Alpha1
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IMHO financial features need to be in 1st party software because of the potential for abuse and the need for solid code. 
Such functionality would give addon developers a wide range of possibilities.
Having such official addon would allow xenforo webmasters to generate much more income through new income streams which is good for the XenForo ecosystem as a whole.
I would very much like to see an official addon for monetizing. Functionality which could be included is:
If the basic functions of such a platform are there, then addon developers could expand on it.
I know this suggestion is a tall order, but I do think there is a need for this. Even if it starts small and is slowly expanded.
				
			Such functionality would give addon developers a wide range of possibilities.
Having such official addon would allow xenforo webmasters to generate much more income through new income streams which is good for the XenForo ecosystem as a whole.
I would very much like to see an official addon for monetizing. Functionality which could be included is:
- Donations: custom amounts, gifts, goals, guest donations.
 - Advanced Subscriptions. Stacking, prolong, at registration, gift, etc.
 - Shop: sell digital products and real products.
 - Sell community content & features.
 - Paywall. Limit content viewing.
 - Payment links.
 - Credits & Wallet.
 - Classifieds.
 - Billing: send invoices for any of the above.
 - Commissions (take a % of sales) 
 - Affiliate (give a % of sales)
 - Mailings to generate income by promoting the above.
 - Connector with bookkeeping software.
 - Connector with shipping software.
 - Connector with affiliate platforms.
 
If the basic functions of such a platform are there, then addon developers could expand on it.
I know this suggestion is a tall order, but I do think there is a need for this. Even if it starts small and is slowly expanded.
		
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