@dan Please consider re-adding the link to the Marketplace to this forum, since the Elements Store is still not open for third party developers.
We are now starting to phase out the old Marketplace in preparation for the new store along with on-boarding select partners. We’ll be sharing more details soon.
Understood and good news indeed. I look forward to continuing our partnership.
I support migration, and most of my work consists of offering product comparisons.
Since all the resources for RW Classic will disappear, can you at least leave a dedicated section for RW Classic? I understand the policy is to migrate the marketplace to Elements, but what about all the themes for RW Classic?
Those are products that integrate with RW Classic without other plugins and represent valuable resources for users who still use it.
Since RW Classic is still officially supported, could you consider leaving the old marketplace with just the templates?
Removing everything else would make sense, but eliminating every trace of the primary ecosystem (without plugins) would, in my opinion, shorten the real life of Classic, also losing the ability to make comparisons, at least in my case.
my concern is also for elements products, what alternatives do you propose to replace the Google indexing that the online marketplace now provides?
thanks 
I can’t wait to see it too 
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I understand why you want to phase out the Marketplace, of course. But for us third-party developers, it’s currently the only place (with high traffic) to promote our products. About 20 to 25% of visitors to my shop pages came from the Marketplace. I’m feeling the decline in sales and would really appreciate it if you would keep the link to the Marketplace in the forum until the Elements Store is accessible to everyone.
I would prefer to switch to the Elements Store as soon as possible 
Beside that Elements is a great website builder I like the concept that you include also a CMS in Elements and that a store platform is available for 3rd party developers, which enables them to earn money. This is a win-win situation for both sides. Other website builders are missing one or more of this key features.
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Now that all developers are being relegated to oblivion, do you have any suggestions on how to continue supporting our work on Elements?
How can you effectively replace Google’s years-long indexing of products that support the RMS ecosystem?
thanks!
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We are in an active transition away from RapidWeaver Classic and toward fully committing our time, engineering effort, and resources to Elements. That direction has been communicated consistently, and it is not something we can realistically split or reverse. This includes phasing out the old Marketplace.
Building the Elements Store is not a simple replacement for the old Marketplace. It requires legal, tax, and compliance work across multiple territories, and we are taking the time to do that properly. We will not rush this just to recreate an interim sales channel, especially if it puts the business or customers at risk.
Our priority right now is delivering real solutions for customers using Elements. That work has to come first. The store is important, but it cannot take precedence over building and shipping the platform itself.
In the meantime, nothing prevents developers from continuing to promote their products independently. Posting on the forum, communicating with existing customers, and investing in your own websites and SEO are all valid and effective channels. That is how many developers successfully operated long before the Marketplace existed.
When the Elements Store is ready, it will provide a proper, long-term foundation for third-party products. Until then, we need to stay focused on building Elements itself and doing this the right way.
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There was a time, not so long ago, when you were happy about the developers who stood loyal by you and promoted Elements. Those days seem to be over. But anyway, when the party is over, it’s over. Your system, your rules.
But I still do not get why you are phasing out the old Marketplace without having the new one implemented (for third parties). As @MultiThemes Michelangelo said, there is traffic generated by the old Marketplace to Realmac and also to 3rd parties. It generates attention. And the Elements Ecosystem needs currently every attention possible. We are still too less users.
It therefore sounds like mockery to me when you recommend that third parties should promote their own websites and take care of marketing and SEO themselves. Are we then allowed to officially offer components on our websites? If yes then all is fine. Lots of us are waiting to sell components.
I understand, of course, that implementing the Elements Store is a very complex thing. I guess you have the technical issues well under control, but the commercial aspects, especially tax and compliance across multiple territories, are not something you want to mess up. There are big companies around acting as merchants of record, and you want to handle that with your small team. Sorry, but I have my doubts. Setting something like this up is one thing, but then operating the Elements Store is another beast.
Perhaps you reconsider to phase out the old Marketplace currently and re-link it from the forum. It doesn’t cost you a dime.
There are 190 tax jurisdictions, and rules change constantly.
Handling exemptions, thresholds, B2B reverse charge.
Filing country specific returns on different schedules.
And many more pitfalls.
Handling this in house is ambitious at best!
That why huge companies like Lemon Squeezy, Paddle, Fastspring, and the like exist.
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I am a micro business selling a physical product imported from Australia BREXIT ruined all my Euro business as they had to start charging VAT. Importing to Norhern Ireland - Part of UK but under EU for sales - has caused me no end of headaches, UKIMS, UKCA marks instead of CE, registration of companies in NI and UK for selling items and I have one product. God help anyone selling worldwide as I find it near impossible to keep up with changes.
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@dan It’s a legitimate question: if you take away the resources to support our work now, how can we continue development?
The integrated store has been active for months, but only with your products. If there are technical problems, which I fully understand, can you give us the resources we need until you’re ready?
I’ve invested a lot of time in Elements, promoting it to Classic users. If I have to stop, I’d like to know.
If RMS is no longer interested in supporting external developers (at least for now) at this stage, just say so. I would like to dedicate my time to Elements, feedback is welcome .
The V2 resources are great but it takes time to work on them, we can’t just ‘pause’ without knowing anything; that can be done with AI 
Thanks
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