Poll: Should .org have a section for paid add-ons?

[tnguy3n]

No for me. I don't see why vb.org should turn into a commercial site, selling member's products and stuffs. I prefer it the way it is.

[Adrian Schneider]

Originally Posted by tnguy3n

No for me. I don't see why vb.org should turn into a commercial site, selling member's products and stuffs. I prefer it the way it is.

Same here.

[eXtremeTim]

Lets see vb.org is supposed to be the ulitmate vbulletin resource. Alot of us have some really decent commercial modifications that people are looking for but may never find becuase there is not a centralized location for these things.

[mfizzel]

Originally Posted by derekivey

No, I think all the hacks here should be free. If they want to sell their hacks they can sell them on their website.

Exactly.

[Sean S]

I said no because there is a "service request" forum here which gives anyone that is interested to pay for a custom/hack mod the ability to request for one. I simply see this as a place where those that are experienced/intermidiate and enjoy what they do, sharing some of their knowledge and mods with the rest of the community. Tell you the truth no one is forcing anyone here to create hacks/mods for free, the author can choose to make the mod a commericial mod if he/she chooses to and create a website for it, and the community should respect that.

However, to support those sites, I don't mind seeing vbulletin.org offering banner advertisement to those websites at a certain cost.

But again this poll leaves very little room to discuss the two sides, as both have their own advantages and disadvantages.

[MRGTB]

I vote: NO

For a very simple reason, if you start to get coders here advertising there hacks for sale rather than for FREE. More and more free coders here will start to look at this and think (why should I can carry on doing it for free when "Mr X" is now selling his hacks for cash). This will lead to a great reduction in FREE scripts as more and more coders start to think the same way. Making money out of a site that they don't own or have to pay money to keep online.

If I coder wants cash for his scripts - create his own site for it.

I also believe that vBulletin.com would suffer in loss sales overall. How many people here choose vBulletin instead of IPB mainly because of the many FREE scripts on offer at vB.org as a big deciding factor. Take this away and many people will no longer see this site as a part of there decision making to buy vB over another board anymore, which could very well lead to a reduction in vB sales due to vB.org change in policy.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by eXtremeTim

Lets see vb.org is supposed to be the ulitmate vbulletin resource.

The ultimate free vbulletin resource.

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by Paul M

The ultimate free vbulletin resource.

Thats not what I see :cheeky:

Anyhoo - its nots like suddenly .org would start charging users. Heck, those that are so against a commerical scripts information area can ignore it! So whats the big fuss? (thats rhetorical BTW )

[soniceffect]

103 voters ... I recon this should be mailed, so`s people know the post is here. Some people won`t have even seen the thread. Maybe people who have no need for anymore modification at the present and therefore do not visit at the moment. Would give more of an overall picture if everyone knows. And people can`t say they havent had the chance to vote then either..

Come on admin, mail the point and ask people to vote

[Andrew]

I think there should be some sort of a directory available for paid modifications - As of right now it's very difficult to locate any if not all of them unless you know specifically what you are look for. For instance I stumbled across The Geek's website last week and discoverd GeekMart which was the type of script I had been trying to locate for a long while. However, I do feel there should be a fee for businesses/coders to take part in the listing. Not only would that help to cover the cost of additional bandwidth usage, but it would also keep some of the less dedicated coders from switching over (Specifically coders with tiny hacks that just want to make a couple extra bucks - Odds are if there's a fee to become listed they'll think twice about the idea.)