diff --git a/src/ui/component/commentCreate/view.jsx b/src/ui/component/commentCreate/view.jsx
index e5ea9d06e..67175ac93 100644
--- a/src/ui/component/commentCreate/view.jsx
+++ b/src/ui/component/commentCreate/view.jsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { FormField, Form } from 'component/common/form';
 import Button from 'component/button';
 import ChannelSection from 'component/selectChannel';
-import UnsupportedOnWeb from 'component/common/unsupported-on-web';
 import usePersistedState from 'effects/use-persisted-state';
 
 type Props = {
@@ -42,8 +41,6 @@ export function CommentCreate(props: Props) {
 
   return (
     <section>
-      <UnsupportedOnWeb type="feature" />
-      {/* @if TARGET='app' */}
       {commentAck !== true && (
         <div>
           <p>{__('A few things to know before participating in the comment alpha:')}</p>
@@ -94,7 +91,6 @@ export function CommentCreate(props: Props) {
           </div>
         </Form>
       )}
-      {/* @endif */}
     </section>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/component/publishForm/view.jsx b/src/ui/component/publishForm/view.jsx
index 837bddc4f..f5b961e74 100644
--- a/src/ui/component/publishForm/view.jsx
+++ b/src/ui/component/publishForm/view.jsx
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import SelectThumbnail from 'component/selectThumbnail';
 import Card from 'component/common/card';
 
 type Props = {
+  disabled: boolean,
   tags: Array<Tag>,
   publish: PublishParams => void,
   filePath: ?string,
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ function PublishForm(props: Props) {
     isStillEditing,
     tags,
     publish,
+    disabled = false,
   } = props;
   const formDisabled = (!filePath && !editingURI) || publishing;
   // If they are editing, they don't need a new file chosen
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ function PublishForm(props: Props) {
 
   return (
     <Fragment>
-      <PublishFile disabled={publishing} />
+      <PublishFile disabled={disabled || publishing} />
       <div className={classnames({ 'card--disabled': formDisabled })}>
         <PublishText disabled={formDisabled} />
         <Card actions={<SelectThumbnail />} />
diff --git a/src/ui/component/selectChannel/index.js b/src/ui/component/selectChannel/index.js
index eec1756c4..2947e4db1 100644
--- a/src/ui/component/selectChannel/index.js
+++ b/src/ui/component/selectChannel/index.js
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ import {
   doFetchChannelListMine,
   doCreateChannel,
 } from 'lbry-redux';
+import { selectUserVerifiedEmail } from 'lbryinc';
 
 const select = state => ({
   channels: selectMyChannelClaims(state),
   fetchingChannels: selectFetchingMyChannels(state),
   balance: selectBalance(state),
+  emailVerified: selectUserVerifiedEmail(state),
 });
 
 const perform = dispatch => ({
diff --git a/src/ui/component/selectChannel/view.jsx b/src/ui/component/selectChannel/view.jsx
index 46f07c727..a67aa41a6 100644
--- a/src/ui/component/selectChannel/view.jsx
+++ b/src/ui/component/selectChannel/view.jsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ type Props = {
   createChannel: (string, number) => Promise<any>,
   fetchChannelListMine: () => void,
   fetchingChannels: boolean,
+  emailVerified: boolean,
 };
 
 type State = {
@@ -49,7 +50,11 @@ class ChannelSection extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
-    const { channels, fetchChannelListMine, fetchingChannels } = this.props;
+    const { channels, fetchChannelListMine, fetchingChannels, emailVerified } = this.props;
+    if (IS_WEB && !emailVerified) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     if ((!channels || !channels.length) && !fetchingChannels) {
       fetchChannelListMine();
     }
diff --git a/src/ui/page/publish/view.jsx b/src/ui/page/publish/view.jsx
index 64c08cfb4..34f6187d2 100644
--- a/src/ui/page/publish/view.jsx
+++ b/src/ui/page/publish/view.jsx
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function PublishPage(props: Props) {
           </section>
         </Fragment>
       )}
-      <PublishForm scrollToTop={scrollToTop} />
+      <PublishForm scrollToTop={scrollToTop} disabled={balance === 0} />
     </Page>
   );
 }