Post by Former Member on Sept 16, 2013 11:43:19 GMT -8
This is not a request thread. Not yet, anyway. This is me seeing if anyone else would be interested in this plugin before I waste anyone's time making requests.
It could be an addition to the Monetary System or it could be its own new plugin. Yes, this is achievable through roleplay boards, but so are most plugins.
I imagine the ability to set an item up for auction--perhaps a text field box where they can write what they're selling and perhaps provide pictures optionally. They can optionally set up a reserve price like on ebay, which basically means if this price isn't met in the auction, the item won't be sold but the price doesn't show to those bidding. That way, the item isn't sold for less than they want. They set up the time limit on the auction, perhaps an option to make mandatory increments (for example, if the last bid was $10, the next has to be at least $10 more than that). Obviously, real money couldn't be used, which is why coupling with the monetary system would be a good idea. A potential problem I see, though, is that someone might want bids that aren't money--for example, art commissions (which was frequent payment on one of my RPGs before), so maybe an option to pay with cash only, cash and other (a text field for them to offer what else they are bidding, maybe?), and other only. Members can bid by pushing buttons and refresh the page to see new bids, the timer, etc., (or it could run real-time, I just imagine that might cause overload). Perhaps, if you bid, you can check a box to say you want PM notifications every time you are outbid.
I don't know, I personally would love it and would use it often but I'd love to see what everyone else's thoughts on it are.
It could be an addition to the Monetary System or it could be its own new plugin. Yes, this is achievable through roleplay boards, but so are most plugins.
I imagine the ability to set an item up for auction--perhaps a text field box where they can write what they're selling and perhaps provide pictures optionally. They can optionally set up a reserve price like on ebay, which basically means if this price isn't met in the auction, the item won't be sold but the price doesn't show to those bidding. That way, the item isn't sold for less than they want. They set up the time limit on the auction, perhaps an option to make mandatory increments (for example, if the last bid was $10, the next has to be at least $10 more than that). Obviously, real money couldn't be used, which is why coupling with the monetary system would be a good idea. A potential problem I see, though, is that someone might want bids that aren't money--for example, art commissions (which was frequent payment on one of my RPGs before), so maybe an option to pay with cash only, cash and other (a text field for them to offer what else they are bidding, maybe?), and other only. Members can bid by pushing buttons and refresh the page to see new bids, the timer, etc., (or it could run real-time, I just imagine that might cause overload). Perhaps, if you bid, you can check a box to say you want PM notifications every time you are outbid.
I don't know, I personally would love it and would use it often but I'd love to see what everyone else's thoughts on it are.
