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Buying modules

Paid eCMS9 modules are bought right in the site's admin panel, in the Module store. No invoices, emails or manual activation are needed: you pay by card on a secure Stripe page and the module activates on your site by itself.

Where​

Modules → Module store, or directly: https://<your-site>/admin/components/modules_table#store_tab

Each paid module's card shows its price and licence state.

Trial​

Most paid modules can be tried first.

  1. Click Try 7 days on the card.
  2. The module starts working right away and the card shows a Trial: N days left badge.
  3. While the trial runs, the card has a Buy button: you can buy the module on any day, without waiting for the trial to end.

If the trial ends and the module has not been bought, the card says the licence has expired and the module is disabled. The site does not break: the module simply stops acting. Smart search, for example, falls back to the built-in search. The Buy button stays on the card.

tip

A trial is sometimes switched on by an ArtexGroup manager, and then it may run longer than 7 days. Such a module is bought the same way, with Buy.

How to buy​

  1. Open Modules → Module store and find the module's card.
  2. Click Buy (Subscribe for subscription modules).
  3. A secure Stripe payment page opens with the module's price. Fill in:
    • Email — the one you receive our invoices on. It may differ from the site administrator's email. The payment is linked to your ArtexGroup account by this email, and the receipt goes to it;
    • name or company name, address and phone — needed for the invoice;
    • card details.
  4. After payment Stripe returns you to the admin panel. Wait a few seconds for the module to activate: instead of the trial, the card shows Updates until <date> or Licensed.

The licence is bound to the domain of the site where you clicked Buy.

What you buy​

  • Module with an updates window. The licence for the domain never expires and the module always works. You get new versions until the Updates until date (usually 24 months from payment).
  • Subscription module. It works while the subscription is paid; the card shows until when.

Renewing updates​

When the updates window ends, the module keeps working on the last version it received, and the card shows Updates require renewal. To get new versions again, click Renew updates and pay the same way through Stripe. The new window counts from the date updates were already paid until, or from the payment day if that date has passed.

Invoices and payments​

  • The Stripe receipt goes to the email you entered at checkout.
  • ArtexGroup issues the invoice to your company from the details entered on the payment page — so use the email you normally receive our invoices on.
  • Bought licences and their update dates are listed in the ArtexGroup client cabinet, on the Licenses page.

If something goes wrong​

  • Paid, but the card still shows the trial. Reload the page in a minute: activation arrives from the update server within seconds.
  • No "Buy" button. Make sure the site's core is up to date (the button during a trial arrived in build 5.0.5-b649), or contact us.
  • Licence error — contact ArtexGroup and we will check the domain binding.