The forum online shop

[AlphaBoy]

When I browse the Marketplace section, I noticed the huge amount of people selling and buying there.

Now, why doesn't the forum have its own shopping website paying with Bitcoin?

The site would connect the accounts (amount of merit and trust) with Bitcointalk.org, and the idea would be more than successful. After all this is a site being created by the legendary Satoshi himself and this forum will be serve as the social space of sellers.

Don't get me wrong; the Marketplace section is good, but it's old. It was necessary in the past when Bitcoin didn't have much reputation. Now it has a reputation, and the idea of a website like eBay, but with transactions made in Bitcoin (maybe altcoins as well), will be huge. A lot of people will sell their goods there, even outside this forum.

Is the forum interested in such an idea? It will bring some extra money to the forum.

[Vod]

Is the forum interested in such an idea? It will bring some extra money to the forum.

An actual marketplace would also bring extra scams and surveillance to the forum. 

[Reatim]

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?

An actual marketplace would also bring extra scams and surveillance to the forum. 

Exactly. If you want to operate a shopping website, you are gonna need to comply with regulatory laws. It is to ensure the safety of both buyers and sellers. I don’t think a lot of people would be too excited with the thought of having to work with kyc regulations.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

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.