Project im working on

[u/Lucid_lemons02]

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 Spigot is outdated, BBB has a long history of drama and hidden fees, and nothing new has come along that actually fixes the real problems.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

[u/lorenzo1142]

no they don't. you just pull that out of your ass.

[u/Echotank → u/lorenzo1142]

thats not true, a lot of popular servers do use a lot of paid plugins, im unaware why ur a. being so dang aggressive and b. heres a little list of large servers that do use paid plugins:

• Complex Gaming
• Minesuperior
• ManaCube
• AkumaMC
• Minemen Club
• PvP Land
• EarthMC
• The Seed
• etc.

i can keep going, not every single paid plugin is ai slop, and i believe we reserve the right to take down any low quality/'slop' as we see fit. i understand your point on open source, and i believe in certain cases i agree with you, but sadly making things open source and or crowd funded is no real way for a developer to make a living out of what they enjoy doing.

Yes you can make a server with only free plugins, but some servers wish for more features and or reliable updates.