Proposal: The vBulletin.org Commercial Services and Addons Directory.

[darnoldy]

Originally Posted by Wayne Luke

we have decided that a Directory is probably the best course of action. ... The links will be purchased for a moderate fee...

First, I am a vB user and will in all probability never be a developer/coder--so that's my POV.

1. I am in favor paid modifications being listed here
2. I hope that these modifications will be listed in a way that integrates with the much-anticipated "hack database" so that a search here returns both free and paid entries
3. I have no problem with the staff here getting some of the proceeds--which I know from experience will amount to no more than beer money--from any paid listing. They put in many hours of work with little compensation.
4. a listing method that allowed for user feedback (such as "this modification work great, but it is fussy to install." or "this feature does not work as well as one would expect") would be most useful to me, and I fear if listings are paid, this would be precluded.
5. I know user feedback can be abused, but I feel it would be better to deal with the abuse when/if it happens than to not have the mechanism