This is a symptom of an issue that would be resolved with the idea in question.

It would be the same thing, you will be forced to buy a premium version since you are not offering a free solution.

yes please i will like if i can somehow spend more money on my vb5, and if i could be denied functions for not having it, that would be great also thanks...is it possible? someone get on that :p

I have been in xenforo resources. I can tell that it really works.
Developers start to flooding the resources with add on to create sales and competition will down the price and create better quality add on. Don't worry about free add ons it is alive too. You can see no price tag that is free one.

2000 add ons you cannot never denied the success of stimulating add ons.
https://xenforo.com/community/resources/

The idea to stimulate by allowing premium section is good. But the resources add on by xenforo itself is a killer.

Indirectly you stimulate vb5 sales when new buyer deciding it take a look at this market too.

vb5 seems like alot more powerful software at core any time i try to compare to xen...

i think the community can develop it adequately? 5.2.0 has hardly even been released and 5.2.1 seems more like the "major" release thats less rushed...imho it is still basically coming out of beta tho...

i dont see why there should be a hurry to supporting paid addons for 2000 categories but i can appreciate the sentiment...personally im 3 yrs into my vb5 ownership and yes there is a feeling like pls god can this go any faster, but locking up functions with paid additions right now i really feel is a bad move that will not be good for the community...

its not a good incentive for coders i would think either as there are still frequent upgrades, low customer #s, and in some cases, vb is adding basic functions anyway just in their own time lol

idk...personally i will rather rag vb to fix their product and make solid groundworks for 3rd party community than to pay more...i do have some customization i will gladly need to pay, but the idea of 2000 pay modification really um...who will that benefit, i dont want that

XF is cheaper because by the time you buy enough add ons to match vB4's core product you've spent over $1000.00. XF doesn't even sniff vB 4.x for add ons and modifications. Some of us like to test the lite version of add ons before we decide whether or not the product is worth paying for. If all that a developer offers is a premium version I guarantee they'll never sell it to me. I never install anything on any site, my own or any client's, without having fully tested it. I'm not paying to test an add on. I'm not going through the nonsense that comes with being sold a bad product. vB can make any policy they so choose but a knowledgeable consumer never purchases anything that cannot be tested first.

Agreed, and I don't want to see some silly timed demo either.

hahaha.... what? this was a joke post right :D

good one

vB not allowing paid add-ons is one of the main reasons I recently pulled all of my add-ons from the vB site.

As an example, one of the add-ons I pulled had 418 installs, 2882 downloads. Out of all of that, in 5 years I had 3 people purchase paid upgrades (total $60.00), and one donation of $15.00 for the add-on.

It reached a point where sales of the more robust version for XF (it became more robust over time) was supporting vB users. That was not fair to the XF users for me to be supporting a free vB version on their dime.

I personally offer about a 50-50 mix of free and paid add-ons for XF. So, free add-ons are still there. Just those that require constant support or will have constant updates with new or improved features are paid.

The idea that people will not purchase something unless they can test it doesn't hold water. I'm living proof of that.

With vB, what it boils down to in many cases is people hope the free version will fit their needs and if it does, they never upgrade to a paid version or even donate to help with support/updates. I know there are some developers that think the lite/paid model works, but if they really pay attention to what is happening they will discover many more people are using the lite version than the paid version and they are losing money by supporting a lite version.

I remember a time were developers made plugins to help the community, now it seems many are just interested in making a buck.
There are plenty of ways to monetize your time, allowing "paid plugins" here at the org isn't going to make you rich and using it as an excuse as to why a developer removed their plugins is just the lazy way out IMO.