# 2. Connecting Upland Account

> Why is that?

The applications that have transactions involved may earn assets. Eg.: 

1. Games that charge players to play.
2. Trade's fee.
3. External market purchased in UPX.

Those assets will be owned by this Upland account connected with the developer account.

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Your Sandbox/Playground Upland account can only be connected with your Sandbox/Playground Developer account. 

Your Production Upland account can only be connected with your Production Developer account. 
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### Login

First of all, you must log in to the Developers Portal

![Log In Page](https://4004808113-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FdpybRHoch9jMpkMbfNu9%2Fuploads%2F3s33AjTEql86FV2M1UhZ%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=b72c2085-a064-474c-b7de-db60785221b4)

The two-factor authentication will be automatically activated for every developer. It is mandatory and will be performed using the e-mail registered to the developer.

![Two-factor Page](https://4004808113-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FdpybRHoch9jMpkMbfNu9%2Fuploads%2FP1rbTvOAufQHMHAgNgr3%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=691d6187-0812-496c-8df2-f0ea11713139)

![Verification Code E-mail](https://4004808113-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FdpybRHoch9jMpkMbfNu9%2Fuploads%2FayS3tW8iL9FOUUnreOg2%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=90b352b4-6778-4fe6-9d1f-fd0ec30688c0)

![](https://4004808113-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FdpybRHoch9jMpkMbfNu9%2Fuploads%2FAsPvp64XEwohYKoZWwGB%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=da6e15a2-4a9c-4dc7-a9f8-ea7826bd8319)

![My Application Page](https://4004808113-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FdpybRHoch9jMpkMbfNu9%2Fuploads%2FkTWSWa02SpYRx1AhNiaG%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=c06efc67-e1aa-412f-9ab8-7670d51aef80)

### Connecting Upland Account

Click on "Validate Your Account"

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Type your Upland username

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You will see the screen below and receive a code in your email. The email is registered in your Upland account, not your developer account.

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That is it! Your accounts are connected now!&#x20;

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Now, Upland will analyze your submission and check if everything is fine.

Upland will approve a few submissions per day. So you do not have to worry if it takes some time. Until then, you can start to build your third-party application.

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It would be best to guarantee that every provided information is corrected because Upland can reach you.
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{% hint style="info" %}
The Upland account must have passed the identity verification process in the production environment.
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