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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