I will no longer be working on developing resources for Invision Community Suite

[Nathan Explosion]

Unfortunately, the time has come for me to begin departing from the world of 3rd party development for the Invision Community Suite of software. This is not a decision I have made lightly, and is something I've been thinking about for nearly a year already.

Why am I doing this?

Well, my heart just isn't in it anymore - since moving hosting of my resources to this site from the now-closed Invision Marketplace (August 2023 through to now), the proceeds from selling/renewing has been £575 (£509, after Stripe processing deductions)

From that amount, I've refunded 3 people a total of £75 - one of whom I wanted rid of because they were abusive, one who wouldn't allow me to provide them support after they actually requested it, and finally one who recently got annoyed because they had to wait a few days over the holiday period for their account to be validated on this site.

Further to that, I've had ~£150 of chargebacks from people who never even bothered contacting me for support and just went through their card processor (I've been a bit lucky too that these people don't appear to be anyone running those various sites that exist to rip off not only the 3rd party developers but also Invision customers, as those resources haven't appeared on any of the obvious places - but then you realise that this means they are simply just Invision customers trying to rip me off instead)

That leaves me with a grand total of ~£350 for 17 months work.

That's £20 a month - quite frankly, what's the point even if it is just a hobby?

So, what's next?

1. I will be disabling purchasing on all paid resources over the next few days.
2. I will be disabling renewals over the next few days. Unfortunately can't do this - if you need to download the latest version of a v4 resource then you will need to renew
3. I will continue to provide support for my existing releases to those who have an active purchase - that means a purchase of an item that doesn't require renewals, or an active renewal on an item that does require renewals.
   • if you want/need to download the latest version of a v4 resource then you will need to renew
   • At some point, I will cease this support too.

I will not be selling my resources off to another developer - if you have a copy of one of my resources, feel free to liaise with another dev to see if they want to take it on going forward (I'll happily provide them with the dev folder if they want it) Note: I will not provide the dev folder directly to you, only to a developer who contacts me.

Important: if you haven't got a copy of a resource that requires a renewal, and that renewal has lapsed, then I will not be providing a copy to you - you chose not to renew, therefore you chose not to receive updates.

[TomCat]

It's too bad you're leaving. I need the (NE) User Annoyance app for v5. I'll contact another developer to see if they can get your dev files for this app for a v5 update. God speed, and all the best with your new hobby. 

[Nathan Explosion]

@TomCat thanks.

Once you've engaged with a developer, please let me know who it is that will be picking it up.

I throughly recommend Adriano Faria, Dawpi and Terabyte.

[iiioroh]

I need module - Delete notifications for 5

I want to transfer it to Adriano Faria for development

Can you help?

Thank you.

[Nathan Explosion]

Go ahead and download it, and pass it to him (you can do so - that is your first step) and I will pass him the dev folder tomorrow.

[Nathan Explosion]

So, just to make things clear here for all reading:

1. If you have the ability to download a resource, or a copy of it already - feel free to pass it to another developer.
2. If you do not have the ability to download a resource (due to an expired renewal) then you will need to renew to obtain it - I will not be providing you with the resource.
3. And it's the developer who contacts me and requests the resource - not you.

And finally - just one more anonymous abusive email to the site's contact address will result in me shutting things down fully and immediately. If you don't like my choice to withdraw, be a man and use your actual identity instead of hiding behind a VPN.

[Nathan Explosion]

Update on items passed to another developer - those developers are free to do what they wish with the resources:

• "(NE) User Annoyance" has been passed to Terabyte
• "(NE) Delete notifications" has been passed to Adriano Faria

[Nathan Explosion]

"(NE) Display my badges" has been passed to Adriano Faria

[sman]

Hello, I am deeply disappointed that you charged me without warning to "renew" an application. This is not acceptable, especially since you announced that you no longer offer support.

Edited July 14, 2025 by sman

[Nathan Explosion]

I'm deeply disappointed that you chose to store your card details so that when a renewal takes place then it gets automatically charged.

Just to point that out as you are implying that it was my choice to charge you, when it wasn't - I was happily tucked up in bed at 2am when your renewal was processed. Not a fan of people misrepresenting the truth.

Anyway...you've got a refund on the way, you could have just asked.

I'd advise you to remove your stored card details - that goes for anyone here, it's your choice to store the card details and if a renewal (which I cannot turn off) comes up then it's going to be charged automatically.

Won't be an issue soon anyway...I'll be shutting down the Downloads section in a few weeks, people have had enough time to retrieve their products if they wanted to do so.

[MikuruX]

This will be a long shot but I'll ask:

I haven't used IPB since the pricing changes so it's been about......2 - 3 years now(?), so is there any way I can get a list of plugins you've developed?

I know I have everything backed up - in its original format how it was when I had IPB uploaded and running on my site - on my PC and I already know it's too late to get any support on them, so I won't ask. I'm basically trying to find out if you're the one who developed "Musicbox" & "Videobox".

I'm currently using Wordpress now and I'm more than likely never returning to IPB (yeah, cause of money) so the other thing I want to know is if I can find a developer who is willing to do it (and if it's even possible), can I have my copies of Video/Musicbox converted for Wordpress? I'm asking this because Wordpress has nothing like them that I can find.

If you're not the developer of these two plugins, I do apologize but my key database on IPB community doesn't tell me who developed what anymore and I'm really drawing blanks trying to find who made what.

[Nathan Explosion]

Yeah, both of those are nothing to do with me. Maybe search for 'onlyme' on the Invision site as one of them maybe him.

I am not going to list my apps/plugins...my time is mine. But ask away if you have one you need help with - I have a good memory if it isn't mine

[MikuruX]

Yeah, it was Onlyme who made the two I was looking for.

But....one last one I was looking for was the "Tournaments" plugin. How about that one? If not, then I give up.

[Nathan Explosion]

On 05/10/2025 at 05:50, MikuruX said:

"Tournaments"

Adriano @  https://www.sosinvision.com.br

On 05/10/2025 at 05:50, MikuruX said:

Onlyme

https://ipsappzone.com

[edjazoli25]

Hi and yes it's been a while, I can feel your pain and I understand this- it was fun to help a tiny bit with testing "translate\' on my forum. I need to find new one for latest version, I think Adriano got one…? It was nice to meet you my friend ...