between releases.
Testers come first
Testers are people you trust, like your staff or a few loyal customers. They try each version before everyone else, who stays on your last release. Your developers add them by their DashTag, the public name each person has in Dash.
How a version goes live
After your developers publish a version:
- Monime checks it, and a person at Monime may look too.
- Your testers get it.
- When you're happy, your developers release it to everyone.
When a version is rejected
A version is turned down when it fails Monime's checks, or when the person reviewing it finds a problem. Customers never see it, and they keep the version they have. Monime leaves a note saying why. Fix that and publish again.