Major Additions - VBay! Transform your vbulletin into an auctionhouse!

VBay.

This will add an auction section to your bulletin!

If you want to donate to me click the link over there ---------------------->

I am open to suggestions, bugs, comments, insults, and anything else you might say to me at the time :P

To do list:
*use forums/categories/subforums for your auctionhouse.
high bidder userid -> username
*" in description cuts the description at that point
add buyer name
fix pm formatting
add more currencies
intergrate with trader ratings
add paypal api
bidder usergroups
*hot auctions on main < - Available with addon (wont be packaged in vbay)
admin editing auctions
*set up for use with forum commenting.
*fix amount of days an auction can be posted (more than 2 char)
ability to prune old auctions
make sure buy it now is using buy it now price, not bid.
allow admin ability to specify bid/buyitnow/both overrides.

* = Completed.

Features:
Full BBCode support.
Specification of everything, Money Auction length ECT.
Image uploader for auctions.
Closed auction section.
3 auction types, bid, buy it now, or both.


To install
Upload files, and import product as usual
Make a new usergroup and call it the sellers usergroup, do what you want with this group (allow people to request addition maybe?)
Go to vbulletin options and into vbay, set the usergroup id of the sellers group you just made.


To upgrade
re upload all files
import new product
REVERT YOUR TEMPLATES

[nodn4rb]

first off I would like to thank you for this mod...

one thing that i have come across on my site is there is no way to have one auction for multiple items...

say I have 5 t-shirts that I want to sell for the same buy it now price...currently I would have to list 5 seperate auctions but it would be great to be able to list the item one time for all 5 t-shirts and users are able to purchase each one at the buy it now price...

hope that makes sense!

thanks again

[towermatt]

Originally Posted by jordanb27

I am also wondering if there is a way to charge for listings, either with real money (Paypal) or via vbplaza?

This would be a great feature that I would be interested in paying for if need be. Please let me know if there is a way for listing fees. Thanks

Someone mentioned earlier in this thread that you could use the built in paid subscriptions in vBulletin and then only give sellers access to people who subscribe.

[Rckcrwlr]

This is awesome...

A couple things I would like to see:

Ability to end an auction
Ability to edit an auction
Option of cash or PP not just one or the other

also, where do I change the wording on the Welcome to VBay? I have tried to find it with know success. Also, how hard would it be to change any reference to VBay to another name?

Thanks
John

[mutasim]

I uninstalled this mod and now I get the follow error sent to me via email (and my site wont work).

Invalid SQL:

SELECT id, name, price, completetime, bids, completed
FROM vbay_items WHERE completed = 0
ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 5;

MySQL Error : Table 'tablename.vbay_items' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146

Any ideas?

[zombietom]

Any word on an update to this mod?

[Rckcrwlr]

Is there a Relist option coming???

[brandonroy]

I like this alot, but the seo is terrible on it. All the page titles are the same as my forum, as well as the meta description and keywords.

Ih anyone knows how to make the page titles unique for each ad (like the name of the ad) and change the meta stuff, that would be cool.

[Xphusion]

can this be used to "auction off downloads" IE say iv created a vb skin can i put it up for auction and then when the auction is done...the winner can download the file?

[kether1]

Originally Posted by zombietom

Any word on an update to this mod?

Looking forward to an update too.

[TravelForum]

Originally Posted by brandonroy

I like this alot, but the seo is terrible on it. All the page titles are the same as my forum, as well as the meta description and keywords.

Ih anyone knows how to make the page titles unique for each ad (like the name of the ad) and change the meta stuff, that would be cool.

Blaine0002: This is true and the solution (besides paying out for VBSEO and then having yet more upgrade / cross hack headaches) is to migrate vbay onto VB4 when it comes out. Do you think you will be doing this? If you say "Yes / Probably", I will hold off until you do (or then declare you wont). If you say "No / Unlikely", I will go with the current VB and buy VBSEO (uugh).

Also, did I read you had an advanced (pay for) version of vbay?