I wasn't planning on releasing (or even really working on it that much) until vBulletin 4.0 came out, but I got bored today and got it done enough that it's at least usable in a basic form. Buy/Sell/Trade areas now have the ability to collect additional data (which varies depending on the section) if you are a seller (ie. select WTS as the prefix). One option is the ability to auto-close your thread and/or finish your sale after a certain amount of time. ...and for some areas that's all you can do. Other areas (like Domains and Site sales) allows you to enter a lot more data. Some of the data for those areas is automatically populated for you (domain age, links, Alexa, PageRank, Registrar, etc.) via an AJAX call. Anyway... this is a very rough implementation, we'll get some useful tools (sorting, searching, etc.) based on the data collected before too long. Just wanted to throw it out there for now and get some feedback. Open to suggestions now.
It probably will never be "done" (always gonna want to add new stuff), but it's live now (usable by users).
All the stuff I mentioned is done, unless otherwise noted (like searching/sorting based on collected data).
looks good I made a thread here http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1483710 But there was no option to post currency.. Also it didn't allowed me to post unless I add BIN, visitors etc.. should be optional
Autoclose option is very well useful for bidding as well as short time sell BTW don't get 'Cost Per 100 Links:' option DON.
When we need to close a thread it takes much time even we report it, so make a suitable way for Buy/sell section. This prevent unwanted posts their (Also infractions ) Thanks Blog.
They are optional. What error did it give you when you tried to post without? If you are selling links, you specify how much you are selling them for.
I think I added TBA in BIN field and said "invalid format" so it's not allowing add alphabets. Allow them so that people can post currency also.
ok.. also, if you can add some text notes beside the field boxes, that would help people post correctly. Like BIN Price (only numbers, optional ) : ______________________
no, not the ajax gather data I am talking about re-editing BIN price, end date etc.. after the thread is posted.
Yeah, that's intentional (for now) until I build a change logging system so people can see all the changes made to the sale.
Thanks a lot shawn, love the changes. Can this be made optional? If my Domain is PR 0 alexa rank in billions and hardly any links I'd rather add it as a side note than have it automatically displayed on the top of my thread? Also regarding the autoclose thing, if we choose like autoclose in 7 days but then want to extend the offer to 30 days, whats the procedure? And also can a autoclosed thread be re-opened on request? or would we have to make a new thread? Don't you think mods will be bombarded with re-open requests? Edit: Can you let us edit marketplace thread as many times we want and have a wikipedia like system where users can see the post history? And thanks again for the changes Shawn, DP has one of the best marketplaces and I hope it keeps improving.
No sorry. Gathering more data about the site will make it easier for buyers to find you once I get some searching functionality for the extra data. There isn't a procedure right now to do it. Probably int he future though (ie. once I get the stuff in place that can log changes). Hopefully not. Although that just made me think of something... if a thread is manually reopened after a scheduled closure, it would think it never got closed and then auto-close it again. lol I suppose I should only auto-close once.
I would eagerly wait for the stuff that would log changes It would solve most of the Bumping problems. And how about making the default sort order, "sort by time left" as in ebay? That would put an end to all those "Bring the old BST system back" requests.