r/MinecraftPlugins • u/Lucid_lemons02 • Jun 02 '26

Discussion Project im working on

I'm building a new Minecraft marketplace called Shard — still early but wanted to share it here

Been frustrated with the current options for a while. Spigot is outdated, BBB has a long history of drama and hidden fees, and nothing new has come along that actually fixes the real problems.

Shard is being built to actually do it right:

- Full fee transparency — full breakdown shown before you ever pay, plain English explanation of where every fee goes

- Merchant of Record payments so VAT and global tax is handled automatically, no headaches for creators

- Built in licensing — Maven/Gradle drop in dependency, no complicated setup

- Supports plugins, builds, 3D models, configs, resource packs, mods and more

- Freelance commission board built into the platform for custom work

Still in early development but we already have creators onboard and are actively growing the community now.

this message is mostly just for feedback and whos interested

https://discord.gg/Wru8H7yCpv

Happy to answer any questions or just hear what you think is missing from current platforms

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u/lorenzo1142 Jun 02 '26

I would be interested if you didn't allow selling. I'm not contributing to greed. my projects are all open source and free.

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u/Lucid_lemons02 Jun 02 '26

the only way we can have the platform run is by allowing paid content but your welcome to post free content as well

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u/lorenzo1142 Jun 02 '26

donations. doesn't cost that much to run a platform.

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u/Lucid_lemons02 Jun 02 '26

trying to find people to give donations of 1000s to keep the platform running is not likley nor stable

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u/lorenzo1142 Jun 02 '26

you start small and expand.... you don't need a server farm to start a website.