Reid Rosefelt Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 We have a policy now that we all understand. Thank you @Wookiee for making this clear. When people break these rules in the future, let's just tell them about it. Nobody needs to be reported. Let them know what the rules are and hopefully they will abide by them. Going forward, what's fair for one should be fair for all. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 18 minutes ago, Reid Rosefelt said: Going forward, what's fair for one should be fair for all. Agreed! Also, in case anyone hasn't noticed it yet, the posts here are indexed and searchable in Google searches. So this forum could be (mis)used as a marketing platform. Probably best to avoid commercialization here. Businesses can set up shop at sites like KVR or VI-Control if they want to actively market a product within the site's respective guidelines. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Reid Rosefelt said: Let them know what the rules are and hopefully they will abide by them. Going forward, what's fair for one should be fair for all. It's the optimum solution I truly would much rather spend time creating more musical noise? Than spend time explaining the rules, which are in place for the best interests of all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Music Software Deals Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Anyhoo, moving on! We've made two small changes: 1. Previously the manufacturer page (eg. Project SAM) would not show any listing if there was no deals. We've updated it now so that you can toggle "Show Expired Deals" or "Don't Show Expired Deals" making it easier to just visit a particular manufacturer page and see only their deals 2. We've added all of the brands that we have data on to the "Manufacturers" dropdown menu. It previously only showed the companies that were on sale (300+) but now shows all companies (600+) More updates shortly! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technostica Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 13 hours ago, Wookiee said: It's the optimum solution I truly would much rather spend time creating more musical noise? Than spend time explaining the rules, which are in place for the best interests of all. I have noticed more recently that some people are using referral links, so are those allowed? There have been a lot of 8Dio and Soundpaint links of this type, although more on VIC and KVR than here. In this case they get an account credit rather than money. Not sure how it works with other vendors. It doesn't bother me when regular posters include them when they post a deal, but I have recently seen people on VIC open an account and immediately start posting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, Technostica said: I have noticed more recently that some people are using referral links, so are those allowed? There have been a lot of 8Dio and Soundpaint links of this type, although more on VIC and KVR than here. In this case they get an account credit rather than money. Not sure how it works with other vendors. It doesn't bother me when regular posters include them when they post a deal, but I have recently seen people on VIC open an account and immediately start posting them. As the sticky notes No direct links in the body of your post if you are going to profit in anyway. If you are just an ordinary Joe or Jane who has found a cool deal and want to share it with the users here then a link in the body is permitted. Does that clarify? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Wookiee said: No direct links in the body of your post if you are going to profit in anyway. That clarification is direct and to the point! Don't see how anyone could be confused by that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User 905133 Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 (edited) On 10/27/2022 at 4:19 PM, Reid Rosefelt said: Going forward, what's fair for one should be fair for all. On 10/27/2022 at 4:41 PM, abacab said: Agreed! Also, in case anyone hasn't noticed it yet, the posts here are indexed and searchable in Google searches. So this forum could be (mis)used as a marketing platform. Probably best to avoid commercialization here. Businesses can set up shop at sites like KVR or VI-Control if they want to actively market a product within the site's respective guidelines. On 10/28/2022 at 10:19 AM, abacab said: On 10/28/2022 at 7:39 AM, Wookiee said: No direct links in the body of your post if you are going to profit in anyway. That clarification is direct and to the point! Don't see how anyone could be confused by that! While I recognize these points and others raised, I felt that MSD's previous website presented more as an informational resource. On a number of occasions I have used the price comparisons to help make purchasing decisions. Also, I found the historical prices valuable in helping to decide if a so-called deal was really a deal. In all cases when I decided to make a purchase based on the information, I went the manufacturer directly, or to a different vendor where I would get a perk or could use rewards for the purchase, or one of the several vendor MSD listed as part of their informational service. On the other hand, there are businesses selling products that have never been contributors in any way to the forum other than to announce the products they sell. On 10/27/2022 at 4:19 PM, Reid Rosefelt said: When people break these rules in the future, let's just tell them about it. Nobody needs to be reported. Let them know what the rules are and hopefully they will abide by them. As a Cakewalk user with no official affiliation, I don't think it is my role to tell a business that they have violated the rules. Edited October 29, 2022 by User 905133 fixed typos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 7 hours ago, User 905133 said: As a Cakewalk user with no official affiliation, I don't think it is my role to tell a business that they have violated the rules That's the moderator's job to decide and communicate. All you can do is report any post that you feel breaks the rules, if you feel that action is justified. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 15 hours ago, User 905133 said: As a Cakewalk user with no official affiliation, I don't think it is my role to tell a business that they have violated the rules. It is probably worth noting that all mods are volunteers, who may also have been invited to the role having previously been mods on the old Cakewalk forums. We get nothing for doing it, we are not in anyway affiliated, we don't receive any form of reward financial or otherwise. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heath Row Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 (edited) One of the best websites ever, I haven't spent so much money, and yet saved so much money, since I was made aware of musicsoftwaredeals and a couple of other sites. Excellent service👍👍👍 . . . and wth has happened to this place? threads being locked, people dobbing in OP's, the LAW being laid down at the top of the deals 1st page, what have we come to? Don't answer, it's a rhetorical question, I have just read all the ins and outs regarding the sad turn of events that have taken place here of late. As you were 👨🍳 Edited November 3, 2022 by heath row 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Music Software Deals Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 Some more quick updates: - Moved the "manufacturer" and "store" dropdowns around so the manufacturer dropdown is in the main section you see. Some users said they wanted to sort by manufacturer more than just select stores - Added a slider for discount % so you can only show products on discount between X and X price - We've improved how we show products that were on sale previously. Now when it shows as product is not on sale, it will show the normal price, "Not on Sale" and "Last sale price" (see screenshot) - Added notice about affiliate links to the website More updates coming again soon! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PavlovsCat Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 Wow, you're really doing a great job with your site, @Music Software Deals. From the content to the design and your responsiveness, great job. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Music Software Deals Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 21 hours ago, PavlovsCat said: Wow, you're really doing a great job with your site, @Music Software Deals. From the content to the design and your responsiveness, great job. Thanks. Have lots of cool features coming soon hopefully. Just need to make a few updates to how we process the data first to make it easier to sort and filter, as well as make everything more accurate going forward then we can continue with new features again. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveiv Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Music Software Deals said: Thanks. Have lots of cool features coming soon hopefully. Just need to make a few updates to how we process the data first to make it easier to sort and filter, as well as make everything more accurate going forward then we can continue with new features again. Spring backend, running on WildFly + JSF & PrimeFaces in the front? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 (edited) On 11/4/2022 at 5:23 AM, Music Software Deals said: More updates coming again soon! Just a quick suggestion regarding the date format used on the price history pages. 5 Nov 2022 is shown in the DD/MM/YYYY format as 05/11/2022, which could be misinterpreted as 11 May 2022 in some regions. Can you please change this to something like YYYY-MM-DD so it reads more clearly as 2022-11-05 for 5 Nov 2022? Great job so far! Thanks! Edited November 5, 2022 by abacab 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Music Software Deals Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 On 11/5/2022 at 10:52 AM, daveiv said: Spring backend, running on WildFly + JSF & PrimeFaces in the front? Yep! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Music Software Deals Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 On 11/5/2022 at 8:23 PM, abacab said: Just a quick suggestion regarding the date format used on the price history pages. 5 Nov 2022 is shown in the DD/MM/YYYY format as 05/11/2022, which could be misinterpreted as 11 May 2022 in some regions. Can you please change this to something like YYYY-MM-DD so it reads more clearly as 2022-11-05 for 5 Nov 2022? Great job so far! Thanks! Hi good point actually. Maybe we should just write the date in word format just to make it clearer? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Music Software Deals Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 We've also just added a couple more quick search options. Now there are the following quick searches: Free Under $5 Under $10 Latest deals (all active deals sorted from newest to oldest) Over 70% off Kontakt Player deals Reverb plugin deals Synth plugin deals We've accurately categorised a large majority of the 16k products in the database now so you should see this reflected in the search results 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTP Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Yes, YYYY-MM-DD format would be the best choice. IMO "Last scan: 2 h 4 min ago" would be better than "Last scan: 04:23 GMT | 11 Nov 2022". I assume it's always just hours. When you click the product name, it takes you to the seller page. I think it should function like clicking the image and take you to the product page on your site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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