Frequently Asked Questions

General Purchases Selling on PieceX Earning Payments (AI) Dynamic Pricing Affiliate Program

General

  • Source code is the instructions (code) that tell the program (software, app, website) how to function.

  • When you buy software you have no option to add or maintain the product. You are delivered an executable file that you cannot customize, improve, or maintain.
    When you buy source code you have full control to modify, adapt, and update the software under your own terms. Buying source code gives you the advantage that you can use that code in any way you want, even just using parts of it into future applications.

  • You can browse our catalog of products and search for some interesting source codes. You can visit the product’s page to learn more about the product. If you can’t find what you want on PieceX, you can post a request here: https://www.piecex.com/requests/add . By posting a request about the source code you need, developers will be able to know your requirements and publish a product according to your request.

  • If you have any questions, you can ask the sellers via direct message or by using the tab “Talk to seller” located on the product details page. If you wish to send a private message to the seller, please visit the seller’s profile and select the “private message” option.

  • There is no registration fee, annual fee, monthly fee, billing, etc.
    Users only have to pay the purchase price of the source code/Item. Tax is included in the price. Please notice that a payment fee will be added into your total purchase amount depending on the total amount of the purchase.

  • To ensure the quality of our products, we perform periodical inspections to review that the product as described on the product’s page. If the product does not have a checkmark “Code reviewed by PieceX”, it means that the product hasn’t been reviewed yet. If you wish to request a source code inspection or review prior to your purchase, please contact us.

  • If you lost your password, you can reset it at the login page by clicking on the option “Forgot Password”? . We will send you the required steps to your email address registered at PieceX.

  • If you lost your password and email please contact us . A customer support representative will assist you.

  • You can contact PieceX by accessing the website on our contact page. Please let us know your inquires or comments, we will be glad to assist you.

  • If you wish to change your username or email please contact us . A customer support representative will assist you.

Purchases

  • You can visit the product’s page to learn more about the product. You can also download the “User Guide” so you can check if the product matches your requirements.
    If you have any questions, you can ask the sellers via direct message or by using the tab “Talk to seller” located on the product details page.

  • Please notify it with the "report" button in the purchase history.
    We don’t process any refund, except for obvious quality defects.

  • Payment can be done by PayPal or Credit Card (stripe). If you do not have PayPal account you can use your credit / debit card as well. Supported credit cards are Master, VISA, American Express, Discover. We are planning to continue to expand the card handling companies and the methods of payment in the future.

  • A payment fee will be added to your total purchase amount depending on the total amount of the purchase.

  • In the case of payment with PayPal account, the receipt is issued by PayPal directly and you will receive notification from PayPal.
    In the case of payment with credit card, the usage statement issued by the card company will be the receipt.
    Please consult us if you need a separate invoice.

  • Feel free to modify the source code after purchasing it. It is possible to modify the source code you bought on PieceX, and upload it on PieceX to sell the modified version.
    However, without modification: resale is prohibited, inside and outside PieceX. Please check the terms and conditions at the license page for more information.

  • All the products listed to sell on PieceX are digital products and cannot be returned, so all refund requests are processed with that in mind. Once a purchased product is refunded the seller will not receive rewards for that product purchase.
    To learn more about refunds please visit our Refund Policy section.

  • Feel free to modify the source code after purchasing it. It is possible to modify the source code you bought on PieceX, and upload it on PieceX to sell the modified version.
    On PieceX we provide a wide variety of products sold by different sellers. We also conduct periodical inspections on the products to ensure the quality of the products so that the products function as described in the product detail page.
    Please look for the mark “ Code reviewed by PieceX” at the right side of the product page. If the product has said mark it means that the product has been reviewed by PieceX.
    Also, feel free to check what other users who bought the product thought about the product by clicking on the “Review” section at the product details page.

Earning Payments

  • We will transfer your payments(earnings/seller’s payment) by the end of the month when the sale was finalized.

  • When your product is bought, by the end of the month we will transfer your rewards/earnings into your Paypal account. If you prefer, we can also make a wire transfer into your bank account via TransferWise. Please notice that charges apply for the option of Wire Transfer.
    To manage your payment details options please visit “Account” and let us know your desired payment option at the tab “Payment Details”.

  • When your product is bought, by the end of the month we will transfer your rewards/earnings into your Paypal account. If you prefer, we can also make a wire transfer into your bank account via TransferWise.
    Please notice that charges apply for the option of Wire Transfer.
    To manage your payment details options please visit “Account” and let us know your desired payment option at the tab “Payment Details”.

  • “Pending Earnings” refer to the sales that are still pending to be deposited into your bank account or Paypal account. Your earnings are transferred to your PayPal account or Bank account by the end of the month when the sale was made.

  • The rewards (earnings) are calculating by deducting the taxes and fees. PieceX will charge a percentage as concept of use for the technologies, platform and services provided. We try to keep this fee as low as possible to increase the seller’s rewards.
    You can check the approximate fee amount and the approximate earnings at step 2 “Publish” on the product upload page or at the edit page of your published product. We will transfer your remuneration into your PayPal account by the end of the month when the sale was finalized.
    Additionally, we use Artificial Intelligence for dynamic price. This means that our artificial intelligence will update your price to maximize your profits.
    If you want to know more about how Piecex works please visit: https://www.piecex.com/homes/howitworks.

Selling on PieceX

  • On PieceX, Software development companies and developers publish their Software as source code for other users to buy.
    Basically, Software developers can sell their products at PieceX.
    On the other hand, you can sell the software that you own the copyright (developed by Software development companies which transferred the copyright to you).
    If you don’t know how to sell those software, you can contact our PieceX consultants for consulting.

  • PieceX is an AI-Powered Source Code Marketplace where Software developers can sell their source code for apps, websites, templates, and scripts.
    If you are an I.T professional or software developer you can start earning money from your source code, you just need to register at PieceX and upload your source code by visiting the “Sell Code” page . The website will guide you into uploading your source code.
    After publishing, your product will be available for other users to buy.
    At the end of the month, we will deposit your earnings from your products’ sales of the month into your Paypal account or via Wire Transfer.

  • If you wish to start selling a product you can do so by login in and accessing the “Sell Code” page. The wizard will guide you into uploading your source code into the marketplace.

  • When your product gets a sale you will receive an email notifying you about the sales details. Additionally, if you are registered to allow notifications in your device (chrome) you will get a push alert and the sale details will appear in your dashboard. You can post your product on your social media to promote more sales or click on the social media icon at the left corner of your product page to post your product into an SNS.

  • The buyers need to understand why your product might be useful for them before they decide to buy it.  The User Guide tells people that your product is for them.
    Our products require to submit a User Guide as a minimal requirement. Please provide step by step User Guide with instructions on installation, customization and use and formatted as a .pdf or .docx or .doc. You can create your own or use our sample User Guide as a template. Click here for more tips and tools to automate the process. .

  • Piecex requires to submit a User Guide as a minimal requirement. Please provide step by step User Guide with instructions on installation, customization and use and formatted as a .pdf or .docx or .doc. You can create your own or use our sample User Guide as a template. Click here for more tips and tools to automate the process.

  • Your product main image is very important since it creates the first impression on the buyers. In fact, it’s a make or break deal. A good or bad main image will translate into potential buyers clicking and checking your product details. If the image is bad then you are risking losing a lot of sales even if your product is excellent.
    At PieceX we want to simplify our sellers experience and give all the tools to increase our seller’s sales. That is why we offer our sellers our free customized “Main Image Creation Tool”.
    For more tips about how to create a good main image click here .

  • Yes, however please notice the following guidelines regarding third party libraries and External Sources:
    When possible, include the external source inside the compressed folder .zip of the product. Only link to external sources if it is absolutely necessary.

    Any external source added to the product, must be validated to ensure that the input/output is as expected.

    Verify the external source before adding it to your product. Update your product periodically and remove/replace the external source when it is no longer relevant or no longer in line with the original objective.

    Include only external sources if you are confident that the owner would not object to it or comes from an Open Source License, include the credits to the original author. Obtain permission if possible.

    Users should be able to easily identify which external sources are linked to your product and it must be included in the User Documentation.

    Do not link to external sources that are primarily commercial (for example, which includes advertisements), are offensive or contain misleading information.

    Only include external sources which you are confident that are secure and do not contain any measures that may compromise security or add any threat or vulnerability. The communication of the external source must be encrypted and must contain the necessary security measures.

    If the external source requires the use of credentials or keys, please add them inside the product or explain in detail how to obtain the credentials.

    The inclusion of external sources is only allowed as input. Do not add any mechanism to collect the data or store data.

  • Yes, it is possible for anyone with the qualified skills to upload a product at PieceX. ( However, minors are excluded. )

  • It depends on the code popularity, number of sales and price forecast.
    Percentage (rate) is private, but you can check on “my page” for the amount of remuneration.

  • To ensure the safety and quality of our product we will perform an inspection to your source code. During this inspection we will verify that your product does not contain any harmful code and functions as described in your product’s description and live preview. We will notify you with the results of the inspection via email.

  • Yes, you can change your product price by editing your product. Please notice that at PieceX provide our sellers with an AI dynamic price to optimize our sellers and buyers revenues so your product’s price might change with time.
    You can always re-price your product according to your own judgement and our AI will take it into consideration for the next pricing update.

(AI) Dynamic Pricing

  • PieceX uses an Artificial Intelligence(AI) algorithm to set up a dynamic price or flexible price for our products. We are committed with offering a better return of investment, therefore we included in our price calculation the advantages of Artificial Intelligence. This dynamic price will continue to update depending on internal and external factors. Now with PieceX you do not need to have advanced knowledge in software cost estimation to get a fair price for your hard work. Our algorithm designed with Artificial Intelligence will do the job for you.

  • Aiming to maximize your profits, we use a dynamic price powered by AI. This way you will get the best price for your source code.

  • Yes, you can change your product price by editing your product. Please notice that at PieceX provide our sellers with an AI dynamic price to optimize our sellers and buyers revenues so your product’s price might change with time.
    You can always re-price your product according to your own judgement and our AI will take it into consideration for the next pricing update.

  • You can see the chart and daily detail of your product’s price on your product’s page in the tab “Price Statistics”. You are also able to download the chart and look some interesting data like average price, minimum price, maximum price and our own price forecast predicted by using AI.

  • Since the price of technology keeps fluctuating depending of certain factors. We want to make this process as easy and simple as possible for our users so you don’t have to keep continuously updating your prices or stress yourself by following the financial changes for I.T products. Let’s face it, machines are better at complex calculations. Our AI keeps growing, learning and evolving aiming to give you the best decision price wise. The right price for your software will give you a better Return Of Investment.

  • We know that your input about pricing is valuable. Therefore, we want to empower our users by taking into consideration their valuation as part of the final price. We will merge the wisdom of our AI model with yours.

  • No, your code’s price will continuously adjust in response to real-time supply and demand. Your price will react with the market fluctuations. You don’t need to worry about updating your prices every day: our sophisticated algorithm will smartly do it for you.

Support

  • All the products are source code, please check the product description and download the User Guide Documentation so you can check what the product includes and if it fits with your requirements. You can click on the product that you are interested in and see the details about the support and product characteristics that the seller provides.
    Depending on the product and seller, it will specify if the product includes support or not.
    If the product indicates that it includes support, the support will come from the seller itself. Once you purchase the product you will be able to request support in a direct conversation with the seller.
    If you have any questions you can ask the seller directly by clicking on the product details and selecting the option “Talk to the seller”.

  • If a product includes support a legend like the following “Support Included” will appear at the right corner of the product details.

  • If your product includes support you can request the seller for support by visiting your purchases page . On the right side of the product you will find the option to “Request Support”. Please fill in the form and your message will be immediately sent to the seller. You can start a conversation with the seller and ask as many questions as needed.

Privacy

Requests

  • If you can’t find what you want on PieceX, you can post a request here .
    By posting a request about the source code you need, developers will be able to know your requirements and publish a product according to your request.

  • You can post a request here .
    Please describe the type of source code and functionality so other user’s can fulfill your request

  • If you have a product that that satisfies a request, please click on the button “Mark as completed” located at the request page. The list of your products will appear, please select the product that satisfies the request and click “Select” at the right side of the product.
    A notification will be sent to the user who requested the product and your product will be displayed at the request page.

License

Referrals

  • Invite your friends and colleagues to join PieceX and earn free PieceX points! When your friend registers you’ll both get 100 PieceX points. There are no limits on how many friends you can invite! The more friends you invite the more points you’ll be able to use in your next purchases with us. Terms apply. You can check your sent referral invitations by accessing your referral page at your < a href=https://www.piecex.com/users/referral target=_blank> “Dashboard” -> “Referral Program”

  • When one of your friends signs up with your referral link you both get 100 points each.
    You can use your points to buy source code from a large set of projects. From AI recognition to E-commerce websites, you can find the right piece of code that will fit with your current project.
    You can check your sent referral invitations by accessing your < a href=https://www.piecex.com/users/referral target=_blank> “Dashboard” -> “Referral Program” .

  • Make a referral invitation is very simple. You just need to access your < a href=https://www.piecex.com/users/referral target=_blank> “Dashboard” -> “Referral Program” .
    You can send an invite to a friend’s email address or share your invite referral link in your SNS or website.

Points

  • You can use your points at checkout. Pay for all or part of your purchase: there’s no minimum. Every 1 points = 1JPY (Japanese yen) towards your purchase. To keep track of your points please visit your “Dashboard” -> “My Points”

  • You can use your points at checkout. Pay for all or part of your purchase: there’s no minimum. Every 1 points = 1JPY (Japanese yen) towards your purchase. To keep track of your points please visit your “Dashboard” -> “My Points”

  • Being part of PieceX is one of the many ways you can earn Points. When you publish an article at PieceX, you can earn points per each unique Article view, the more views your article gets the more points you’ll earn.
    When your free product is downloaded by another user, you’ll receive points as a reward.
    While making a purchase you can earn back a percentage of the amount you paid per purchase.
    As part of our referral program , when you invite a friend to join PieceX you’ll both get PieceX points after your friend registers.

  • PieceX Points are only applicable as discounts on the total amount of your purchase at PieceX. You can only use your PieceX Points at PieceX.

Affiliate Program

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