ogulcan1787 is seeking a Discourse plugin similar to vBulletin’s iTrade, which allows users to rate each other with +1, 0, or -1 after completing trades. Ratings would appear on user profiles and link to the relevant topic, with fields for trade role, amount, short comment, topic URL, and detailed feedback. Initially budgeting $100–$150, ogulcan1787 invites developers to make offers. anon82911141 advises raising the budget, noting the complexity and time required, and later clarifies that building a new plugin from scratch likely warrants $1000+. pfaffman seeks clarification on how trades are identified (e.g., via categories or tags), noting the plugin must integrate with existing forum topics. ogulcan1787 confirms trades occur in topics (currently one category, “Pazar Alanı”), and ratings can be applied to any topic post-trade. They also reference a User Trade & Review System as a potential alternative if cost becomes prohibitive. anon82911141 reiterates that hiring international developers requires respecting their market rates, and strongly recommends using existing plugins over custom builds for cost and reliability. ogulcan1787 concludes that while the feature would be valuable, it’s not urgent, and may be addressed later by third-party teams offering licensed plugins at lower costs.
What’s iTrade?
This modification offers you a rating system for trades which are made on your forum. As it is an advantage of the rating system on forum, this gives your users some secureness.
A plugin that allows members to give positive and negative scores to each other after a trade.
+1 Positive / 0 Neutral / -1 Negative
The rates received after these trades will appear on the user’s profile page. And when he clicks on the profile photo, I want it to appear in the profile card.
The form will be filled in while giving points.
1- Seller, buyer. (Choose)
2- Trade amount. (Min. Amount 100)
3 - Short comment (title name that will appear on the profile page)
4 - Topic URL.
5 - Comment. (The comment that will appear when you click on the short comment)
I recommend increasing the price, your task seems a bit complicated for $100 → $150. Taking into account the average software engineer’s wage of $60, it may take a bit more time than 2-3 hours. If you’d like a well-built and secure plugin with little to no issues, I’d recommend going a tad bit higher.
Hello @anon82911141
I don’t know the exact time it will be spent, so it would be better for me if the person who can do it gives a price.
That’s why I wrote (You can make an offer.) next to the estimated price.
This feature can be used on any topic.
Members will be able to give points to each other after the trade they make on the forum.
For example, you created a topic.
You are selling the sword of a game in the topic.
I bought this sword from you.
I sent the money to your bank account and you delivered the item to me in the game.
Here I enter your profile and give +1 trade point.
Thank you for delivering the item to me.
If you did not deliver the item to me in the game, I will give you -1 point.
When other users see this, they will not shop from you again.
There will be 1 positive point on your profile after this trade.
It will be visible which topic this score came from.
The points you receive will be visible to other forum members.
If you can find a developer from “eastern countries” - great, pay that person that wage. However, you’ll most likely be hiring a developer from outside of your country, possibly even overseas, which is why you need to be respective of their hourly pay and pay them accordingly.
My previous comment does not stand as I misunderstood and believed you were simply asking to adapt it from a prior plugin which would be much easier than making a brand new plugin.
Yes, I strongly urge you to consider using a pre-existing plugin as you won’t find a developer who will craft you a well-built and brand new plugin for less than $1000.
Thank you guys.
If this was a must-have feature for the site, I’d pay $1000 for it.
But I don’t need it right now. Maybe in the future, a team(off forum) will sell such plug-ins under license at affordable prices.
