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Floris
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the best idea would be to get Chen (Firefly) back here to run xenforo.org
That is not the best idea at all.
Mods hosted on xenforo.com - Free or Paid ?
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That is not the best idea at all.
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Floris
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Didn't they already say it will be on the .com here and not separate?
Forsaken
Well-known member
They have, however it won't stop people from trying to make their own site and trying to move people to that.
Brandon_R
Guest
Unless those sites can come out with something unique and awesome cool mods, sites like that will most likely fail. Why go elsewhere when you can get the official thing here.
Paul M
Well-known member
Wasnt me then
The only problem with allowing discussion of paid modifications is that people quickly abuse it and simply use it for blatent (free) advertising (basically spamming).
Brandon_R
Guest
Agreed, i'de like to see something unique and innovative. [shouldn't be too hard since that's basically all they've been doing lately
]Not some extra forums created to the side with attachments system for uploading and a bunch of posts saying reserved for future updates.
The Geek
Active member
I'll be surprised if they allow paid mods as they didn't allow it at vB when it was their baby.
FWIW, I don't do commercial mods anymore, but I will always pay for a mod where I can and I still try to release FoC mods where I can too.
People who expect and especially those that demand that others work for free for them and those that actively work against allowing others to benefit financially from their hard work without themselves contributing are all takers and users.
There are only a couple (tops) commercial scripts that are profitable. In fact, I would bet the average commercial mod for vB brings in circa 50 pence per hour when you fold in the coding, testing and support. If commercial mods are not allowed, then I would suggest a system that only allows you to download a mod after you submit one to the community - then lets see how fast some peeps attitudes shift
FWIW, I don't do commercial mods anymore, but I will always pay for a mod where I can and I still try to release FoC mods where I can too.
People who expect and especially those that demand that others work for free for them and those that actively work against allowing others to benefit financially from their hard work without themselves contributing are all takers and users.
There are only a couple (tops) commercial scripts that are profitable. In fact, I would bet the average commercial mod for vB brings in circa 50 pence per hour when you fold in the coding, testing and support. If commercial mods are not allowed, then I would suggest a system that only allows you to download a mod after you submit one to the community - then lets see how fast some peeps attitudes shift
Peggy
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yep they did.
Peggy
Well-known member
What about the admins who are not coders or designers??If commercial mods are not allowed, then I would suggest a system that only allows you to download a mod after you submit one to the community - then lets see how fast some peeps attitudes shift
I'm thinking that wouldn't work.
Dean
in memoriam
Any ideas how to set things up? If you could make the decisions, any thoughts as to how you might do it?I'll be surprised if they allow paid mods as they didn't allow it at vB when it was their baby.
FWIW, I don't do commercial mods anymore, but I will always pay for a mod where I can and I still try to release FoC mods where I can too.
People who expect and especially those that demand that others work for free for them and those that actively work against allowing others to benefit financially from their hard work without themselves contributing are all takers and users.
There are only a couple (tops) commercial scripts that are profitable. In fact, I would bet the average commercial mod for vB brings in circa 50 pence per hour when you fold in the coding, testing and support. If commercial mods are not allowed, then I would suggest a system that only allows you to download a mod after you submit one to the community - then lets see how fast some peeps attitudes shift
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Floren
Well-known member
I totally agree. I will release free mods here and the paid ones will be on my site.
Peggy
Well-known member
And that's the way to do it.
Brandon_R
Guest
I agree as there is too much liability for scams etc that the admins wouldn't want to get into.
The Geek
Active member
Of course it wouldn't work
Just pointing out that its ironic to demand free goods AND refuse to pitch in.
Xenforo will want as many free mods as possible as that is a legit selling point (as it was with vB). Most mod authors are actually happy to do it for free so there won't really be too much of a problem as long as the system is easy enough to mod for.
Anyhoo.... this is what I would do:
Have a price field for mods.
By DEFAULT have only FoC mods shown in a list (however they display/categorise... preferably with tag like capabilities)
Make it so someone has to physically tick a box to display paid mods
Ensure that people can rate mods based on multiple fields (like value, support, etc...)
Will this make all mods go paid? No way José. The vast majority of people don't code for cash (IMO more people charge for IPB mods because it has a much larger learning curve to start modding for).
The biggest problem is not the implementation, it is that management of the system (e.g. complaints, MiA coders, charge back disputes, etc...). But with careful considerations and sensible systems, there is no reason why these cannot be managed and for Xenforo to actually leverage paid mods as an actual feature of the system!
Dean
in memoriam
Would not most, if not all, of the problems go away if the paid mod was only listed as a link to the paid authors site?
What do you think of charging the people for having their paid mod listed? If not that, then how would you mitigate the paid mods MiA authors?
Forsaken
Well-known member
Turn the listing inactive until they're no longer MIA
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The Geek
Active member
... or make it a condition of posting the mod here... if the author doesn't post within x amount of days (i.e. 30) then it becomes a free unsupported mod.
This is all green light thinking however in a perfect world, the mod could be hosted here or at least an API provided so verification that the sell is taking place with a license holder. It would also be a nice way to keep track of those purchasers that mysteriously file for chargebacks repeatedly.
This is all green light thinking however in a perfect world, the mod could be hosted here or at least an API provided so verification that the sell is taking place with a license holder. It would also be a nice way to keep track of those purchasers that mysteriously file for chargebacks repeatedly.
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