IP.Nexus 1.4.2

The plugin transforms an Invision Power Board into a fully-working e-commerce platform.

Here are some key features of "IP.Nexus":

Storefront:
· Unlimited package groups
· Feature selected packages on the store homepage
· Browse by featured or most popular packages
· Packages support renewal terms
· Stock level support, optionally shown in store
· Custom package fields for additional information, e.g. color, size
· Advanced tax rules, per country/state/user/package
· Shipping options: based on weight, no. of items or invoice amount
· Discounts: to certain user groups, previous customers and bundle purchases
· Package associations, requiring one is purchased before the other is made available
· Packages availability can be restricted to certain user groups
· Subscription packages
· User group upgrades upon purchasing specified packages
· User group downgrades when packages expire
· Supports auto-charging of optionally-stored payment method when packages renew
· Advanced coupon handling, including reuse restrictions, limited to certain packages and user groups, and start/end dates
· Minimum order totals
· Intuitive step-by-step checkout process
· Terms & Conditions support
· Share packages to Facebook, Twitter etc.


Client Area:
· Client area integrated into your IPS Community Suite
· Overview screen shows administrator announcements, open requests etc.
· Custom package pages displayed in client area
· Renew expired/soon to expire packages
· Upgrade/downgrade packages when permitted (with refund/charge for difference where applicable)
· Customers can print their invoices
· Alternate contacts can be added, who can submit support requests and/or pay invoices

Referral Tracking:
· Provide banners that customers can use to earn referrals to your site
· Offer commission to customers for referred users based on percentage of purchase
· Referrer/referee displayed on relevant customer pages in the AdminCP

Advertisements:
· Add advertisement banners to your community with raw HTML or image/target URLs
· Sell self-service advertisement packages, based on time, impressions or clicks
· Manual approval of purchased advertisements
· Customers can manage their campaigns in their client area
· Advertisement rotation: set advertisements to random cycle, or display one campaign until expiry
· External advertisements: apply advertisements on IP.Content pages, or completely external pages

License Key Handling:
· Auto-generate software license keys for customer purchases
· pecify the format for your license keys
· XML-RPC API included for validating license keys
· Specify restrictions on reuse on license keys

Supported Payment Gateways:
· PayPal Website Payments Standard
· PayPal Website Payments Pro
· Authorize.net
· 2Checkout
· Manual payments (check, bank wire, etc.)

Extensibility:
· Billing API for generating invoices, checking purchases etc.
· Support API for interfacing with support requests
· Custom package scripts executed upon package purchases
· Custom support scripts executed upon support request being submitted
· Multitude of hook points for adding functionality to front-end screens

Support Handling:
· Support requests can be created in the built-in client area, or via email
· Full attachment support in support requests
· Built-in spam filter rules
· Stock actions, allowing multiple request actions to be chained
· Add hidden notes to support requests
· Support requests can be associated with a purchase
· Assign requests to specific staff members
· Track staff views for support requests
· Review tools for managers to assess staff efficiency
· Overdue request highlighting
· Auto-resolve of requests gone unanswered by customers
· Staff can track individual requests
· CC support for support requests
· Several request list view options

Departments:
· Create departments to categorize support requests
· Staff departmental access permissions on per-group or per-user basis
· Departments can be tied to a particular package
· Internal departments, for request routing
· Per-department mailshots when new requests are received

Administration:
· Extensive reporting via charts & graphs, with many customization options
· Comprehensive staff permissions system
· Alerts for items needing attention
· Integrated fraud screening with MaxMind, or opt for manual screening
· Simple approve/deny workflow for pending transactions
· Extensive invoice information available for viewing
· Generate custom invoices
· Intelligent invoice statuses that remember previous states
· Facility to print invoices
· Customizable invoice header/footer
· Complete customer overview screen
· Customer notes
· Comprehensive customer action logging
· Custom customer information fields on purchase
· Change renewal price on a per-package basis
· Shipping order workflow
· Package changes can apply to all or only new purchases
· Mass-cancel of packages
· Built-in administrator notifications of store events (e.g. purchase is made)
· View all information about a particular purchase
· Central live search

Donation Drives:
· Create multiple donation drives, with or without target amounts
· Progress towards goals shown on community homepage
· Users can donate to a cause via the store

IP.Downloads Integration:
· Associate packages with IP.Downloads files, allowing download once purchased
· Users can submit paid files to IP.Downloads, and set renewal terms
· Collect a percentage or flat fee, with the remainder being paid to the user

CPanel/WHM Integration:
· Sell hosting packages, via built in CPanel/WHM integration
· Create packages with differing allowances (disk space, bandwidth, etc.)
· Automatic server assignment, based on current load and assigned server groups
· Automatically suspend/reactivate accounts when packages expire or are renewed
· Automatically terminate accounts after a specified period of suspension
· Domain allocation: allow customers to choose a free sub-domain name, or use their own domain (with per-server name servers)
· Edit any account attribute from within IP.Nexus
· Customers can purchase additional bandwidth on a month-by-month basis
· Automatic administrator notification of any server errors
· Reviewing tools to analyze disk space allocated to accounts on each server, to prevent overselling
· Auditing tools to ensure the server and IP.Nexus are synced correctly

Requirements:

· IP.Board 3.2.3 or higher

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· The 1.4.2 release is a maintenance release to address issues from the new 1.4.x release.