Stimulating donations to vb mod coders would stimulate vb's development
 

I think that the following suggestions would greatly increase the number of vb mods on vb.org:

A feature on vb.org that sends a messages a month after a mod was marked as installed. The message asks the forum member if he/she enjoys the mod (the answer can be posted in the relevant thread) and if he/she wants reward the modder by donating. (with donation link)

Additionally it would be nice if vb.org would offer advanced payment options for donations. For example: I only donate to coders with e-gold cause that's what I have. If vb.org would have a donation system where I could transfer from e-gold or whatever payment method to a vb.org donation account, then I would be able to donate from there and thus reward more coders for their contribution.

After reading this, this may sound like a strange concept to some, but those coders that work through coding project bidding sites are already familiar with such payment system. It works well.

Further; I do believe if vb.org would be able to increase donations for coders, then the number of new modifications would surge.

With this in mind it would even be worthwhile for Jelsoft to consider other methods of stimulating coder donations.

rofl...

hum, sorry...

good post!

Requesting donations through an e-mail could be considered as SPAM. I cannot answer any of the actual other points.

I was thinking of a friendly PM, not email.

PM could still be considered SPAM.

Are you on medication?
One day when I've the time I will write an Article in how the vBulletin Community is perfect AS IS, even with the whole human gamma of problems, I think it can't be better ;)
it's a unique experiment

Horrible idea, then it just breeds even more greed. you'll get an influx of crappy mods just to be released for the sake of that email/pm going out, then you'll get the release of 100's of modifications with "lite" versions with features that are sub par...

I don't see this happen very soon, maybe unless we get a lot of request for 1 payment processor. Problem is that you want e-Gold, and another member wants something else. If you do not want to donate using paypal, you can always PM the author asking for an alternative.