For makers
What changed
The things that changed on iogen.io, in plain words, newest first.
- If you like this. Every product page now ends with up to four other products sold on iogen that run in the same software or do the same job. They are chosen only by what the products are, never by sales, price or who made them, and no maker fills the row.
- Videos come early on a product page. A product’s videos now show right after the cover art, before the other pictures, on the product page and in the editor, so buyers meet the video early. In the editor, empty + slots in the picture row (Cover, Video, Picture) replace the Add pictures button and the link box: press one, or drop a file on it.
- Line breaks in your product summary. The summary on a product’s Edit page is now a small text box, so Enter or Shift+Enter starts a new line, and the product page shows it that way. The title and the other one-line boxes still ignore Enter.
- Pictures and videos save when you press Save. On a product’s Edit page, pictures and videos you add or remove now wait on the page, shown with dashed edges, and are stored only when you press Save, together with the rest of the page.
- A product’s page is one page again. Instead of four groups of tabs, a product is one page you scroll: a strip at the top (Overview, Edit page, Versions, Who is paid) marks where you are and jumps to the rest, every section has its own label, and Versions sit on the same page.
- Pick the colour of your words on a product. On a product’s Page tab you can now choose the colour your summary and description show in: a swatch, any colour you type, or white for words an AI wrote. It shows on the product page, and Default uses the colour of your maker page. A live sample under the choices shows how it will look.
- Drop pictures into your product page. On a product’s Edit page the pictures and videos are one carousel: drop images onto it, pick them, or paste a Vimeo or YouTube link, and each is saved as you add it. Press × on a tile to remove it. The big Save buttons for art, pictures and videos are gone. In the description, Enter breaks the line and Tab indents (Esc, then Tab, moves on), and Enter in a one-line box no longer saves the page by surprise.
- New product looks like your product page. Starting a new product now uses the same page as editing one: an empty copy of what buyers will see, with every field where it will appear. Cover art, pictures and videos are added right after you create it.
- Edit page looks like your product page. A product’s Edit page is now a mirror of the page buyers see: the title, summary, price, description and the rest sit where they appear, and you type straight into them. Price and licence moved onto it, so the product page is four tabs. Type your own colour for your words, or white for words an AI wrote, and watch the page take it as you type. Changed fields show a blue edge until you save.
- A product’s page is five tabs. A product’s page now has five tabs: Overview (where buyers stand and what is left), Versions, Page (cover art and the words buyers read), Price & licence, and Who is paid. Page and Price & licence each have their own Save button and change only their own part, and every button that used to land you somewhere on one long page now lands you on the tab it belongs to.
- A sale with a refund asked says so. When a buyer has asked to refund a sale, that sale’s page, your Payouts table and Recent sales now say “refund asked” instead of “ready to send” or “waiting”, and the sale page says what refunding would take from you. A buyer who has written to you is now in Needs you on seller home, linking to your messages.
- A refund request says what it costs before you press. Each refund request on your Refunds page now says what goes back to the buyer, what comes off your balance (your share and Stripe’s card fee) and what iogen gives back, and the button names the amount. If your share was already paid out, it says Stripe takes it back from your Stripe account. The amount box on Refund a sale has a label and says what blank does.
- Payouts page says one thing about Stripe. The top of your Payouts page now reads from the same answer as the earnings line under it, so it cannot say Stripe needs more details while also saying you are paid every Monday. When Stripe cannot be reached, it says so and shows what it last knew.
- Seller home’s road is four real steps. The steps on seller home are now the four that put a product in the shop: secure your account, describe it, upload a file that passes its checks, put it in the shop. Cover art and payouts sit under them as two links, because neither stops a sale. The road talks about one product throughout, a file you uploaded but never sent is told apart from no file, and the panel says “in the shop”, never “live”.
- Upload file works without JavaScript. The Upload file box on a version is now a plain form, so it works with scripts switched off: a file of up to 10 MB goes up in one go, and the page comes back saying the file is in and what to press next, or why it was refused. With scripts on, big files still go up in parts, and the page comes back to that same line instead of a bare reload.
- Every version button says how it went. After Create product, Create version, Send for checks or Discard, the page now opens on a line that says what happened and what comes next: “v1.0.0 passed its checks and is live. It is in the shop now”, “…is with a person for a safety look, usually within two days”, “…did not pass its checks. The reason is on its card below”. A version number that is refused keeps everything you typed, and the email that says a version is live also says whether the product is in the shop.
- Each version says what it is doing. On a product’s page every version now carries a short state (Taking files, Ready to send, Being checked, With a person, Live, Withdrawn, Rejected) with what to do under it. Send for checks is the one big button on a version, Discard sits last as a plain link, and while a version is still taking files the form for the next one is folded away.
- Where buyers stand, in one line. A product’s page now opens with one honest line: In the shop, Not in the shop yet (and why, and what happens next), Link only or Hidden. Put it in the shop or take it out right there; the form below only changes its words and price. Link only now really works by address.
- “Sell your tools” takes you home. When you are signed in as a seller, the Sell your tools button now opens your seller home instead of the page that invites people to start selling.
- One search, and a clearer home page. One search box now finds every tool, maker and app, sold on iogen or listed elsewhere, from any page. The home page opens on iogen’s Picks and the newest tools, and every unclaimed tool page in the directory now shows a clear offer to claim it.
- Newsletters go out once, and right. A double click on Send newsletter now sends it once, a name with a comma in it no longer gets your newsletter turned away by some inboxes, and while a shop is paused its newsletter waits.
- Payouts that stall finish by themselves. If sending a payout is cut off part way, what is left now goes on the next try instead of waiting for good, and nothing is paid twice.
- Refunded reviews don’t count. Someone who was paid back for your product keeps their words on its page, marked Refunded, but their stars no longer count toward its average or Top rated.
- What’s new in VJ tools. A new page lists the releases and updates of the last eight weeks, week by week, wherever the tools are sold, with a feed you can follow. Tools on GitHub are checked for new releases every day, and your own releases on iogen show up there too.
- You decide refunds after a download. Once a buyer has downloaded your work, a refund is a request you accept or refuse, with a reason they read. If you refuse, or stay quiet for 3 days, they can ask iogen to look, and iogen decides. Before a download, refunds inside your window still pay at once.
- Sold on iogen comes first in the directory. In each app, tools sold on iogen now sit above tools listed elsewhere, each A to Z, and every Pick says where it is sold. The order never looks at who made a tool.
- A hardware directory. The directory now has a second page for VJ gear, like MIDI controllers, listed the same way as software: checked facts and a link to the maker. Nothing is sold there yet, and no one pays to be listed.
- Reviews on every product. People who own a product can leave stars and words on its page. Makers can answer, but cannot delete a review.
- Claim your listed tools. If iogen already lists a tool of yours, you can claim it. Once approved, it moves into your account, and the new-product form can start from it.
- A "Native" mark in the directory. Tools made by iogen itself carry a Native tag, so they are easy to tell from everyone else’s.
- Seller Home is a dashboard. Home has its own tab, with quick actions, this month’s sales and a "Needs you" list for anything waiting on you. Your products moved to the Products page.
- Picks and a What’s new shelf. The directory opens with tools iogen picks by hand, never for payment, and an Updated filter and shelf for recent releases.
- Licence files, if you want them. For each product you can keep your own licensing or choose an iogen-signed licence file. It never locks a show.
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