Pro seller perks are useless

[The Integrity]

Due to the changes made to the forum in the past year, pro seller perks have mostly become useless. Let's go through each one and see why:

- Delay between posts decreased from 15 to 6 secs
Useless since now there is a bump button and you no longer have to wait in between bumps.

- Allowed 2 additional forum accounts
Useless because now there is a multiple account detector.

- Access to reverse IP search
Useless because the feature was removed entirely.

- Allowed 1 affiliate/referral thread
It still doesn't let you post referral links to money making, point gathering sites and other trading forums, which is probably what most people think this lets you do. You can still advertise a site as a normal member with pretty much no limitations.

- Less forum ads
Who doesn't use an ad blocker anyway?


Which leaves us with:
Username is highlighted yellow and you get another badge for only $20 a month!

So, my suggestion, either drop the price to $5 per month or make it be worth buying for $20 by adding new perks. I can think of a lot of things which will make it worth it.

 

[EpicNPC]

- Delay between posts decreased from 15 to 6 secs
Useless since now there is a bump button and you no longer have to wait in between bumps.
Yes, if all you're doing is bumping multiple threads. This still allows Pro Sellers to post actual comments faster.

- Allowed 2 additional forum accounts
Useless because now there is a multiple account detector.
The 'Multiple Account' area does not display on Pro Sellers accounts. They are still allowed to have 2 extra accounts, so I think it's still very useful for sellers that need more than one account.

- Access to reverse IP search
Useless because the feature was removed entirely.
This was turned off temporarily and has been turned back on a while ago.

- Allowed 1 affiliate/referral thread
It still doesn't let you post referral links to money making, point gathering sites and other trading forums, which is probably what most people think this lets you do. You can still advertise a site as a normal member with pretty much no limitations.
This was just a bonus, not really a main reason to buy the upgrade.

- Less forum ads
Who doesn't use an ad blocker anyway?
Not everyone uses it.

Which leaves us with:
Username is highlighted yellow and you get another badge for only $20 a month!

So, my suggestion, either drop the price to $5 per month or make it be worth buying for $20 by adding new perks. I can think of a lot of things which will make it worth it.

Dropping the price will not be happening. We have nearly 100 members who have this upgrade active, so the price is not an issue. When we add new features to the site, if we think everyone will enjoy it we make it available to everyone. Pro Sellers get perks that are meant for large sellers that need special features a normal member doesn't need.

If you have some ideas for perks to add, please list them and maybe a few will be added to our to-do list.