Kaneko Sayami 166 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 The IPS Marketplace is officially gone. We will never forget you developers, users, leechers alike. RIP Quote Discord: Kaneko Sayami#0050 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator James 146 Posted November 1, 2023 Administrator Share Posted November 1, 2023 It's such a crazy concept to me on how this is being handled. I understand the bit about their downloads being down for some time, but it amazes me that they're releasing all of it altogether versus coming up with something else to help drive sales/downloads. I mean, something tells me that a majority of their traffic/relevance is from the downloads section; could be wrong though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grim Reaper 142 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 There is a new marketplace directory where most of the 3rd party developers that were activated listed their files. As i saw is managed from the shadow by the ips staff itself. 1 hour ago, James said: It's such a crazy concept to me on how this is being handled. I understand the bit about their downloads being down for some time, but it amazes me that they're releasing all of it altogether versus coming up with something else to help drive sales/downloads. I mean, something tells me that a majority of their traffic/relevance is from the downloads section; could be wrong though. This seems for me like another desperate move to stop all the file leaching since now you don't need an active license to buy an app / plugin or template like you needed inside their marketplace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Tony 5,207 Posted November 1, 2023 Administrator Share Posted November 1, 2023 3 hours ago, The Grim Reaper said: This seems for me like another desperate move to stop all the file leaching since now you don't need an active license to buy an app / plugin or template like you needed inside their marketplace. On the contrary, I think they've made it worse while washing their hands clean of it. Most, if not all, of the third-party developers don't verify licenses on their websites. They've effectively told these developers that they're on their own now. IPS likely felt like they weren't getting as much of a cut from marketplace sales anymore, so that's why they dropped it. I don't think it has anything to do with overhead on their site. That was such a ridiculous claim for them to make. They've spent so much time being worried about pirating that they don't even realize they're driving themselves over a cliff with current development. They're neutering the commerce aspects of their platform, such as removing the integrated support system, and really made a mess of their UI with IPS5; looks like an amalgamation of Discourse and other various platforms. It's really an eyesore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynamik. 7 Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Not to mention half of their devs are stopping 3rd party development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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