Nice name for a domain
The idea of a MODx marketplace of sorts has already emerged time and again, and it’s a great one but not that easy to set up.
First, it implies that people will look for MODx as a platform for their website to begin with. Few clients come to you with an already chosen CMS. I am not sure that MODx reputation is such that we’re there yet. We’re not Drupal, Typo3 or Joomla in this regard (at least, not yet...). We’re working at it, and we’ll sure continue to build up on good rep and nice showcase of what can be done with MODx (Banzai’s upcoming MODx websites directory will help greatly in that regard) but it will take some time.
Second, I am pretty convinced this should be put in perspective with what’s in store on the front of MODx related services. There will be in the near future a MODx optimized hosting platform, you’ll also see commercial support (see
http://collabpad.com/services.html), but no doubt you’ll see other things arise. I am in favor of having this kind of Freelancers’ marketplace integrated to other MODx services and be run by the dev team commercial structure, e.g CollabPad. Credibility is of the essence for such a marketplace and who better than the people who have built and driven the community can do that ?
Third, and that’s tighlty linked to the second point, I don’t see such an initiative succeeding unless there is a "give back" to the project. Funding MODx developpement is key to its survival as an opensource projet. The high goals set for the new core sure will make this even more true. Having a share of what freelancers earn thanks to MODx put back into funding MODx is not only ethical but also the basis of a business model compatible with both open source community and commercial services.
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