What it creates
A draft product with a one-time pricing tier, plus the Notion template record that holds its page ID, title, icon, source link and verification result.
Seller documentation
MVP guideThis guide follows the controls in your Seller Dashboard. It covers the path from connecting a Notion workspace to publishing a product and reading its health result. There is no API integration for you to build and no client secret to paste.
Quick start
- 1. Open Seller Dashboard → Notion and connect your workspace.
- 2. Open Templates, check your Notion, and tick the templates you want to import.
- 3. Review each draft, set its price, satisfy the link checks and publish.
- 4. Use Health to see the last result and the exact action for a failed check.
Connection
Connect Notion
Go to Seller Dashboard → Notion and choose Connect with Notion. The button takes you to Notion's authorization screen. Approve the workspace you want this store to use.
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Choose Connect with Notion
SellColony creates a signed, short-lived return state tied to this store and your seller account.
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Approve the workspace in Notion
Notion returns the browser to SellColony. Only pages and databases the resulting integration can see can appear in an import.
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Return to your own store
The central return route sends the browser back to the correct tenant. SellColony exchanges the authorization code and makes a live workspace identity request before showing Connected.
If the connection expires or its refresh fails, return to this screen and choose
Reconnect. An expired or already-used return link cannot be replayed.
Draft creation
Import templates
Open Seller Dashboard → Templates and choose Import your templates. It first checks your Notion in the background and creates nothing. When the check is done, choose Review and import: your top-level pages are ticked, and the pages inside them (database rows, pages in a folder page) wait unticked underneath, so you can open one and pick from it. Only what you tick becomes a draft.
What you choose
Anything you leave unticked is remembered as skipped, and pages already imported are shown as such, so checking again only offers what is new. Archived pages and pages without a usable link are never offered.
Import never puts a product on sale. Every new product is explicitly created as a draft with a zero starting price, even if the database's normal product default is published.
Storefront
Prepare and publish
Open an imported draft. Set its price, write its description and add up to eight images (how to make them sell). SellColony will publish only while checking is enabled and the Notion link is ready for a buyer.
Ready means all of these are true
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Public
Notion returned a public URL.
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Reachable
The buyer-facing link loaded.
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Duplicatable
The duplicate toggle passed or you confirmed it manually.
Automatic checks cannot always prove the duplicate toggle. In that state the template says Confirm duplicate toggle; open it, verify the setting in Notion, tick the confirmation on the edit screen and save again.
Listing
Write a listing that sells
Buyers decide from three things: the title, the first image and the opening lines of the description. A few minutes on each is the best time you will spend on a template.
Title
Say what it is and who it is for, in the words a buyer would search for: “Freelance Client Portal” tells them more than “Ultimate Workspace v2”. Keep it short enough to read at a glance on a product card. You can rename it later; its old link keeps working.
Description
Open with one sentence on the problem it solves. Then list what is inside (pages, databases, views) and who it suits, and say whether it works on Notion's free plan. Use short paragraphs, headings and lists; the editor keeps them.
Images
1920 × 1200 pixels, shape 16:10
Every image on your store is shown in this one shape, so nothing a buyer sees is cut off. You do not need to crop anything first.
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Any screenshot works
After you choose a file, a crop window opens with a frame of the right shape. Drag or scroll to move the image under it, zoom with the buttons or Ctrl + scroll, then choose Add this part.
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One screenshot, several images
The same image stays open after each part, so one full-page screenshot can become the dashboard, a database view and the weekly planner.
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The first image is the cover
Up to eight images. The first is the one buyers see on every product card; Make cover moves another one to the front.
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Keep it sharp
Capture at least 1280 pixels across the part you frame. The crop window warns you when a part is small enough to look blurry.
Tips for images that sell
- One idea per image. A whole page squeezed into one picture is too small to read.
- Show it in use. Fill the template with realistic sample data; empty tables do not sell.
- Make text readable. Close Notion's sidebar and zoom to 100% or more before you take the screenshot.
- Lead with the result. Put the finished dashboard first and the setup pages after it.
- If the template has a dark-mode or mobile layout, add one image of it.
- Open your product page on a phone before you publish. That is where many buyers decide.
Health
Understand link monitoring
Last result recordedHealth shows every imported template, its last completed check and a plain-language fix for any problem. Plans with the re-check entitlement can run checks on demand and are included in the hosted platform's automatic daily sweep.
Healthy
The page is published and its duplicate setting is allowed or confirmed.
Can't check
Notion, its rate limit or the network prevented an answer. A transient failure never changes a previously healthy template to broken.
Broken
A completed check found a seller-actionable problem such as an unpublished, unreachable or non-duplicatable page.
Disabled
You took the template off sale. It is not checked automatically and is not visible to buyers.
A broken result is an alert, not a silent rewrite.
SellColony records the failure and the scheduled run emails the seller when a previously
healthy page breaks. It does not silently delete the link or erase completed buyers' access.
Reference
Setup FAQ
Do I need a Notion client ID or secret?
No. Use Connect with Notion in your Seller Dashboard. SellColony owns the OAuth application and return route.
Why is a page missing from import?
Import can only use pages and databases Notion returns to the connected integration. Confirm the page is available to that connection and is not archived, then check for new templates again. A page filed inside another page appears under it: open its parent in the list.
Does importing publish everything?
No. Every imported item is a draft with a zero starting price. You decide its price and when it is ready to publish.
Can I run import more than once?
Yes. Choose Check for new templates. Pages already imported are shown as imported, pages you skipped stay unticked, and nothing is ticked for you a second time.
Can I delete a template?
Yes, if nobody has bought it, whether it is a draft or live. Its price, description and images are removed; the Notion page itself is not touched, and you can import it again. A template that has been bought can only be taken off sale, so buyers keep their access.
Why does a template say Confirm duplicate toggle?
The public link passed, but the automatic probe could not prove that buyers may duplicate it. Check Allow duplicate as template in Notion, then confirm it on the template edit screen.
What should I do if the connection expires?
Open Seller Dashboard → Notion and choose Reconnect. SellColony verifies the workspace again before marking it connected.
Are automatic link checks included on every plan?
No. The Health page and existing results remain visible, while automatic and on-demand re-checks require a plan that includes the link-health re-check entitlement.
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