# How can I send a private extension made for my friends only?

**URL:** <https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/how-can-i-send-a-private-extension-made-for-my-friends-only/51834>\
**Category:** addons.mozilla.org\
**Created:** [January 11, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/how-can-i-send-a-private-extension-made-for-my-friends-only/51834 "2020-01-11T19:18:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tinos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tinos](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/Tinos)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/how-can-i-send-a-private-extension-made-for-my-friends-only/51834/1 "2020-01-11T19:18:02Z")

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So I have an addon that is made for a website that we don’t want the public knowing the domain to. When uploading my extension, I selected the private version but now if I send them the [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/extName/](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/extName/) url, it says

> Oops! We can’t find that page

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**Author:** ![grahamperrin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/grahamperrin/32/17266_2.png) [@grahamperrin](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/grahamperrin)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/how-can-i-send-a-private-extension-made-for-my-friends-only/51834/2 "2020-01-12T13:11:08Z")

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[https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/publish/signing-and-distribution-overview/#distributing-your-addon](https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/publish/signing-and-distribution-overview/#distributing-your-addon)

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**Author:** ![Simon\_Bechard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/simon_bechard/32/34874_2.png) [@Simon\_Bechard](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/Simon_Bechard)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 6:51am UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/how-can-i-send-a-private-extension-made-for-my-friends-only/51834/3 "2020-03-06T06:51:44Z")

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Sorry if this is a silly question. But from my understanding there is no fuctionality like the chrome store, where you could upload the extension on AMO but the extension not be searchable, but still be accessable via url.

Thus the old solution is to self host correct ?

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**Author:** ![jorgev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jorgev](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/jorgev)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/how-can-i-send-a-private-extension-made-for-my-friends-only/51834/4 "2020-03-10T20:35:12Z")

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Correct, we don’t support those kinds of listings. Self-hosting is the alternative we offer.