In reply to Making a case for subscriptions-based Market.

Spinetta•24th of January 2016•to Spinetta

The bottom line is that there is already so much abuse on the Market, abuse that's been there since the ZZZ sites that has never been dealt with I have little faith this is going to work. It would require constant supervision and strict policies that are actually enforced.

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Andrew Boon•24th of January 2016•to Spinetta

I agree. And as any continuous work that is to be done it has to be backed by sustainable revenue that covers the cost. Subscriptions would be the way to arrange it. We plan the subscription-based products to be reviewed and supervised strictly, since the payments would go through us and we must ensure quality.

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Spinetta•24th of January 2016•to Andrew Boon

If it means the market's going to be cleaned up, as in honestly cleaned up then I'm much more open to the idea. In any case, please don't take my blunt nature as ungrateful or unappreciative. I code as well & know full well how much work has gone into Dolphin, Oraca and Ray to become what they are today and they are great, could be better but compared to virtually any of the others on the market that allow self-hosting it is hands down the best. My users love it, I just get tired of beating my see more

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Andrew Boon•25th of January 2016•to Spinetta

I appreciate the blunt nature of your feedback. Easier to process and understand this way. Thank you! ;)

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Spinetta•25th of January 2016•to Andrew Boon

It's rare that I get thanked, I usually piss people off LOL Thank you for at least listening.

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geek_girl•24th of January 2016•to Andrew Boon

"We plan the subscription-based products to be reviewed and supervised strictly, since the payments would go through us and we must ensure quality."

I doubt if the vendors are going to like this. Most vendors want the payments to be handled by them; now Booenx is going to be the man-the-middle? Some vendors have already moved their products outside of the Market and more may follow.

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Andrew Boon•25th of January 2016•to geek_girl

Yes. They won't like it. I know for sure though that it would increase sales significantly. Frictionless billing is what made Apple App Store so successful.

"The average rate of cart abandonment in 2015 is 68%." - this can be halved if billing is done through one-click order billed to preset card. It's even more pronounced in Boonex Market, because every vendor has their own separate checkout, so shopping cart has be checked-out in stages. Theoretically, we should be able to DOUBLE see more

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