Our thoughts on this were to use the Store which unfortunately has not yet been completed. The store would accommodate paid-for (and free) modules and themes created by the community with a portion of the sales to go directly to the project. The store would also become a central repository for ALL modules and themes and replace the current personal zppy repositories that are currently being used. The current zppy structure will remain so that people can use it to test and develop their new modules before they submit them to the store for staff review and release.
Basically making premium modules like Sentastico and any billing module for example, and custom themes available for purchase.
Sentastico module is a good example. For a small donation of say... $5 would have netted a LOT of money and would have made it easier to keep the packages updated and add more new ones. If you check my repository (http://zppy-repo.mach-hosting.com) you will see how many times it has been downloaded. (Sentastico with over 36,000 downloads and it's predecessor Zantastico with over 47,000 downloads) This roughly translates to over $415,000 of possible revenue for the project.
After doing the math, I think I'll check with the store developer ASAP and see what needs to be done to get it up and running.
Basically making premium modules like Sentastico and any billing module for example, and custom themes available for purchase.
Sentastico module is a good example. For a small donation of say... $5 would have netted a LOT of money and would have made it easier to keep the packages updated and add more new ones. If you check my repository (http://zppy-repo.mach-hosting.com) you will see how many times it has been downloaded. (Sentastico with over 36,000 downloads and it's predecessor Zantastico with over 47,000 downloads) This roughly translates to over $415,000 of possible revenue for the project.
After doing the math, I think I'll check with the store developer ASAP and see what needs to be done to get it up and running.
