Change Log: behind the scenes at BHW

We have a few plugins that got an update today. This had to do with the AI checking as well as the new tooling that we added to the forum on Monday.

While everything should continue working like normal, please report anything that might seem unusual by posting in the Feedback and Suggestion section or just writing support.

Thank you!

Media storage expansion eligibility has been updated.

• Sellers with 5+ years of active sales history can receive one free 25 MB upgrade when storage is full.
• Sellers with less than 5 years of history can purchase a one-time 25 MB upgrade for $100.
• Additional upgrades cost $100 per 25 MB. If more than 2 years have passed since the last upgrade, an additional 25 MB may be granted at no charge.

When you hit your Media storage limit, please contact support to request expansion.

Full rules can be found in the "General Marketplace rules - Mandatory requirements" → : Media vs Attached sales graphics

The Free Review Copies (FRC) subforum was moved to a new forum category: "Marketplace Goodies & Weekly Deals" - it's located right after the Marketplace forum category. (You'll hear more about this section soon!)

No other change has been made to the FRC subforum itself.

We are launching a new Weekly Deals feature where eligible members can showcase their promotions.

What's in it for Marketplace sellers?

Each Monday (starting Nov 16th), staff will create a Weekly Deals thread in various Marketplace related categories. Jr. VIP members and Marketplace Sellers with active sales threads may submit one discount promotion per Weekly Deals thread using the required template, which must include the discount details, any promo code, applicable terms, and a link to their sales thread.

There is NO COST involved here. You pay with your time to put together and post your content. That's it.

How It Works

• A new Weekly Deals thread for each subforum is posted by staff every Monday. The previous week's thread will be automatically closed after 7 days.
• Sellers get one post per week, per weekly deals thread, using the required template , that covers all their active discounts across all services in the given category (or those that they want to list in the weekly deals).
• Posts must disclose the discount, code (if any), scope, and a link to the seller's sales thread.

Our goal is to connect members looking for discounted services with Marketplace sellers offering discounts.

The weekly deals threads' categories mimic our Marketplace subforums.

Only the SEO (combines all 3 SEO related Marketplace subforums), Proxies, and Hosting categories are launching initially (new categories require 15 seller requests submitted to Support), as these are considered the subforums where sellers frequently offer discounts.

What it means for members/buyers?

Members can browse but not reply. Discounts must match or beat the seller's sales thread discount, and posts can't include off-forum contact information, external links, images, or videos (BHW sales thread link + BHW DM links are welcome).

More details are in the Marketplace Changelog, and full details are in the Weekly Details Rules.

IMPORTANT:
We HIGHLY suggest you click on the "Watch" button in the Weekly Deals subforum. This way, you'd be among the first to get notified when a new weekly deals thread has been created by staff and is awaiting your product and service's discount post.

Today the feedback plugin got an update. The majority of the update surrounded some security fixes, but there were bug fixes as well. As per usual, if you feel that there is an issue with the feature, please report it, send a ticket to support, or let us know in the feedback section.

Thank you!