Allow registered users a buy option to sticky their thread
 

This mod allows you to present a buy option to registered users so that they may make a PayPal purchase to sticky their thread in its forum for so many days. See screenshots.

It basically works liks this: registered user clicks sticky this thread link, a link that appears for those forums you allow and only to the thread starter. User fills in the number of days to sticky thread, clicks submit, gets total price, clicks purchase, pays via PayPal, and PayPal's IPN kicks in, sending postback information to this mod, which automatically sticks the thread. After the number of sticky days passes, the vB scheduled task of this mod automatically unsticks the thread. If there's a purchase or problem with purchase, you'll get an email.

Of course, you need to use PayPal's IPN and have your board set to accept PayPal payments, so do a test run to ensure PayPal's IPN postback information is correctly processed. If you make any money from using this mod, I expect a cut. LOL, just kidding, but do click install should you use this mod. :D

cool. could this be expanded to include other things like banning someone for a day or user title change etc.?

I like this. I'll give it a shot.

Calorie, you can add the choice: Transfer Money to the Bank if don't like use pays via PayPal, and PayPal's IPN. Simple, my idea (use "Transfer Money to the Bank") help anyone don't have Credit Card but pay to Admin by Transfer Money to the Bank.

When select "Transfer Money to the Bank" will appear the form with (Name sender, Email sender, Address Sender, Phone Sender and Number Account of Sender in Bank). The End, the sender need complete transfer money to the bank, after Admin check & vertify information who the sender provide in last step. If all thing true and Admin received money, the thread is sticky, else is unstick.

This is a cool idea and great for large forums!

good idea whats about that:paying to get support like you paying to receipt an official statement from the forum owner etc...

Oooh, I love the mod - is there any way to limit the number of stickies though?

I wouldn't want 100 stickies in my forums :p ...would be nice to be able to set a limit of, say 3 stickies at a time.

thats an awesome mod, never thought of it, good job calorie!!

wow nice and coooool

awesome exactly what i was wanting to implement on my forums :-P

/me clicks install

Hey that's a good addition to have for my prenium members. Thanks!

Nice idea , thanks

1. If can, calorie should add icons buysticky.gif before thread set sticky for distinguish between normal thread sticky with thread sticky pay by money.

2 If can more, calorie make the option to change new color of row which the thread pay by sticky stay on (same as the mod " Different Cell Color for Stickies") or make the title of Thread sticky pay by money have the color (example: red, blue, etc,...), bold, italic, the size is bigger.

3. Before the sticky ready expire 1 day or 2 day, should add new component help admin send a new PM automatic announce to the buyer. This idea make admin manage better the buyer (Ex: can remind buyer need transfer money soon to admin, can know the intention of buyer if they want continue to sticky thread pay by money or not).

having a hack that does this would make my days so much easier sometimes then going thru and changing someones profile everytime someone snipes them

I don't think it is a good idea cause not all want to give money out just to make a thread sticky...

Of course not everybody would...but there are a lot of people who will



Also, I'd still like to know something regarding this --

nice, i would also like thses features implemented, if possible

- I think limit or not, admin will decide how much sticky suitable in ervery forum.

For resolve, I have a idea:

• Make the thread sticky pay by money have a separate line with Normal Threads (same as the mod How To Separate Sticky and Normal Threads )
  
  
• Or make the new template same as a Accouncement or banner -> move code sticky pay by money in, after put new template create in last step to below / above newthread.gif or newreply.gif. Important, must to dọ the sticky pay by money really really diffence with normal sticky. I think when have 100 sticky or more will not make the forum confusion. Of course, never have forum sticky thread untill 100 thread, alway sticky 10-15 thread is very a lots.

Important two, admin must receive money from the buyer by check money in acount the bank or in account paypal -> after the thread set sticky by admin, else is nothing (thread is still thread, it not set sticky, it still the normal thread as diffence thread in forum). So that, I think will not need limit number stickies set at a time.

Fantastic idea.

Nice thought.

can you modify this to allow someone to make a thread in a particular forum ( not sticky, just plain thread ) at a cost per thread he makes? Such as a land lord posting his houses for rent. Each time he puts up a house in the "housing for rent" forum category he needs to pay a certain amount?

can you modify this to allow someone to make a thread in a particular forum ( not sticky, just plain thread ) at a cost per thread he makes? Such as a land lord posting his houses for rent. Each time he puts up a house in the "housing for rent" forum category he needs to pay a certain amount?

yeah that would be very useful...

This would be awesome

im willing to donate 20.00 if u can make this per thread..

I just re-read how this works it may not need modifying

we may just need to think outside the square to get it to do what we are requesting

I will install it and try something

I need some help on this one - doesnt appear to be working on my site?

http://www.wiggle.com.au/wiggle/show...hp?p=62#post62

Thanks

This mod is what I have been looking for.

After testing it in our dev environment, I see that the make it sticky option isn't in a location most users will find.

Has anyone modified this to also put the sticky option in other places?

what I am wondering is can this mod be expanded for vb3.6 and for new calendar events -> so that every time a user decides to put up a calendar event he is prompted to pay a certain set amount per event before it is posted/goes live on a calendar....

now THAT would be sick.

Does this work with 3.6.4 (or .5)?

Can you give more info on the integration with Paypal? Do you need a separate account with a different IPN from the VB paid subscriptions?

Thanks!

I haven't put this into production with customers yet, because I'm making some customizations (per forum ability to add additional text information on the purchase threads page explaining what they are buying), but my test purchases on 3.6.5 with the stock code work fine.

The mod uses the same Paypal information as the paid subscriptions.

For those of you that have been using this hack, have members been buying stickies?

but would probably be useful in a website advertising section on your board, and if they want there advertisement standing out, then they can pay to have it stickied ^^ I think this is the only way id use it currently.

can this mod be used in chosen sections only, as i dont want it possible to sticky threads in all sections.

Thanks.

I've marked as installed but I'd like to know the above as well before I use this. Thanks.

Me, as well :D

I'm curious if this works on 3.6.8...

It would be amazing if this could be used for other things, like purchasing an avatar or custom title for other users, etc.

it's nice! it's available for 3.6.8.?

Wow this is cool would be nice if it used usergroup permission though so that only certain usergroups can use this feature...

is this mod available for 3.6 ?