Integration with vBulletin - vBulletin Marketplace Mod - by 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]

Representatives from Panjo, Tapatalk, vBulletin, Vanilla Forums, and Solve Media each gave three minute pitches followed by three minutes of questions from judges. Once the presentations were complete, the conference attendees were able to ask questions and vote for their top pick. Following the pitches, questions, votes, and deliberation, the judges declared Panjo the 2014 ForumCon Tech Fest Winner!

You can watch Panjo's presentation on the ForumCon YouTube channel.

Expert Judges:
Brian Glick, Entrepreneur and Former Google+ Communities Product Manager
Crista Bailey, CEO Texture Media
Pius Uzamere, Lead Engineer at The Information

You can read about ForumCon 2014 Tech Fest here.

You can see the trophy here.

[markoroots]

Guys sincerly reading your installation guide, i don't know what to think...
Why you ask to disable the vbulletin protections???
And why the plugin doesn't work of default in https??????????????????????

These are your instructions to install the plugin:

Disable The Apache Module Mod_Security

Symptom:

You are getting a message when creating or managing your Panjo marketplace that says:
There was a problem getting your forum info.



What is causing this?

There are a few potential causes of the above problem, but in 95% of cases, it is because you are running an apache module called “Mod_security” which is known to cause problems with vBulletin. (For this reason, Internet Brands, the developers of vBulletin, have even created a diagnostic tool to detect the more serious issues caused by this module.)

What is this module for?

The short answer is that it exists as a backup for insecure code on your site. vBulletin is secure by default. An example for potentially insecure code would be custom code written by inexperienced vB developers.

Here is a link with a more thorough answer:
http://www.inmotionhosting.com/suppo...s-it-important

How do I disable this module?

In most cases, the module has been enabled by your vbulletin hosting company and can only be disabled by them. You will need to contact them to get this resolved.

In some cases, you may be able to disable it with cPanel. Here is a link that can walk you through that if that option is available: http://www.inmotionhosting.com/suppo...bers/406-error

Alternatively, you may be able to disable it by modifying your .htcaccess file. Here is a link that can help you with that. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1...-htaccess-file

However, we strongly recommend that you contact your host, since the cPanel and .htcaccess solutions have not worked for sites where the module was enabled by the host.

How will my forum be affected if I disable it?

It protects against a certain type of vulnerability if the developer writing the code on your server (vB devs or plugin coders) don't know how to make it safe. It has the unfortunate side effect generating false positives and blocking some secure scripts. If it's gone it will stop doing both of these things. This generally only matters to you if you're running insecure, custom code.
Other Recommendations

1. Make sure your site-clock is accurate.

Time-zone does not matter, but if we make a request at 5:09pm PST and your site says its currently 5:45pm PST, the request will fail.

2. Make sure the plugin is accessible to logged-out users.

The plugin is located at your forum root. (Example: http://www.yoursite.com/classifieds.php)

The reason for this is that our servers will be treated like logged-out users and can’t communicate with the plugin if a login is required for that page.

3. Make sure that cURL is enabled.

4. The plugin will not work if https is enabled site-wide.

The Panjo plugin operates in an iframe and needs to have a certificate FTP’d into your site for HTTPS to work on it. Unfortunately, certificates have to be renewed regularly, which makes it unfeasible for us to implement at this time.


I'm a little bit confused...

[Panjo]

We are excited to share that we redesigned the Panjo classifieds plugin for vBulletin thanks to the input of forum owners and the millions of buyers and sellers who use the service.

[markoroots]

Someone delete all my/our posts. great.

[Panjo]

Originally Posted by markoroots

Someone delete all my/our posts. great.

what happened? Can you please email me at chad@panjo.com?

[ozzy47]

Originally Posted by markoroots

Someone delete all my/our posts. great.

No one deleted your post, you posted in this mod, https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=300901

[markoroots]

Ahh ok, sorry..
because I loose many time to write to the Panjo's developers.

[Enthusify]

Panjo has released an update to its vBulletin classifieds mod. You can find details on the Panjo blog.

Highlights:
- A "Your Account" link has been added to Marketplace Tools dropdown.
- This new "Your Account" page allows users to connect their PayPal account to become a Panjo Verified Seller, view/edit additional account information, and view Marketplace stats.
- The "Your Listings" page UI has been refreshed to make it easier for users to edit listings, close listings, and mark items as sold.
- Users can close or mark multiple items as sold and tab between items "For Sale" and "Sold.

[Enthusify]

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to let you guys know that we pushed out a bunch of great improvements to the Panjo vBulletin classifieds mod. These improvements DO NOT require updating the plugin. Here are some highlights:

- pressing "Back" in the marketplace will not result in users having to reset their sort & filter settings.
- we fixed an issue where certain pages were resizing incorrectly
- some users reported problems on the receipt page after making a purchase. Those issues have been fixed.
- there is a typo on some listings that use calculated shipping that would read "TDB" instead of "TBD." New listings will now show "TBD" correctly.

You can read about all of our new updates in this blog post.

[Enthusify]

Massive update to the Panjo marketplace plugin. Tons of long requested features are now available. See: http://www.panjo.com/partners