Yup..looking like it is coming together..when great minds think alike, the impossible becomes possible :)

I too wouldnt mind helping out as a team member for such site :)

- Tyler

An idea would be that Jelsoft endorsed the site and the coders would have to pay a LITTLE annual fee to have their product advertised there. I mean, like $20 or $30 a year wouldn't be much, would it? ;)

I dont think funding will be too much of an issue. With a group of professionals splitting the costs, it should be a smaller investment than if it were done here.

Jelsoft doesnt endorse anything, including anything posted here..so why would they suddenly change?

Ah, the mention of some green comes to mind eh :ninja:

Well I already own a couple of useful domains so I don't mind paying for the domain; Hosting costs as The Geek said could be spread accross from people to support the site, and I'm sure after a while with the possibility of ads etc we'd be self-sustaining :)

If anyone seriously wants to consider it, PM me with ideas - I'm happy to go ahead with it if nothing can be resolved :)

Chris

I'm all for it, Chris..im sure either a nice sized semi-dedicated server or a dedicated one might be whats needed down the road (meaning two weeks, lmao). I don't mind chipping in for whatever ya folks choose.

Well if you believe that it wont be much of a cost then that's really good!
You'll be doing the community a big favor!! :D
I wish I could help but I'm a university student (not sure how it's called with 1 word) so I don't have much money :(

I'm in as well...via either financial, time and/or advertising or all three :)

$$ doesn't make a hacker/hack better. If someone sucks at support they'll suck whether people pay them or not. There's plenty of companies out there right now to prove this. Just because someone gets paid doesn't mean they'll be good at customer service or supporting their product. The problems with trying to get owners to service their products will continue whether its free or not. Hopefully the good/reputable coders can get a site together and manage it well as to avoid these problems, but without moderation I just see most coders trying to put out as much as they can, as fast as they can. Its the whole idea of getting the most $$ while doing as little as you can (time investment with support/bug fixes).

Anyways, my suggestions for you coding gurus (if you do end up working together on a site) is to moderate heavily and set quality and support standards.

Easytarget, I have to disagree. Personally I have noticed a significant difference in the quality and the support of paid hacks.
There are hacks out there that are of very good quality and free but they are a minority. Most free hacks are significantly worse than paid ones, and that is quite logical. I don;t blame the coders about that! In fact I need to say thanks about releasing so useful hacks for free. Some features don't need to be paid cause they are too small. For a major addition however I would prefer a paid hack.
Btw does anyone know a good paid downloads manager? :nervous: :p