Does anyone know of any good XenForo shop plugins? I looked for a bit online but couldn't find anything though I'm pretty sure there must be a plugin somewhere.

 

Thank you so much! I really appreciate all the help and feedback.

If you’re looking for a high-quality shop plugin for XenForo, one of the best options is DragonByte Shop. It’s a feature-rich and versatile add-on that allows you to create a customizable shop system integrated with your XenForo forum.

 

 

 

 

 

Key Features of DragonByte Shop:

 

• Flexible Item Selling: Sell a variety of virtual goods, such as user upgrades, permissions, or even digital downloads.

 

 

• Usergroup Permissions: Override any user group permission, including those from custom modifications.

 

 

• Points System Compatibility: Works seamlessly with virtually any points modification, allowing you to integrate it with your forum’s existing economy.

 

 

• Customizable Configuration: Offers unprecedented control over shop settings and item behavior.

 

Their add on can be found here: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/dbtech-dragonbyte-shop.5869/

If you’re looking for a high-quality shop plugin for XenForo, one of the best options is DragonByte Shop. It’s a feature-rich and versatile add-on that allows you to create a customizable shop system integrated with your XenForo forum.

 

 

 

 

 

Key Features of DragonByte Shop:

 

• Flexible Item Selling: Sell a variety of virtual goods, such as user upgrades, permissions, or even digital downloads.

 

 

• Usergroup Permissions: Override any user group permission, including those from custom modifications.

 

 

• Points System Compatibility: Works seamlessly with virtually any points modification, allowing you to integrate it with your forum’s existing economy.

 

 

• Customizable Configuration: Offers unprecedented control over shop settings and item behavior.

 

Their add on can be found here: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/dbtech-dragonbyte-shop.5869/

Thank you so much! That actually looks amazing and very well done.

 

Would you happen to know of any free plugin? Thanks =)

Thank you so much! That actually looks amazing and very well done.

 

Would you happen to know of any free plugin? Thanks =)

 

Unfortunately, there isn’t a free plugin available for a shop for xenforo.

Thank you so much! That actually looks amazing and very well done.

 

Would you happen to know of any free plugin? Thanks =)

 

Most/all addons for Xenforo are paid plugins since the software is for users with a paid license. There are plenty of open source forum softwares with addons that may suit your needs. SMF would be a good choice, if you're looking for a free solution.

I think I’d recommend MyBB at this point in time but I’m not as familiar with its ecosystem so I’m not sure what stores exist for it (though, I’m sure at least one does)

Do you need a shop where you can actually sell things?

 

Personally, I've found WooCommerce with WordPress to be a good, reliable source for this. I've sold quite a bit on it and never had any issues.

I've sold quite a bit on it and never had any issues.

I have a couple of customers who run stores on it as their primary income. I think this really depends on your scale - when you're at 16GB VPS territory and you have 55GB of product images, with 112k post items (and multiple millions of postmeta), this is a little more terrifying to work with!

 

At one point between WC and their plugin stack, the one customer was producing 7000 queries per page, every page, and average page load times were 30 to 60 seconds. I was asked to fix it ahead of Black Friday 2022, turns out 2022 was the first year the site stayed up on Black Friday...

 

You absolutely can do wonderful things with WC but the more you try to do, the more fragile the house of cards becomes.

I have a couple of customers who run stores on it as their primary income. I think this really depends on your scale - when you're at 16GB VPS territory and you have 55GB of product images, with 112k post items (and multiple millions of postmeta), this is a little more terrifying to work with!

 

At one point between WC and their plugin stack, the one customer was producing 7000 queries per page, every page, and average page load times were 30 to 60 seconds. I was asked to fix it ahead of Black Friday 2022, turns out 2022 was the first year the site stayed up on Black Friday...

 

You absolutely can do wonderful things with WC but the more you try to do, the more fragile the house of cards becomes.

If you get the images on a CDN, does that tend to help?

If you get the images on a CDN, does that tend to help?

Not hugely because the real pain is the fact that they’re part of WP’s media library.

If you get the images on a CDN, does that tend to help?

On forums and non wordpress websites it does.

I want to add:

 

For wordpress, it’s better to optimize them before uploading. There’s ton of websites that you can upload an image and get an optimized in return to download. And preferably webp.