Maggan22 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Hello, I've already used the search but couldn't find anything that helps me. Is there a possibility of branding free at forum? If yes, how much does it cost? Kind regards, Wiebke Wagner now i found it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Anderson Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 If you mean removing the Invision Community branding as shown below: Then navigate to your Client Area and choose and pay for Branding Removal as shown below: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bethanyrayne Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Yes, it's a great situation isn't it that is not mentioned when you buy. You are forced to Pay for the product Pay a 6 month license fee Advertise free for Invision Link to Invision free You have to pay Invision NOT to advertise and backlink to their site Win, Win for Invision of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Matt Posted March 24, 2022 Management Share Posted March 24, 2022 I think "forced" is a bit strong when we are just one community platform vendor. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Anderson Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 (edited) @MattI did check the sales page and help guides for mentions of branding. If I had seen something I would have provided a link. Some companies provide for personalized branding some don't, some charge and some don't. As such, you might consider letting potential customers know your policy and pricing before purchase. Customers: Some third-party developers charge an extra fee to remove their branding some don't brand their apps at all. To replicate the functionality of the IPS suite and third-party add-ons it would take a dedicated development team and a very, very large budget. Paying to remove branding can give the appearance of a custom site while only having to pay pennies on the dollar. The reality is few members will be fooled that you designed and built the site from scratch. Increased sales for IPS and third-party apps via branding links insures they continue to have the development budget to continue releasing new and useful updates. They need every win they can to continue to develop. Instead of looking at personalized branding simply as another fee, think of it as an investment in your community. I would recommend reaching out to the sales team for any company you wish to do business with to find out what is or isn't included and pricing for various add-ons prior to making any purchases. Edited March 24, 2022 by Chris Anderson David N. and Matt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bethanyrayne Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Chris Anderson said: Increased sales for IPS and third-party apps via branding links insures they continue to have the development budget to continue releasing new and useful updates. They need every win they can to continue to develop. Instead of looking at personalized branding simply as another fee, think of it as an investment in your community. @Chris Anderson I don't agree with you in any way on the above point. However, Invision should certainly be employing you in a PR role. Your attempt to spin a negative into a positive is impressive. I'm reasonbly certain that small and non commercial forums are not labouring under the illusion that by removing Invision's branding anyone would think they had built there forum from the ground up themselves. Your premise that the presence of Invision's branding with backlinks somehow supports development and updates is quite frankly laughable. Everyone paid for the product in the first instance and pays a license fee every 6 months in the second instance presumably for development and updates and an income stream for Invision. Very few forum owners would be willing to pay the massive $500 fee to have the branding removed. Only corporate and large business's would, if they even carry Invision's branding in the first place and let's face facts most development and updates will be done for their benefit anyway. Edited March 24, 2022 by Bethanyrayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Matt Posted March 24, 2022 Management Share Posted March 24, 2022 Everything OK there? It's pretty industry standard to retain a link to the app's homepage. We add nofollow so it doesn't benefit us at all in terms of SEO. The option to remove it is there in our store. I realise not everyone likes it, but it's been there for the last 20 years. Sonya*, Adriano Faria, Bethanyrayne and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Anderson Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 @Bethanyrayne You might think that I was attempting to spin a negative into a positive and you would be completely wrong. I was simply relaying some points of view that “some” developers adhere to. Please don’t assume comments are meant to be either positive or negative in nature. Occasionally they can be neutral and meant to be helpful. With that in mind your comment to me could have been framed in a more positive fashion. Meddysong and Emediate 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Thompson Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 (edited) On 3/24/2022 at 2:00 AM, Bethanyrayne said: Yes, it's a great situation isn't it that is not mentioned when you buy. You are forced to Pay for the product Pay a 6 month license fee Advertise free for Invision Link to Invision free You have to pay Invision NOT to advertise and backlink to their site Win, Win for Invision of course. Have you ever created a business, and hired skilled employees, and paid for insurance, and marketing, etc., etc., etc? All that stuff cost money, you know. So the business has to figure out ways to make that money. I'm new to invision communities, but from what I've seen so far, I'm impressed. They deserve to be able to pay their employees well and to make profit... Plus, that's part of what motivated people to create amazing products and services to begin with. And if you don't like it, don't buy it. Or try hiring someone to personally build your own forum software. I'm sure you'll end up paying much much more. Or, you could go with MyBB... it's free. But it's nothing compared to invision. Edited May 23, 2022 by Lucas Thompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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