Is the Warrior Forum (WSO) gonna stay an open marketplace?
So this is a controversial thread (probably), and while I don't want to get in trouble with the mods here, I have a simple question.
Is the Warrior Forum a free marketplace? I mean a marketplace where you can sell the products that you create, through whatever payment platform that you want? As it always was?
You see, I had humble beginnings like many others here on the Warrior Forum. Big players like Don Wilson, Ben Adkins, EBR, and others started here on this very forum, by launching a product that springboarded a business for them. While, my level of success may not be at their level, I've cleared $xxx,xxx just from what I've learned/sold on this forum.
One of the biggest things that helped me along the way was this idea of an "open marketplace", a place where you could sell your products, get the opinion of your customers, all open and public, so everyone could see what quality products were.
When I first began here, there was very little competition for how to sell your WSO, there was Warrior+ (by the awesome Mike Lantz) and pretty much PayPal buttons. I guess some people used 1SC and other smaller platforms but nothing major.
As time grew on, there grew a need for more technology, and JVZoo (lead by awesome guys Chad, Brian and Bryan!) lead the way with adaptive payments that revolutionized selling through the forum. Other platforms have come and gone along the way.
These payment platforms & the competition they generated created an open marketplace, a marketplace with fair competition, where Warrior+ and JVZOO (as well as others) fought with a better USP (Unique Service Propostion) and awesome deals.
Now... Let's say things had gone the way that Allen once said (a quote from WarriorPlus.com), that he was thinking about making the WarriorForum just work with WSO Pro.... Then this idea of free spirited competition would never come through. People would have been stuck just launching with Mike's software, and really he never would have to make any changes because he was the one guy in town.
I guess the point I'm trying to make here, without rambling on, is that free marketplace, which is what the WSO forum used to be, where you could use any payment platform that you choose, encouraged platforms to compete, to be better, and allowed us the freedom to choose the platform that helped us the best.
The reason I'm posting this, is I had to struggle to find a "Post New WSO" button where I didn't have to go through a "WarriorPayments" setup (In fact I had to get it from WarriorPlus.com creation page).... Which I think is utterly ridiculous. I understand that from a financial perspective, Freelancer.com wants all the commission. However, doesn't that take away the opportunity for people to use the WSO forum like they want to?
I get at the end of the day, this might be about lining your pockets... But, the idea remains. Wouldn't it be a better idea to encourage competition, so that MORE people would actually use the Warrior Forum to sell their products, WOULD actually PAY for your sticky posts etc....
Because it seems to me that you chop the head off the horse when you say "you can only use us... (Especially when your payment platform doesn't have proper integration with membership scripts... and other features the top games in town have).
Anyway, I was just curious as to what's gonna happen next.
Caleb
PS While I've used most of the other payment platforms, I'm not tied in with, or work for, or work with any of the providers. This is just my personal opinions
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