Major Additions - vBulletin classifieds mod from Panjo

As of September 2015, the Panjo marketplace mod for vBulletin has been completely rearchitected.

You can learn more about the latest version of the mod on Panjo's vBulletin partner page.

This mod enables you to launch a peer-to-peer community marketplace that is integrated into your vBulletin forum.

Here is how it works:
1) Install the plugin.
2) Customize the categories you want in your marketplace.
3) Contact Chad at Panjo: chad@panjo.com to activate your marketplace.
4) When a seller goes to a new or old subforum dedicated to buying/selling/trading, and clicks on the "post new thread" button, the mod will load a listing creation form.
5) The seller will create a listing. The listing will appear in the marketplace. A synchronized copy of the listing will appear in the appropriate buy/sell/trade subforum.

Is this plugin free?
Yes, this plugin is free.

Can you make money with this plugin?
Yes, you can optionally use this plugin to generate marketplace transaction revenue.

How is it with mobile?
The marketplace loads with layouts that are optimized for high res desktop, tablet, and mobile.

Examples:
Porsche Marketplace <syncs with> Porsche classifieds subforum
BMW Marketplace <syncs with> BMW classifieds subforums
Audi Marketplace <syncs with> Audi classifieds subforums
Belly dancing marketplace <syncs with> Belly dancing classifieds subforums

Gallery:
The marketplace home page

A listing detail page

The listing creation form for a seller


Do you have questions about Panjo? Contact the team at Panjo:
chad@panjo.com
1-424-272-0291

[Panjo]

Originally Posted by Disco_Dave

Hi Guys

I've deleted your plugin from our forum, can you tell me why we our still receiving this after your mod as been fully removed?

PHP Code:

Database error in vBulletin 4.2.2:

Invalid SQL:

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            phrasegroup_global AS phrasegroup_global,
            phrasegroup_panjo AS phrasegroup_panjo,
            phrasegroupinfo AS lang_phrasegroupinfo,
            options AS lang_options,
            languagecode AS lang_code,
            charset AS lang_charset,
            locale AS lang_locale,
            imagesoverride AS lang_imagesoverride,
            dateoverride AS lang_dateoverride,
            timeoverride AS lang_timeoverride,
            registereddateoverride AS lang_registereddateoverride,
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                    FROM vblanguage
                    WHERE languageid = 1;

MySQL Error   : Unknown column 'phrasegroup_panjo' in 'field list'
Error Number  : 1054 


I see you are using vBulletin 4.2.2. The Panjo plugin comes preinstalled, but non active, in vBulletin 4.2.2.

[undertable99]

Hi there, Nice mod you have here. Well we have installed it but yet to enabled for our users.

Would like to check will there be update functions like, Feature listings, limit listings to certain usergroups & i realise that if we are not using paypal as payment etc "local pickup" and someone just click buy and listing is considered sold.

This cause a problem as there will be always some pranksters who click but have no intention to buy and the lister will have to upload another listing for it. It have no function to confirm on the seller's side?

[Panjo]

Originally Posted by undertable99

Hi there, Nice mod you have here. Well we have installed it but yet to enabled for our users.

Would like to check will there be update functions like, Feature listings, limit listings to certain usergroups & i realise that if we are not using paypal as payment etc "local pickup" and someone just click buy and listing is considered sold.

This cause a problem as there will be always some pranksters who click but have no intention to buy and the lister will have to upload another listing for it. It have no function to confirm on the seller's side?

Thanks for the kind words about the mod.

You asked, "will Panjo add features like the ability to feature a listing?"

Yes - we have plans for sellers to enhance the visibility of their listings via promotional options. On that note, Panjo currently supports a widget that features listings. The widget or ad unit takes a variety of input variables. Contact info@panjo.com to get access to the widget for your site.

You asked, "will Panjo add features like the ability to limit listings to certain user groups?"

Panjo currently has a feature that allows you to limit which user groups can create a listing. You can find this setting in your admin cp under the Panjo Marketplace options.

You asked, "if we are not using paypal and someone clicks the buy button, is the listing considered sold?"

Yes, that is correct. If a seller indicates that he/she wants to collect payment on their own. Then the listing gets the equivalent of a 'commit to purchase form.' If a buyer completes that form, then the system marks the item as sold. If the sale falls through, the seller would need to relist the item for sale.

In our experience, falsely completed 'buy now' forms are a rare occurrence. If that becomes a major problem for your community, we would be happy to review features that could help address that. We obviously want to reduce work for buyers and sellers, not create more work for them.

[Panjo]

Panjo fixes various bugs in the vBulletin classified plugin.

Fixed: If a buyer or seller is logged out of vBulletin, various links in transactional emails will not work.
Fixed: When a seller gets a reminder to mark sold items as sold, and if the seller had listings in a limbo state, those limbo listings would appear in the email notice.
Fixed: Aspects of the message system do not function properly if a buyer or seller have a space in their screen name.
Fixed: IE11 users can't cancel a listing or mark a listing as sold.
Fixed: If there is a problem validating a seller's PayPal email address, the error message that displays indicates that there is a problem with the contact email.
Fixed: Issues can arise if a buyer or seller is a member of multiple Panjo communities and uses the same email address within each community.
Fixed: If a buyer performs a search and includes more than one space between search keywords, the search will fail.

[scottct1]

When will this support a listing fee from members to place an ad?

I want to have a paid membership option where they have no listing fee and no sales fee.

But for those who don't opt for a paid membership they can pay a $2.99 listing fee to place their ad and also have a 2.5% fee on the total amount of their sale.

How do I have items from other sites show in my marketplace? We do electronics and would be interested in having electronics listings from other sites/

How do I add my logo to the pages which are not shown from my server? These plain white pages make it look they were hijacked off of my site.

How do I become a moderator for the listings from my site? Your FAQ explpains how to do it, but I see none of those options on my site or yours.

Thanks!

[Panjo]

Originally Posted by scottct1

When will this support a listing fee from members to place an ad? I want to have a paid membership option where they have no listing fee and no sales fee. But for those who don't opt for a paid membership they can pay a $2.99 listing fee to place their ad and also have a 2.5% fee on the total amount of their sale.

Our listing fee feature is in beta now. It is due out in the next few weeks. In the meantime, for beta partner sites, we can underwrite listing fees for your members until the feature is released into the production version of Panjo. Email me at chad@panjo.com and I can see if we can include you in the listing fee beta group.

Originally Posted by scottct1

How do I have items from other sites show in my marketplace? We do electronics and would be interested in having electronics listings from other sites.

This is something we have to do from Panjo HQ. Drop me an email with your site and the kinds of listings you want and we can set up the feed. We support this today.

Originally Posted by scottct1

How do I add my logo to the pages which are not shown from my server? These plain white pages make it look they were hijacked off of my site.

I am not sure which pages you are talking about. Can you send a link with an example to chad@panjo.com

Originally Posted by scottct1

How do I become a moderator for the listings from my site? Your FAQ explpains how to do it, but I see none of those options on my site or yours.

Again, we do this from Panjo HQ. Drop me an email at chad@panjo.com with your site and your email and I can go set you as a moderator. We have to do this from HQ due to the fact that some sites have multiple vB admins, not all of whom are entitled to mod access to the marketplace.

[blue6995]

display Navigation Link Set To Yes , Than get error.

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File: /home/user/public_html/includes/adminfunctions.php
Line: 289

[Panjo]

Originally Posted by blue6995

display Navigation Link Set To Yes , Than get error.

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/user/public_html/includes/adminfunctions.php
Line: 289

drop me an email at chad@panjo.com with your forum (are you working on: http://rwf-forum.co.uk ?) this error could be due to a number of things. you might have a navigation mod installed or a custom skin. You can use the navigation manager in 4.2.2 to add a link to /classifieds.php

[Panjo]

Panjo added a listing fee feature to the popular vBulletin classifieds plugin.

A forum administrator can set the listing fee at the user group level.

Many Panjo partners continue to NOT charge listing fees. For those sites wishing to charge a listing fee, Panjo now supports that source of fee-based revenue.

All recent Panjo updates are logged on the Panjo blog.

Panjo continues to improve its marketplace iOS app and now drives traffic from the mobile app to partner forums.

You can always find info about the Panjo plugin on the partners section of Panjo.com.

[appsfinder]

Originally Posted by Morrus

I've activated it in 4.2.2 - though my test listing is the only one there right now.

Panjo asked for my email address when I first went to list an item (it didn't when I started to list a second item) and has a note saying it will only be used to notify you of activity on your listing, and will not be sold. It didn't ask for other info - address or anything - though it asked for a shipping country. So all it's got is an email addy and a description of an item, which seems fairly OK to me. If they start directly emailing my members other than that, I'll be surprised (and very pissed!)

(Oh, it asked for my PayPal account, too).

Not much else to report. Most folks selling stuff on my site simply link to eBay auctions, so I don't know if it'll get used.

One thing I don't like about it is that the page title is "Panjo Marketplace", not your own site's.

Panjo Marketplace you can change this Search in Phrases vb admin e.g
(1) do Phrases Search select Panjo
(2) search for Panjo Marketplace
(3) select copy default then rename to anything you want.