An actual marketplace would also bring extra scams and surveillance to the forum.
surveillance I agree, but scams? everyone on it's own.
Now, why doesn't the forum have its own shopping website paying with Bitcoin?
Well, for one it would be incredibly tasking to create a shopping website connected to the forum. There are technical aspects that would need so much work. Personally I think the forum needs more improvement so why can’t we focus on the forum first before we try and dive into other areas where technical development is even more complex?
the thing that will bring a trust to the shop is the fact that is connected to this site, the site that Satoshi himself created.
and it's not that hard for people who mastered java, the only hard part is the connection between the shop and the site.
Now, why doesn't the forum have its own shopping website paying with Bitcoin?
Well, for one it would be incredibly tasking to create a shopping website connected to the forum. There are technical aspects that would need so much work.
The admin is not interested to generate money from the forum at all. We don't even have an advertising space anymore which used to earn around 0.5 BTC to 1 BTC per month [I thing once I was adding the bids LOL]. Adding any features like shopping and things only aims you to generate revenue but since you can see we do not need it at all, there are no point to discussing it.
By the way, it really do not need that much work.
If the site took 5% fees for selling and buying it will be profitable even with hired employees.
I mean eBay takes up to 15%
Here's a good idea, start your own business, a crypto platform like eBay, if it's functional, I believe that all forum members will support you.
I am an half ass developer, never finished anything as I don't really like programing and writing codes, I do it when it's for fun as I've created games in the past not sites, the only site I created was an miniature market meme game and I stopped it because I didn't know how to create a wallet system in the site or a database, the site work offline only and on local network, here
check itSo I wouldn't waste another month of my life creating another half ass work, this is just a suggestion for the forum not for my personal gain.