A huge majority of members that remain loyal to this site would have first joined as youngsters all those years ago. I'm wholely convinced 12-25 is the target market whether we like it or not. That might not lead to a great marketplace but in all honesty no great marketplace (that i'm aware of) has ever been run on forum software.

I fully understand your desire to maintain a marketplace as this is the most sustainable source of income but one has to step back and wonder if a webmaster marketplace and a freelance forum are meant to be combined.