http://www.invisionboard.com/ip.dynamic/pr...exus/index.html

When was this added?

About 15 seconds ago

we guessed right then... it is going to be a client/billing system.

Love the name.

Wow. That's slightly more than I was expecting.

Yes it sounds nice

Ya definately sounds pretty good.. From the screencap the admin backend looks pretty robust

who is the head developer of this or lead developer

Josh

names great, you guys just keep making go mad when we see something new, another thing to add to the list next to the gallery, blog and IPDynamic

Nice new product... I can't wait till it's done! Just wondering though, what made you come up with that name?

Josh is the developer of Nexus.

Hopfully they will announce the other secret product today .. hint hint We all called this one before .. hehe

I could quite easily have seen that being 1 of the 2 products... are you going to blow us out of the water completely with the next one?!

cool

something tells me, Im going to get over 100 topic subscription emails from this topic by tomarrow

I dont like the name 'Nexus' .. its too common

Damn.

Just kidding.

Nexus common? It makes the product sound like its powerful

Why announce it now if there is nothing to show lol I would have waited until it was in alpha or beta to announce it so you at least have some screenshots to show or a demo



off-topic:
anyone know the e-mail to contact Lindy?

We actually only settled on the name about a week ago, even though this product has been in development for months now. We wanted something catchy, not something generic like "Invision Bill"

Cool, good luck on the development!

there is the rough screen shot but true

I kind've like that name. :-" "Invision Bill"

Well the beta is not so far off, information on that will be availble very soon

Expecially if you hired a developer named Bill.

Will the price be around the same as Gallery and Blog?

nex·us Pronunciation Key (nkss)
n. pl. nexus or nex·us·es

1. A means of connection; a link or tie: “this nexus between New York's... real-estate investors and its... politicians” (Wall Street Journal).
2. A connected series or group.
3. The core or center: “The real nexus of the money culture [was] Wall Street” (Bill Barol).

[Latin, from, past participle of nectere, to bind. See ned- in Indo-European Roots.]

I doubt that, somehow.

Not so much.

Pricing will be announced before the first public release. We are still deciding on models for the pricing structure at this time.

Hopefully IPS will avoid the mistakes of others in this area. Most billing solutions are too tailored towards hosting.. they are not flexable enough .. My clients and myself are looking for a robust billing solution where I can generate invoices and accept payment for more than just hosting or products.. Services like programming , web design, consulting, etc ... That's where most fall short.

ok

oh cool Didn't know you had been working on it for awhile now Can't wait for more info.

That's exactly how Nexus came into being, we were looking for exactly the same thing and we couldn't find it. So I don't think you will be disapointed

We use it for processing/managing orders for all our products and services here, including custom programming services etc. - Is not just to manage hosting by any means!

Thank you for posting that

Many months ago we were searching for a billing system ourselves but could not find one that was not, what we called, "hosting-centric" and become frustrated.

We recognized there was a need for a solution that could sell both hosting AND normal products and services. We knew we could do it and do it better than anything already out there.

Now, enter Nexus.

Can IPN (woo, first to use those initials for it I hope?) integrate with forum software, and even IP.D?

Ok, this is a product I'm very interested in. With the few competing products being very late in releasing the latest version (the one I'm using currently is over 2 years late), and having some serious limitations, I'm looking to change.
Questions:
Will there be convertors from other apps?
Do you need BETA testers? If so, please consider me.

Yes, more information on integration will be coming soon

Me too, always wanted to be one

Yes, it can and does. Converge and the IPS Kernel.



Convertors will be made and we will have two beta testing phases. Josh will post about that when he is ready for applicants.

Would that be in this topic or, in his blog?

hahahaha you guys arent sucking up to Josh are ya now

sure why not

Can I preoder a license?

Wow, I expected a client system to some extent but nothing like this.

Sounds intresting, although I will never use it

That is really great to hear!! You'll definately have my money then.

One suggestion :
I would update some of the text to reflect this.. When I first read "It is a highly customizable billing solution that can be used to sell products and hosting services" I didn't think that it would support other services .. I just thought that it was just another hosting / billing cp .. which it definitely is not ..

I cant wait for this. Its exactly what I have been looking for.

There's also a typo I think:

"We will be announcing a private beta testing phase very soon which will allow qualified customers the option to test the system before it is relased and submit feedback."

We're working on more expanded feature descriptions but are wary to post much until we are sure. Although it can do some really nice hosting management, it can also handle normal products. We saw a need for a product like this because, just like you, we could not find one either. Nearly all out there are so centered around hosting if you want to sell something like a product it still asks for a domain name.

There will be forthcoming screenshots showing how you specify if a package is hosting or not and how the system changes the options depending on your choice.