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Originally Posted by MLF LLC

from my understanding any items I would like to offer the forum membership would have to be hosted on a 3rd party site, a sort of classifieds? Through Panjo the membership would be redirected to that site? correct?

Not exactly correct. You can see some samples here:
Porsche marketplace / classifieds
RC marketplace / classifieds

Note that in each case above, you are viewing the site's marketplace through an embedded iFrame within the parent site. That gives buyers the ability to sort, filter, and search results in ways that aren't possible via thread posts. However, 100% of the listings you find above are also accessible in legacy thread-post format. The thread posts synchronize with the "master" listing.

Porsche thread post classifieds synchronized with the marketplace referenced above
RC thread post classifieds synchronized with the marketplace referenced above

Hopefully through the examples above you can see that membership is not redirected to another site. You keep the traffic on your site. You index the thread post versions of the listings for SEO purposes.

Let me know if you have other questions or if the info above didn't help clarify.