How to Get Listed in "Spotlight"?

Watch Face Studio
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Can anyone share ideas on how to get listed in Spotlight/featured section, whether it’s paid or free, and if there’s any official communication or mail to apply?

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I am pretty sure the staff at Google just puts all the watch faces on a wall and then they simply fire darts at it to see what to pick. However, they make sure that watch faces that infringe on copyright always seem to place well in the top 10 paid faces.:joy: I too would be happy to pay to advertise but it seems very complicated and last time I tried. There didn’t even seem to be any category to even advertise a Wear OS app. I do think that some watch makers here have figured it out the advertising though and those are the guys who have those ridiculous download numbers $$$$.

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No ideia… google should have, at least, a tab to list new watch faces as they are added like galaxy store had…

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Every now and then a watchface of me also appears there. But I don’t know how? Some designers have 10 or more watch faces in the category. Samsung Seller Store was so much easier.

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I have 5 that have been more or less “permanent” (one has been there for almost 2 years now) in the different categories and it does help in sales but the “new and trending” seems to make a real difference and it changes on about a monthly basis. However, it hasn’t appeared in over a month now.

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I’m convinced that it’s all automated lately, being handled by an algorithm or AI, with minimal to no actual human engagement.

Just a few years back the selection of faces in all categories was changing much more rapidly, getting updated almost on a monthly basis. It felt like someone was actually reviewing new faces and refreshing all the categories relatively regularly, which doesn’t seem to be the case for the past year or so.

It was also possible to submit faces to be considered for various seasonal promotions, categories etc. No guarantees of course, but at least we had some in-store options to try standing out and be seen, at least for a few weeks/months at a time.
This no longer exists as all those contact options seem to have been shut down about a year ago, which sounds to me like they’re trying to automate this and no longer have people working “manual” watch face selection.

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