Verification and publishing

Two separate things decide whether divers can see your center in the app: whether the center is published, and whether your account is verified.

Publishing

Publishing is your switch. On the center's Overview, Publish makes it public; Unpublish pulls it back to a draft only you can see. Use unpublish whenever you're doing major edits and don't want a half-finished listing live.

Verification

Blue Trails reviews new accounts before their published centers become visible in the app. While that review is pending you'll see a Waiting for Approval badge around the portal — on Settings, on the Overview and in the header.

This is normal and doesn't block your setup: you can build everything out while you wait. What it means is simply that your published center won't appear to divers until the review is done.

The states you'll see

Badge	Meaning
Draft / Unpublished	Only you can see it. Still being built.
Published + Waiting for Approval	Ready on your side; account review pending.
Published + Verified	Live and visible to divers in the app.

Get the most out of the review

Before you publish, work the Needs attention list on the Overview down to zero — a complete profile with photos and offerings makes for a smoother review.