Feedback Request - Potential New vBulletin Product

[FONT=&quot]Over the last few months several of our customers have expressed an interest in having a vBulletin product developed to support reviews. While there are some solutions available the feeling is that there is not a high quality, fully supported, and actively developed product that tightly integrates with vBulletin. In order to assess the interest in a product of this nature, collect requirements, etc. we are looking for feedback.

If you would please indicate if you are interested in a such a product please post in this thread. Assuming there is sufficient interest we will start collecting requirements.

Thanks...


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I could probably use a product where users upload a file (image, video, text file) and users could review it.

But as far as product reviews, I don't really have an interest in that. Sorry.

 

prolly not here...but I run a toyota forum...so idk...how would you use that on your mini site?

 

For my own site I have multiple ideas on useage.

1. Shop review - User goes to a local shop, writes about experience. Rates various aspects such as cost, quality, cleanliness, estimate accuracy, timeliness, loaner cars available. There are also feilds to put in contact info, address, phone. Others can add to it as they use the same facility.

All this is searchable in many ways included distance from zip code. Build in Google to/from directions and mapping features as well. Allowing for others to find shops in the area with reviews by people you know. Potential to monetize this is high as well in a regional advertising model. Shop owner pays to be on site with small banner, maybe sponsoring the forum that a local club has on the site.

2. Vendor Reviews - As members purchase from the various site vendors they add their experiences. Site members learn over time who the good guys are.

3. Product Reviews - Company X makes a Cold Air Intake. Soeone on the site has one. Review is set to gather information about the part. User fills in some blanks, writes his/her experience with the part. Others add to it. Junk gets weeded out pretty quick. If vendor is part of site as well they get good feedback on what works and what doesn't. For those users with issues a good vendor would contact and help determine the issue.

 

With the basic requirements we have currently that would be doable. User could post a file (image, video, text file) . A custom set of attributes is created by the site admin. Off the top of my head things such as EXIF data for a photo site. Title, Author whatever... users would rate and leave comments.

 

Awesome!

I'm all for it, then.

 

This is something I could find a use for on perhaps all three of my forums. Both of my bird forums could use a Product Review script and AA could use webhost and maybe forum script review sections.

Might be something I'd be interested in checking out.

 

8) Something like this could be useful to my anime community in which they review anime series or Manga series. X3 I'm all for it!

 

I would be interested, but it has to support multiple images obviously and page breaks..

Right now i have a bastardized system using VBMagazine, which the only thing i use out of it to write my reviews is the multi-pages plugin. Support is non existent by that guy and if you ask him questions about how to do something, he gets all pissed off at you. I explained to him, if you write a damn manual for this software you develop, it may cut down on people asking you questions, directly, no?

anyhow, check out these links below to some of the reviews ive written. God knows, i would like to see a more thorough product designed for this purpose and would pay for it.

Cobb Tuning 3" 07-08 MazdaSpeed3 Street Downpipe Review - Mazdaspeed Forums

Cobb Tuning Mazdaspeed 3 FMIC (Front Mount Intercooler) - Mazdaspeed Forums

Cobb Tuning Mazdaspeed 3 Short Throw Shifter - Mazdaspeed Forums

 

I can't say I'd be terribly interested. I imagine though that a fleshing out of the CMS could perform this feature just by adding the ability to create custom fields. Anyway, yeah, not interested.

 

I too would be interested but it would really depend on the SUPPORT side of things.

VB is good and highly security conscience. So if I took on a product, I would like to see it readily worked on and any security 'holes' being fixed. I would definitely pay for something like that.

 

We all have different visions and purposes when we run forums Shelly. Most Automotive Enthusiast and Computer Enthusiast forums do extension reviews if you ever look on the net, which is why something like this could be very useful without having to have some $10K website built.

 

If the CMS were to become capable of this, it's still no good for those of us who don't plan to touch vB 4.

 

I have used both review post and GARS. I've stuck w/ GARS but am always looking for something better.

The rest of my site is in WordPress and I've looked at some things with WP.

Reviews are a pretty popular feature of my site that the members really seem to appreciate.