I’m trying to hear what people are trying to say, which is why I posted this, I was hearing the need for money
The solution may already exist and perhaps should be put forward as enabling an offical plugin here
With signatures people could put a “support my plugins” link at the bottom to easily be seen by users, that could go to the page of their choice, perhaps listing all of their plugins, if they chose to set it up that way, create a menu, users could donate xx amount to x plugin
IMO Discourse should utilize the landing pages idea and host a page for each author, ask that the author kick back a percentage to Discourse, this would enhance existing work , keep things centered around building the brand and help pave a path forward for more features as authors would not have solicit marketplace listings.