MQL5 marketplace question

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Hello,

I've released a free EA few months ago. Now I would like to add additional features and to make it paid.

But as its main usage is in tester mode, I have to restrict programmatically its features in tester mode, when it is a demo version. This has to be incorporated in the new version. But I guess this new version will replace automatically the version of the current users.

Many people have downloaded it by now, and I apprehend that they will not be able to use it unlimited anymore, as they use it now.

I don't want this to happen, I'd like the already downloaded copies to retain the unlimited functionality.

Is there a way to do so?


 
Boyan Taksirov:

Hello,

I've released a free EA few months ago. Now I would like to add additional features and to make it paid.

But as its main usage is in tester mode, I have to restrict programmatically its features in tester mode, when it is a demo version. This has to be incorporated in the new version. But I guess this new version will replace automatically the version of the current users.

Many people have downloaded it by now, and I apprehend that they will not be able to use it unlimited anymore, as they use it now.

I don't want this to happen, I'd like the already downloaded copies to retain the unlimited functionality.

Is there a way to do so?

Launch it as a new and separate product!

 
Fernando Carreiro:

Launch it as a new and separate product!


I thought so, of course.

But in such a case I have to remove the current free version from the market, because it will compete the paid version.

And I would prefer it to stay in my portfolio.

 
Boyan Taksirov:

I thought so, of course.

But in such a case I have to remove the current free version from the market, because it will compete the paid version.

And I would prefer it to stay in my portfolio.

Did you not say that the paid version will have additional features?

  • Free Version with less functionality.
  • Paid version with more functionality.
 
Fernando Carreiro:

Did you not say that the paid version will have additional features?

  • Free Version with less functionality.
  • Paid version with more functionality.

That's right. But these additional features will not present the main functionality, they will be just expansions.

 
Boyan Taksirov: That's right. But these additional features will not present the main functionality, they will be just expansions.

Maybe someone else can think of something, but currently, I don't see another way!

 
Fernando Carreiro:

Maybe someone else can think of something, but currently, I don't see another way!


Me too. So, probably it will happen that way.

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