Chrome Extension Kit Blog English articles from Chrome Extension Kit about paid Chrome extension development. https://chrome-extension-kit.voidgarage.com/blog/ en Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Chrome Extension Kit What to Check Before Publishing to the Chrome Web Store A practical checklist for store listing, single-purpose design, privacy disclosures, permissions, and paid-extension expectations. https://chrome-extension-kit.voidgarage.com/blog/before-publishing-to-chrome-web-store/ https://chrome-extension-kit.voidgarage.com/blog/before-publishing-to-chrome-web-store/ Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Design Chrome Extension Permissions Before You Ship How to think about permissions, host permissions, optional permissions, and user trust before a Chrome extension reaches the store. https://chrome-extension-kit.voidgarage.com/blog/design-extension-permissions-early/ https://chrome-extension-kit.voidgarage.com/blog/design-extension-permissions-early/ Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Designing Products and Benefits in Polar.sh How to map paid Chrome extension plans, license keys, repository access, and customer entitlements to Polar.sh products and benefits. https://chrome-extension-kit.voidgarage.com/blog/design-products-and-benefits-in-polar/ https://chrome-extension-kit.voidgarage.com/blog/design-products-and-benefits-in-polar/ Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT The First Things to Understand About Manifest V3 A practical guide to Manifest V3 concepts: manifest files, service workers, extension pages, and why the architecture matters. https://chrome-extension-kit.voidgarage.com/blog/manifest-v3-first-principles/ https://chrome-extension-kit.voidgarage.com/blog/manifest-v3-first-principles/ Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT What a Paid Chrome Extension Needs Before the First Customer A practical checklist for billing, license checks, and delivery before launching a paid Chrome extension. https://chrome-extension-kit.voidgarage.com/blog/paid-chrome-extension-infrastructure/ https://chrome-extension-kit.voidgarage.com/blog/paid-chrome-extension-infrastructure/ Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT A Practical Operations Checklist for Paid Chrome Extensions A launch and operations checklist covering billing, license support, privacy, store updates, observability, and customer recovery paths. https://chrome-extension-kit.voidgarage.com/blog/paid-chrome-extension-operations-checklist/ https://chrome-extension-kit.voidgarage.com/blog/paid-chrome-extension-operations-checklist/ Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Receiving Polar.sh Webhooks with a Cloudflare Worker A server-side architecture for handling Polar.sh webhook events, validating signatures, and updating paid Chrome extension entitlements. https://chrome-extension-kit.voidgarage.com/blog/receive-polar-webhooks-with-cloudflare-worker/ https://chrome-extension-kit.voidgarage.com/blog/receive-polar-webhooks-with-cloudflare-worker/ Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Using chrome.storage as a License State Cache A practical introduction to chrome.storage areas and how to cache paid-extension entitlement state without treating cache as authority. https://chrome-extension-kit.voidgarage.com/blog/use-chrome-storage-for-license-cache/ https://chrome-extension-kit.voidgarage.com/blog/use-chrome-storage-for-license-cache/ Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT How a Chrome Extension Should Validate a Paid License A practical flow for license activation, validation, local caching, network failures, and premium feature gates in paid Chrome extensions. https://chrome-extension-kit.voidgarage.com/blog/validate-license-from-chrome-extension/ https://chrome-extension-kit.voidgarage.com/blog/validate-license-from-chrome-extension/ Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT What a Chrome Extension Actually Adds to the Browser A beginner-friendly introduction to Chrome extensions, their parts, and when an extension is a better fit than a normal web app. https://chrome-extension-kit.voidgarage.com/blog/what-a-chrome-extension-adds/ https://chrome-extension-kit.voidgarage.com/blog/what-a-chrome-extension-adds/ Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT What Is Polar.sh and Why Use It for Developer Products? An introduction to Polar.sh as billing infrastructure for developer products, including products, checkout, benefits, and fulfillment. https://chrome-extension-kit.voidgarage.com/blog/what-is-polar-sh/ https://chrome-extension-kit.voidgarage.com/blog/what-is-polar-sh/ Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT