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Ok I have paid somone to code me the site and then I will pay somone to design it. I have already paid half. I am just giving the coder the details what I want it to do. He says I can have as many features as I want and he won't increase the price.
Here is what I have so far, I want to compete with template monstor so please suggest some features I have missed out.
Thanks!

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What do people think about the feature where people can apply for a sellers account so they can sell there own templates on the site?

its a good idea aslong as it moderated properly. . . not to sound nasty but you dont want any old junk up on your site and you would ofcourse need to check that the seller is't ripping designs or selling things he doesn't own, anything like that would damage your site's rep and ofcourse put people off big time

Spending alot on this and I certainly wouldn't want that happening, know any ways I could make sure they aren't stolen designs?

well i guess the only way would be to check up on them, would be a bit of work if you had alot of people applying, but really you would need to check out their portfolio site (if they don't have one then i wouldn't reccomend letting them sell tbh) and maybe cheking up on a sale or two they have made on any forums etc if you can

Oh no it wouldnt be a simple sign up where they can sell straight away, they would have to apply and let me see there portfolio

well then you should be sorted then m8, good luck with it


oh im not sure if you have it mentioned above, can't remember now, but on the buying page you should maybe add a little 'report' link so if someone is selling a site that has already been sold with full rights for example that perosn would be able to report it to you for you to check out. . . just something to consider maybe

You could allways use a community moderation model to spot rippers. But some people are *******s and would probably abuse the system.

Originally Posted by Picard102 You could allways use a community moderation model to spot rippers. But some people are *******s and would probably abuse the system.

You mean like on tutorial places where it says report a broken link but in my case report a ripper?

Ya, maybe registered members could have access to a que of designs submited and "report" ones that are suspect and is not displayed for the general public untill site staff look at the report. After 2 or 3 "reports" it flags the submision in the Administration panel. Or something.