Yes - we are aware of sub optimal page load times. We are working on some performance enhancements. Thanks for the suggestions. Much appreciated.

For all intents and purposes, the escrow is until the buyer/seller confirm receipt. Following the completion of a successful sale, the buyer and seller receive emails reminding them to notify Enthusify when the transaction is complete in order to speed up the final transfer of funds. Anecdotally, well over half our buyers notify us to transfer their payment well before the 14 day mark.

Cool thought. This wasn't on our product roadmap. I added it. The ideas you enumerate here would certainly be implemented as settings seeing as how many of our partners do not want to charge members listing fees of any kind. Other partners are interested in tools to implement and collect listing fees.

The categories are highly customizable. However, Enthusify has to administer them for the forum. Enthusify can update the categories remotely. Edits and updates can be implemented right away.

Thanks for taking the time to share these suggestions and for the kind words. Now go live with us so we can prioritize your requests! ;-)

Enthusify just shipped a bunch of new features. No action is required to upgrade to these features. The new features automatically populated to live installations of the Enthusify classifieds software.

New features:

• Seller feedback system! (see screen shot below)
• Improved clarity around required fields.
• Updated various transaction emails to make them more clear.
• 14 day reminder to a seller that a listing is live. Reminder directs seller to update the listing if it has sold elsewhere.

Bug fixes:

• FIXED: In list view of search results, images were not centering in big monitors.
• FIXED: Seller profile pages images were not scaling properly.
• FIXED: Marketplace link in Seller profile was not linking properly.
• FIXED: Threads are updating a seller's post count.
• FIXED: Buy Now button in threads was sometimes breaking.

Coming next:

• Improvements to the photo uploader to improve usability and to work properly on iOS (iPhone/iPad) and Android devices.
• Big project that will take some time - the ability to create threads in different sub forums depending on the sub category selected by the seller.

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Question: Is it only feedback for sellers and not buyers?

At this second, that is correct. The feedback system just collects and records feedback for sellers. We will release a buyer feedback tool shortly.

Major upgrade to the Enthusify classifieds plugin for vBulletin coming soon!!! Get ready for version 2.0.0. We keep shipping. The changelog tells the story.

Today's release of the Enthusify vBulletin classifieds plugin version 2.0.1 reminds me of this quote:

Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!
- Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You'll Go!

New features include:

• When an item sells, the plugin updates the thread version of the listing with a 'sold' status.
• When a seller edits a listing, the plugin updates the thread version of the listing with the new information.
• A buyer's email receipt from a purchase now includes the seller's email address.
• There is now a point-and-click way to redirect the 'Post New Thread' button of any subforum to the plugin.
• The plugin can now route a listing to a designated subform based on the category the seller assigned to the listing.
• Significant 'under the hood' changes should eliminiate the need to update 'classifieds.php' in the future.
• An option to reorder categories.
• And more. Find more details in the changelog.

Great update!
Thanks

I just started using Enthusify with my forum and so far everything is going great. Chad has been a real help as well.

Thanks guys!

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What I've seen looks pretty good, but I need to know how much it is.
I want the system offered to my users for free. pretty much just a listing.
Can't find any prices anywhere.

Its a big iframe to the dev site. dislike.

Not exactly. You didn't look closely enough.

There are a variety of functions that we run in an iFrame. That is for two main reasons...
1) To provide AJAX UI that vBulletin doesn't natively support
2) To provide some of the necessary layers of security for PCI compliance.

You will find that the plugin syncs data between the iFrame and native thread posts in your forum.

You will find that you use your vBulletin admin tools to customize a variety of settings like fees, permissions, and routing listings to designated subforums.

You can see more here:
http://prezi.com/lf8y0nih4lvk/vbulle...-by-enthusify/

Also check out this partner site:
iFrame version of marketplace: http://elightbars.org/classifieds.php
Thread version: http://elightbars.org/f87/

Let us know if you want an activation id to take the plugin for a tes drive.

Enthusify is 100% free for the forum owner. Forum owners can optionally choose to charge a fee for each successful transaction.
Members can use Enthusify 100% free.
Sellers have a choice to optionally use Enthusify to collect, verify, and transfer a buyer's payment. The fee for that optional service is a 3% final value fee. Meaning, if a seller lists and item for $100 and chooses Enthusify to collect, verify, and transfer payment, the seller will receive $97.

Aha.. Ok.

So basicly this is 100% free for forum owner AND user
except when the seller/buyer decides to use Enthusify for payment.
Then you will make money, else nothing. ?

That is correct.

I like the script, but I would want to be able to use it as follows:

No money is exchanged online, it would be similar to craigslist. Users would post their guns for sale, and other local users would message if interested, then it is up to them to make a face-to-face sale.

Interesting concept. So I have an german speaking community. Is that a problem?

Can I change the language?

the data of the users and the products is storred in my db or in your db.
The fotos are storred where?

As of today, 2/13/13, the plugin just supports english and transactions in the US dollar. We anticipate support for more languages and currencies in the next 6 months.

We both get a copy of the data for the listings. That is necessary so that the Enthusify plugin can sort and filter results and connect buyers with a checkout page to pay for an item. We store the photos to help reduce your hosting cost for the photos. If you ever want to uninstall the plugin, we can provide the photos.

Thanks a lot. I hope to see it in the future also for the european market.

Just one more question:

The most solutions gave up after a while and so my concern is, if you don't pay your server I will loose this solution very fast.

Is there a backup strategy for installing it locally on my server if you don't want to work in the future?

I don't mind paying you a fee for the payment stuff, but never to know if your server is running or not is not really a thing which I like :-).

You want to take away my server load which makes you being a good friend to me, but this is also my nightmare. That I depend now not only my server, I know depend on two servers.

I also like the idea never to uprade my software because its installed on your server but in this case I open my server totally for you, right?

A kind of wish would be to have your solution also as a backup on my server in case you guys don't want to run the business anymore.

Sorry, but I saw so many genious solution just flipping away to soon and I had quite a lot of work because of that ;-).

Stefan

I've been begging him for a standalone (self-hosted) solution for ages :)

I would happily pay a decent amount to purchase the software and then a set annual renewal fee, it could be way more than vBulletin as the classifieds bring in money. However, IMO, they are focusing on the wrong model trying to get a % of sales.

Yes.

It might help to show an example. Here is the Enthusify plugin powering the marketplace on this site:
http://elightbars.org/classifieds.php
The plugin "injects" a copy of each listing into a designated subforum(s). Thus, you end up with a back-up copy in thread form. If you have the plugin installed, the thread version of the post and the Web 2.0 version of the post in the plugin sync. When an item sells, both versions update. Here is that same marketplace in thread version:
http://elightbars.org/f87/

The Enthusify marketplace plugin for vBulletin can route the thread version of the listing into corresponding subforums depending on the category assigned to the listing for larger sites with marketplaces broken into different subforums.

We appreciate your on going support!

In case it isn't clear, when a seller lists an item for sale, the seller chooses whether he/she wants to collect payment or whether he/she wants Enthusify to collect, verify, and transfer payment. There is no fee if the seller chooses to process the transaction. Enthusify's fee is currently a flat 3% - which is less than PayPal for transactions under $300.

uninstalled this about as quickly as I installed it. I vote it for worst mod of the year, stay away. These guys are just trying to steal a buck. Don't waste your time with this like I did.

evershawn - did we issue you a marketplace id? did you ever actually install it? what did you not like? we have a lot of very satisfied partners. We handle hundreds of transactions a week. In the last four weeks, sellers completed over $350k in successful sales. And, buyers and sellers can use the plugin completely fee free.

And with most honest plugins you can use the software's lite version simply by adding a tag in your footer and not having them middle man all of your deals for you. Very intrusive and misleading.

Here is My list of Real world Questions that Either I saw some mentions of but I was sending an E mail so I will list my questions as if
That is still what I am doing...

Ok I could spend a few hours reading all of the concerns of others and all of the responses you have made...

I started at the beginning at started reading and this is close to what I want...

First I want an integrated system like this, I am running VB4.2 Patch 3

Next I do not charge anything on my site but would not mind making a residual small fee for something like this...

The first concern I have is Can I charge members for transactions on my site like with increments... Is it scalable?
0-100= 1.50
101-999 = 3.00
1000-up =10.00

Next do they still have to pay 3% overhead because that is a big killer ..(I see where they can decide to pay outside of Your service)
I see where you stated 3% later in page 8...
(but now I also see Shawn's reply...If they opt for pay pal it should bypass your system not be routed through it...
I guess I will offer to buy a version as I described but AS I stated I want no outside anything...)

I would prefer they be able to use pay pal...(I see that was mentioned as an option) So how are you making money for this if they do that?

How long is the shortest time before the funds are released in the system,
Pay pal uses and instant payment plan with a dispute that can after resolution be returned to the seller...same as Ebay since they are both owner by PP

Ok so say, I do not like the payment options and do not want outside sources on my board and I only want members to be able to sell to other members and I do not want any links not even in a footer...or adds since I am strictly against that...(from outside sources)

Have you considered selling a Version where the site owner alone can have everything I mentioned?
without being in your system? Just the software with all customizing options I am mentioning now.

With the drag and drop the integration into V bulletin with my own choices allowed for check out, since If I use a pay pal system they again will mediate all of the transactions and no matter what the outcome I can allow the re-listing like e bay without monetary responsibility, back to me if a charge gets reversed?

Ok, I like the platform for the reasons it is clean and efficient right now, I have a trading place set up with individual states more like a
Craigslist thing and it is huge...

I assume you are using a listing index of items,
Could I offer these features like , based on location broken down by states and have the item list a post in the proper states so users can narrow down items they could drive to and pick up in person?

Can they also narrow down a search to find the quickest delivery time / pricing like Ebay does? and Craigslist regional?

Ok that should do for me at this time...

My Last Question is for EverShawn...
What do you mean exactly please clarify...if they are not involved in the transaction since you could go member to member and you could also use Pay Pal to complete?

I am just trying to wrap my mind around this one a bit better before I jump in...:confused:

Thanks for any responses from anyone...

Even for Paypal, the money will be going to their paypal first, they take their piece then send the funds after they've held on to it for a while. They have their hands in to everything with the ruse that this is just a great deal with enhanced security! It is nothing more than passing a far more enormous fee off to the end user.

I think it's very misleading, intrusive and super expensive if you consider how much they take. I'd rather use something that I have control of.

In fact, are they even suppose to be putting PAID mod's here? This is a for profit / paid mod, there is no 'free' version. This should be removed from this site and marketed with adwords or something like everyone else does that tries to sell paid or for profit mods for VB.

Thanks for that super quick reply I was editing it based on more reading and you popped in...

Report the post to admin if that is truly the case.

Perhaps we need to do a better job describing this plugin. I'll review the language to make sure everything is clear. We are aware that many plugins have a lite version. This plugin gives you and your members a PCI (payment card industry) compliant marketplace that can optionally process payments. That can't be accomplished with a tag in your footer. It also can't be accomplished without a middle man that processes payments. All transaction data has to travel over a SSL (secure socket layer). Thus far, none of our partners have had an SSL certificate. They all rely on our SSL cert for the encryption of the transactions and any other sensitive data.

This plugin is 100% free for forum owners. A seller can use this plugin 100% free if he/she chooses to collect a buyer's payment through another tool. There is a fee for a seller if a seller chooses to use the plugin to collect, verify, and transfer a buyer's payment. There is a fee for the seller if the forum owner chooses to implement listing, promotion, or final value fees. This plugin optionally enables a forum owner to initiate a new source of revenue generation.

This will work on your instance of vBulletin

It sounds like you are describing a listing fee. If I understand correctly, you want a seller to pay $1.50 for the first 100 items he sells and $3 for the next 999 items he sells... At this second, this plugin does not support listing fees. A listing fee feature is coming in about 4-6 weeks from today (2/18/13).

At this moment, the plugin supports final value fees that you can customize at the usergroup level. For example, if you have "new members" and "donating members," and if a new members sells an item for $100, you can optionally charge some % of the final sale price, like 1% or 0.5%. And if a "donating member" sells an item for $100, you can optionally charge a different % of the final sale price like 0% or 0.1%.

Example... a seller sells an item for $100 on your site. The buyer pays with a credit card. The seller chooses to use Enthusify to collect, verify, and transfer the buyer's payment. The seller chooses to have the buyer's payment deposited to his PayPal account. Assume you choose collect a 0.5% final value fee on all successful sales. The seller will receive $96.50. Enthusify will collect $3 - most of which goes to credit card interchange fees. You will receive $0.50. The seller will NOT incur additional PayPal fees.

Within a few minutes.

At this time, for the reasons I mentioned in a post above... PCI compliance, SSL encryption, we are not working on a version that is standalone. The costs to develop such a system would be too great for most community owners.

Sorry - I am not sure what you are asking here.

Thanks :-)


At this time we offer the following sorting and filtering options...
Filters:
Show "Active" listings
Show "Sold" listings
Show listings without images

Sorting options:
Date posted
Price
Item name

You can customize the categories to align with the organization needs of your marketplace. You can route the listings into designated subforums dependent on the category the seller assigns to the listing.

-Chad 1 (424) 272-0291 - google voice number - it rings a few of us at Enthusify

For transactions under $300, a seller incurs lower fees using Enthusify than PayPal. A seller doesn't incur both Enthusify and PayPal fees. Enthusify fees: 3%. PayPal fees: 2.9% + $0.30

Total fees to complete a transaction with Enthusify if you sell an item for $100: $3.00
Total fees to complete a transaction with PayPal if you sell an item for $100: $3.20
PayPal fees are 6.7% higher for a $100 sale.

That does not answer my questions...????

Inspector G - Did you see above? Post #113? I answered your questions one-by-one. Did I fail to answer one of your questions? Which one(s)?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=113

My Bad man sorry about that...I see it..
Blind I am

OK,
I was again asking about the listing fee as an Option...
( i did see what you said that's cool I will check it out when you update this thread) since I would rather charge a rate for that .

And the numbers, I guess I should have added dollars signs to them 1-100 and such...
but I thought I was talking about money, I should have been clearer..

I will wait and see how it all comes out in your next release then see...

I do not like a Big brother grabbing cash,
I do understand development cost Look at V bulletin and sites in General..

But I do not quite get the SSL reference I am on SSL, with a Certificate...
also and pay pal link to their site is encrypted, so I really do not see a problem...to add a Logo to click to go secure...

The deal would be...
I could have a merchant account using Pay pal, and they also help set this up as a secure payment process or you will not be selling things like that.

To say, because you had to do the research,
I see templates mods all over the place in here,

You just have a way to route back, seems simple strip it down and sell it for forums to choose,
If the service you provide... is leaps and bounds above what I could do on my own site with no outside intervention ,
Then of course I would Opt in to the game..I would think It would sell itself.

But in the end we all care about our end users here, for the most part, or why even bother with a VB board...
we could all stick some HTML up and sell items and create stores..

I will keep and eye on what happens here and watch the others and decide for my self at a later date...
But I do appreciate you answering my questions and for the response altogether...
Thanks again...

Paypal's MAX fee would be 2.9% + transaction fee, but that has a range depending on how much business you do through them and what type of account you have. Plus if you use the Paypal debit card 1% of that is reimbursed and you can get Paypal fee's as low as 1.9% if you do volume.

The added advantage of Paypal is that you have control over your money and you have it instantly as well as many options to control security and what sorts of payments to accept and reject.

I don't want to argue who's a better payment processor but when you're profiting from your product and offering here, you're breaking the rules. You don't have a version of your product that you're allowing people to use without you getting your hands all up in their business, that's the point.

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Nobody likes to pay for anything these days, folks are always out to get a freebie. In my vast experiences of dealing with folks, one gets exactly what one pays for when a "freebie" is involved. [/Social-commentary]




Thanks for this Mod. I'll be giving it a try in the upcoming days. :up: