“This is the store listing link”: testers need the opt-in link
The pasted link is your app's Play Store listing, which only works once a tester has opted in. Copy the opt-in link, the one with apps/testing, from the track's Testers tab.
What you see
Peerbeta refuses your link: “This is the store listing link. Testers need the opt-in link, in the Testers tab of the track.” Or a tester opened your listing and found nothing.
Why
A link like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=… opens the app's page in the Play Store. During a closed test, that page only works for someone who has already opted in. Each tester first needs the opt-in link, which makes them a tester.
What to do
- In the Play Console, open “Test and release › Testing › Closed testing”, then your track's “Testers” tab.
- Copy the “Join on the web” link:
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/followed by your package name. - Paste it in the “Paste the opt-in link” step and click “Check the link”.
You don't need to send the listing link yourself: Peerbeta gives its testers the opt-in link first, then the way to Google Play.
What Peerbeta does
Peerbeta checks the link as soon as you paste it and refuses a store listing link. If one was saved anyway, the diagnosis raises an alert.
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