Members Shop Profile Gifts 1.0.6

Version Reviewed: 1.0.2
Disclaimers: None; I purchased this addon to the Members Shop, with my own money. I did not get it for free. The did the developer did not give me any kickbacks or rewards for writing the review. 

Recommended: Absolutely. It's a must have in my opinion for those who have the Members Shop's Mod.

Preamble: We've not had a function rich points system since IPS 3.4 (2014/2015), and for me this has been a long awaited addon for the Members Shop modification and has brought it more in line to what we had during the old Ibeconomy days, which overall the modder seems to be going towards. This makes me very happy. Quietly and overtime @TheJackal84 has been adding more and more functionality to the Members Shop's Mod and I'm very excited to see what he comes out with next. Perhaps we'll see stocks/shares based on registrations or community activity, or even scratch cards, or maybe something completely new!

Review: 

I think that this addon is a reasonable price ($15, at the time of writing - with a renewal of $7.50 per 6 months) for what it is, it is a suitable compensation for the author's development and time considering it's no small task. Profile Items allows members on your community to buy (rather pointless) trinkets with their hard earned points, on your site. Furthermore it also allows members to gift other members these items, which could be useful across a wide range of applications of the parent product (Members Shop). My members on my community have been asking for something to spend their points on for a very long time, and this is something that scratches that itch.

Putting in your own items is extremely easy, and painless, you just upload the picture, what the item is called and then insert it as an item in the actual shop. What I like to do is in the profile items section in the ACP is to use the item name as a description or a cheeky bit of text that people can see when they hover over it in the profile with their mouse. Then in the actual store page, put the item name in as the item name so that when people buy it they see it as the store names it, and then when they hover their mouse over it the 'description' shows up. 

Considering this has only really just been released, and it's had a few minor bug fixes already it does exactly what it says on the tin and it's a very strong start. I can't wait to see this add-on mature, and to see what additional functionality and options it brings later down the line. Although I'm not saying it does - right now it's absolutely perfect for my needs. But who knows? I am very eager to see where this will go, and as I already stated it's off to a very strong start out of the gate. 

I did have an extremely minor issue with this addon at first, but the developer came to my aid, despite the fact that it was extremely minor. It turns out that the problem wasn't with his add-on but something on my site (Usually is, by the way. If something can break, it will break on my site 🤣) but fair play to this guy, he still helped me out when - really - he didn't need to, and fixed the problem very quickly. He had to have Administrator Control Panel access, of which I can hand on heart say: he didn't misuse, or abuse it. So I can safely say that he can be trusted with that kind of access. He went in and did the things he needed to do, and came out. No problems whatsoever there. He also told me what he had done, and helped me with a few additional problems that I had, completely free of charge. Top kudos to him there. That is top notch customer service, right there.

I would give it more stars if I could. 11 out of 10. Would buy from again. 🙂