Creator Store: Buy and Sell Plug-Ins with Real-World Currency

Will buying with Roblox Credit be available anytime soon? I’ve noticed it just redirects you to a stripe page.

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I don’t like this. There should not be any assets on the platform that cannot be purchased using Robux, the already established standard currency for Roblox.

Experience developers who primarily generate revenue in Robux should not have to exchange their Robux to USD just to be able to buy a plugin. This is a significant and unnecessary overcomplication of the Roblox ecosystem

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Agreed. It’s insane seeing Roblox plugins being priced higher than plugins of professional software like Blender despite having significantly less functionality

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It’s insane to even think that. I went through 10 pages of plugins and the highest price I found was a few of them for $30, many of which are free after the first couple of pages. You can go to Blender Market and see the most popular addons have their price set near that but often higher for full addon functionality.

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as someone with literally no access to payment methods that work with plugins, and as a developer… what the hell were you guys thinking? i have tons of robux from projects but no real way to devex it as i have no cards and my parents will not allow me to make a paypal account yet, and i don’t need plugins too much, but they’re nice to have… though now? i have literally ZERO access to any plugin that isn’t free. even just having to pay more in robux than would’ve been in money is nice, but no. the option is completely gone.

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^^^ this. me, along with a few other devs i know, have no way of exchanging robux to usd currently, which means i am locked out of most plugins. thank god i bought some before this update rolled out.

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Roblox 10% tax :clown_face:

:clown_face::clown_face::pig2:

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Ma’am, the boat is already sinking, Regional Pricing wont do much

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There are no better words for it…

I contacted Roblox and they told me to contact Stripe. Then Stripe told me Roblox is in charge of supporting my bank as they are equipped withn tools to manage payouts to my account. So I reached out to Roblox again, and they told me “we realize this is disappointing but we’re unable to provide you with any further information or response”. Wtf? Does this mean ill just stop receiving any payment forever?

My bank is from a third world country so i really doubt it will ever be supported at any time in the future unless i specifically reach out for it, yet reaching out seems useless because they are not interested in solving issues. @crayzdesi4 you gonna look at this? You should keep robux as an alternative form of payment smfh.

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Tbh they should just make two different types of products. (Ex. Public Plugins and Premium Plugins or some other name)

Then they could have the “public plugins” be sold for robux while the “premium plugins” would be sold for money only after Roblox figures out how to convert from other currencies. This way you might not be able to get the exact plugin you want but at least the devs who want to sell for money can still get what they deserve and ppl under 18 and ppl making less sophisticated plugins can sell too.

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In light of the recent blog post Roblox made here and the vote made here. Do you really prioritize and respect the community? Please show us instead of telling us you do.


P.S. This also applies to the recent changes to UGC here as well.

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I made a post about this, the main problem I’m having is that people can extremely easily pirate and redistribute your plugin.

https://devforum.roblox.com/t/is-there-anything-you-can-do-in-order-to-protect-your-plugins-is-roblox-doing-anything/2938390

There is literally nothing protecting your product if you choose to sell it. You can access purchased plugins with ease on your local drive…?

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As a young developer myself, reliant on Robux as my primary payment method, I find this update disappointing & irrelevant. Roblox didn’t need to completely remove the option to purchase plugins with Robux; they could have simply added the choice of using either USD / Robux.

This change limits access for younger developers who may not have access to real-life currency, reducing the number of users able to use these plugins. All assets on the platform should be purchasable with Robux!

Now, developers who earn primarily in Robux shouldn’t have to go through the hassle of converting their earnings to USD just to buy a plugin. What’s the point of keeping Robux if they’re limiting its use like this? It’s even more frustrating that now people under 18 can’t sell plugins anymore.

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I don’t know if this is related to this update, but a couple days ago I noticed that some of my private offsale assets started randomly becoming free on the creator store? I had to manually take several models and audio offsale that I did NOT make available on the store. What is going on?

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Worst update to date :-1: atleast add so you can charge robux. You guys are just creating more reasons to devex your robux and not spend it on making higher quality games via plugins.

Please reverse this

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I cannot buy anything because It won’t accept CAD :frowning:

Roblox won’t accept my card either. If I could do Paypal that’d be great.

Terrible update/changes.

Not all people like me attach their payment to their account just to be safe, but this? It looks like forcing people to put in their payment now unless they decide to stick the filling out the payment form.

Can we just include the Robux Payment method option instead of real-life currency? It’s much easier to purchase using Robux.

Also, I’ll be honest, this is another great way to earn creators’ money. I personally not a fan of this change.

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Why it is not possible to add buy for robux and world currency??? This would be the best solution but complaining about this update won’t help because roblox doesn’t listen to the community

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