[20-OCT-2015] Refinements of forum categories and rules on affiliate links / codes

very good changes!

I am looking forward to a better, easier way for the members finding a deal for their desired items collected in one subforum.
(and also finding items they did not know before that they are desirable ;))

also the great BLF builds get the podium they deserve…

at last - we, the affiliates can work better to support the needs of the community; besides or slightly against another - at the end the member has to be the winner!
(we includes all the guys who make the deals, groupbuys and discount on single request)

thank you Sb!

I think the changes you’ve made are definitely a move in the right direction. I love the clarity and distinction between different kinds of “affiliate” behavior. I agree that those who work on “BLF Specials” deserve any compensation they may receive from the seller, without unreasonable restrictions. Their hard work should be richly rewarded! I’m also glad to see specifically the rolling back the requirement for affiliates to post their links only in one thread provided by the seller. I never really liked that solution, and I’m sure the way it is now will be fair enough for all. I still think some people may still be happier if they had a toggle to turn off certain categories and/or sub-categories from appearing in their “Recent Posts” page. But, I don’t know if that’s possible.

I’m generally a very critical person, but at first glance this looks great.

Well done.

Common misconception. I neither am a dog nor own a dog, nor am I a pilot.

However, dogs are persons too.

This sounds like an further improvement, and it is already a better climate from the last changes :slight_smile:

One thing i wonder though, the UF1504 GB didn’t really was a “custom flashlight products that are completely original or differ significantly from the stock specifications” it was more a GB to show interest for them to produce it for us sooner rather than later i think & give us a great price.

It started with the target to do something really special but it soon showed that UniqueFire where very conservative, & not easy to work with to introduce the needed “BLF upgrades” and in the end all it got was a brass pill as an upgrade.

So would the UF1504 GB fit in that category or not?

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

I assume you’re referring to this one ? I currently have it in the BLF User Negotiated Deals category, but it’s kind of a moot point since it already finished and was created before this new arrangement. In the future, if somebody is trying to arrange for modifications to a stock product, they would probably start the process in the BLF Special Edition Products category.

G'Day Sb,

Congratulations on the Very Well thought out "re-modelling".

My only suggestion (if I may) is to make the BLF User Negotiated Deals subforum directly accessible,

without having to go to it via the Commercial Sellers' Spot subforum (1 less click).

Thank you Very Much,

Best Regards,

George

Thanks for the support and the suggestion George!

I’d like to keep the BLF User Negotiated Deals category inside the Commercial Sellers’ Spot to clearly show that those deals are at least somewhat “commercial” in nature. But I did just add a quick link in the description of the Commercial Sellers’ Spot that you can click on to go directly there.

Sb, Thank you Very Much for providing that quick link.

Best Regards,

George

Was it always this way, with deals flying all over the place?

Or was there a time when most of the discussions focused on flashlight topics and mods?

Not that I’m complaining. Just wondering. I’ve been out of the flashlight scene since adopting a son in 2006 2009 (before BLF existed). Back then, I was an on and off contributer to CPF - and yes, Greta ruled the discussion board much as she does today! 0:)

Well, BLF was founded with free sharing of links as one of its core reasons for existing. And that’s still extremely important to me. On other forums users had to refer to products like “DX sku 3985043”, which was a major pain to take a quick look at, and even more confusing for new users. So I’m thrilled to see links on BLF to interesting products, which is mainly what we did at the beginning. It’s just that as BLF got more and more popular, we also started earning a lot more commercial leverage, which is what has lead to the profusion of deals these days.

How many users does BLF have? Is there some statistic page somewhere with traffic info and such?

This latest discussion made me curious :slight_smile:

Categories - BudgetLightForum.com bottom of the page.

Nice thanks sb :slight_smile:

Good model with intelligent guidance. Thanks SB.

I’m not sure if this is the place to mention this, and it’s probably not going to be a popular idea, but I would like it if a price range code could be created to go with all these secret deals.

Something like price a=<$5.00, b=$5-10, c=$10-15, d=$15-20, then beyond $20, e=$20-30, f=$30-40 etc., and letters could be added together to increase price Roman numeral style.

Members could request this code once they reach a certain post count or whatever method is currently used to see if a member is real when requesting prices. This way members could know if a product is within their price range without requesting a price pm, threads wouldn’t be bumped more often than needed and it should still keep the map police away.

Pretty good idea, thanks for suggesting it. Feel free to post this as a new thread in the new BLF User Negotiated Deals category.

Rest In Peace, Commercial Sellers' subforums.

We hardly knew you... :_(

:p

http://budgetlightforum.com/forum/marketplace/commercial/banggood

http://budgetlightforum.com/forum/marketplace/commercial/eachbuyer

http://budgetlightforum.com/forum/marketplace/commercial/geekbuying

http://budgetlightforum.com/forum/marketplace/commercial/illuminationsupply

http://budgetlightforum.com/forum/marketplace/commercial/dealextreme

http://budgetlightforum.com/forum/marketplace/commercial/e2fieldgear

http://budgetlightforum.com/forum/marketplace/commercial/fasttech

Yep, those subforums were a failure because their threads didn’t appear in the Recent Posts. This serves to illustrate the power of the Recent Posts page. So commercial liaisons: please use your privileges wisely and don’t mess up the freedom that currently allows your threads to appear in the Recent Posts list.