Overview

Description

Software Marketplace is a powerful storefront application for Invision Community Suite v5 that allows you to sell, distribute, manage, and monetize software, themes, plugins, and digital resources - complete with Commerce integration, reviews, creator dashboards, commissions, and deep IPS framework integration.

A demo can be found here: https://administrata.net/software/

Storefront & Discovery

• Configurable homepage sections: Featured, Latest, Most Popular, Top Rated, Recently Updated

• Unlimited nested categories with drag-and-drop ordering

• Responsive CSS Grid layout (2–6 columns configurable)

• Screenshot cycling on hover (adjustable speed)

• Advanced sorting (date, updated, downloads, rating, price, name)

• SEO-friendly URLs

• IPS Search + Sitemap integration

• Full pagination everywhere

Your marketplace looks modern, fast, and built-in.

Software Item Pages

Each item includes:

• Full detail page with screenshots, description, version info

• Interactive gallery

• Complete version history with changelogs

• Multi-file releases (up to 20 files per version)

• “More from this Creator” auto section

• Admin-defined custom fields (with purchasers-only visibility option)

• Optional install URL requirement

• Automatic forum topic creation (per category)

• Creator TOS agreement dialog before purchase

Commerce & Monetization

Deep integration with Invision Community and its Commerce system.

• Free & paid items

• IPS Commerce (Nexus) invoice flow

• Refund callbacks auto-deactivate licenses

• Optional recurring renewals (1–60 months)

• Platform commission system (0–100%, 2 decimals)

• Automatic creator net calculation

• External purchase links supported

You control the commission. Creators see transparent earnings. Everything is automated.

Reviews & Social Features

• 1–5 star purchaser-only reviews

• Author replies

• Up/down voting

• Review editing & moderation

• Report Center integration

• Follow items or categories

• Version update subscriptions

• 9 built-in notification types

Creator Dashboard

Creators get a professional control center:

• Item management panel

• Sales overview (gross, commission, net)

• Sales history filtering

• TOS template manager

• Resource Teams (collaborator permissions)

Buyer Dashboard (My Licenses)

Buyers can:

• View purchase history

• Manage install URLs

• Download latest or older versions

• Access gated files securely

Powerful Admin Control Panel

Full IPS-native ACP experience:

• Manage items (approval, feature, author change, delete)

• Full Node-based category system

• Advanced custom fields (IPS CustomField-powered)

• Commission reporting with breakdown tables

• Downloads importer

• Background tasks (review reminders, trending algorithm snapshots)

• Cross-app bridges (Support Tickets, Trackable)

Built-in Widgets (6)

• Category Navigation

• Latest Reviews

• Latest Updates

• Trending Resources (velocity-based algorithm)

• Top Resources

• Resource Stats

Each widget supports configurable limits (1–25 items).

Migration Tool Included

Import directly from IPS Downloads:

• Files (multi-file supported)

• Screenshots

• Version history

• Reviews

• Comments are deliberately not a feature in Software Marketplace. Instead the comments will be imported to the forum topic

• Nexus purchases

No manual rebuilding required. You don't lose ANY data.

Perfect For

• Theme marketplaces

• Plugin marketplaces

• Code distribution hubs

• Community-driven developer ecosystems

• Premium add-on stores

• Private licensing portals