Okay, it would be good to do something about the loading speed of the WPBAY front pageāitās not working perfectly. If you want, we can help with that. As I mentioned, we are interested in exactly this kind of platform!
Please add the available versions of PrestaShop with which the module is compatible under āCompatible Withāācurrently, only WordPress is listed.
The speed is perfect ā I donāt see any issues.
Over the years, Iāve had clients complain about some of my plugins that were only about 3 MB in size, yet they are viewing 4K videos with no complaints. 
Itās kind of funny.
What country are you from? In Europe, the speed is poor for charging wpBay. The forum is good, but the site itself is not. I can send a video screenshot so you can see what it looks like.
I am from Romania.
Probably you want instant loadā¦
Hello @COCOS.CODES, currently WPBay uses multiple layers of caching, one of which is currently active only for not logged in users.
So, if you are logged in to the site, you might have slower loading times. I am aware of this and I am thinking on a method to improve this, however, if I enable the caching for logged in users also, some parts of the site might break, like adding items to cart and other critical parts.
This is a sensitive part, but I am experimenting and thinking on how to speed up the site also for logged in users.
Any tips are appreciated on this part!
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Yes, exactly, there is a problem with the version for logged-in usersāwhere can we talk privately? Iāll tell you more about how we solved the problem at our shop.
Please contact me using my email kisded@yahoo.com, if this is ok for you.
COCOS.CODES is right, it takes a bit too much to load, I am sure it can be improved.
Yes, will check on page speed when users are logged in when I get back to work in September (currently I am on vacation 
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Until then, let me know any issue or suggestion you have, I note them.
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Enjoy your vacationā¦ See you in September
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Looking at some of these recent comments, I would like to wade in with my thoughts and comments if you donāt mind.
I am based in the UK using Firefox Browser and high speed internet. Loading times seem ok so far, but with extra users, bandwidth calls, then it could be an issue further along the line.
@rayoflightt welcome to this new forum. It will take time to iron out creases and make the marketplace develop. I believe someone once said āRome was not built within a dayā 
@CodeRevolution enjoy your vacation and well done for trying to make something here. It will work!
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Thank you guys, i will be here during these vacation days also, but my work hours are very limited here. Will be full steam ahead in September again.
Regarding speed, once higher traffic will come constantly to the site, i can easily upsize the VPS on which the site is hosted, if this will cause an issue.
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Hi everyone,
Iām Abdelrahman. I make 3D models, motion graphics and templates on Envato. Just came here after hearing about the forums closure. Really not sure what to expect at this point, but wishing everyone well.
Iād be happy to join wpbay as a seller, but I donāt do web themes or plugins. have you considered expanding to other categories like graphics or animation?
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Hi Abdelrahman,
Welcome to the forum!
We are considering expanding to additional categories, thank you for the suggestion.
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Thatās good to hear. I think itās the next logical step considering the circumstances. If Elements becomes the only front for selling, author exclusivity will then be a thing of the past, with a lot of marketplace authors flooding in for the closest resembling alternative.
Hi.
Welcome to Envato , I hope in time WPBay will become the new Envato..
I have no idea how Envto fā¦ up so bad! I asked myself over and over again, it just makes no sense.
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I think 2022 was when the downfall began!
2022: they moved item review to be handled by new recruits from Mexico, instead of the tried and tested approach of letting worldwide reviewers curate new items (who create content for a living, and who have a much better understanding of quality, and the amount of work that goes into an item). As a result, rejections skyrocket. Quality, and catering to your own clients didnāt matter if it didnāt match the reviewerās āvibeā at the time, so now everything looks and functions the same.
September: they cut the bonus payments on Elements (approx 25%), and increased taxes to 30% for market sales in Australia.
2023: They gutted the payment system. Suddenly thereās a hierarchy of authorsā withdrawal abilities based on their location. You may be able to use PayPal (or not), you may be able to withdraw in USD (or not).
September: another payment cut, now authors only receive 25% of enterprise license sales.
2024-2025: Acquisition years, first to shutterstock, then getty.
All of this under the rush to cater to AI, with no regard to whether or not this will remain profitable in the long run (the move fast and break things approach), they send an ultimatum to authors, āyou have till the end of the week to delete your portfolio, or have it be used for AI training without meaningful compensation.ā
In short, it is the transition from dealing with creatives as human beings, to mere CPUs, with no rights, privileges or even basic humanity, and once the complaints piled so highly, they dealt with it by closing the forums 
(a decision that mirrored the forums closure on pond5 after shutterstock had acquired it btw).
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The downfall began when Elements was introduced. I said it back then on the forum: this would be the end of Envatoāand I was right. Thereās no way an author can work for $0.1 per sale. That might have been a good business for Envato, but Envato was supposed to be about the authors, our passion, and the hard work we put into our creations.
Hichame Assi treated authors like we were nothingāhe never engaged with us on the forum and always took the easy way out. The result? A total disaster.
He is the number one culprit for everything bad that happened to Envato. Envato was a billion-dollar company, and just three years after he took over, they sold it for around $300 million or so. And even then, things werenāt nearly as bad as they are now.
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To all users on WP Bay Forums - apologies for my delay in replying the end of the month is always busy!
@abdelrahman_el-masry welcome to this new forum for Envato-X left behind creators. I was a former mod on the Envato Forums and have been a buyer from the marketplace for many years. Iām sure the team here will consider other options to help you, but for now know that there are people here who genuinely care and want to support creative designers.
As @tibi_diablo has stated how or why, or whatever someone at Envato made the decision to close the forums was very short sighted of them. They did fā¦ up in a way that as an owner of my business I cannot even understand or comprehend.
I saw many items that got rejected and personally thought why? Why was this item rejected?
I also then saw or downloaded items that were approved, that really should never have got approved.
What each and every one of you (as digital creators) need to know is look YOU DESIGNED SOMETHING AMAZING - it might not be polished and it might need tweaks, but NEVER GIVE up being YOU