There are three tiers of listings: premium, sponsor, and basic.
Yes, it's true that all tiers require you to pay at least something. The basic tier requires you to pay just the equivalent of one hour of your consulting rate. We (the Plone.com team, in consultation with the Board) set that rate to ensure fairness for all geographic and economic regions... So if you're based in the US and you charge $100 USD per hour, we ask that you pay $100 USD to get a basic provider listing on Plone.com. If you're located elsewhere, take your hourly consulting rate, convert into USD, and that's what we ask that you pay.
Why do we ask for (a small amount of) money? To do two things:
Ensure that the providers listed on plone.com are still active. There are lots of provider listings on plone.org that are no longer actively maintained.
Get some funds in to help Plone.com remain updated and sustainable, to help defray design, content curation, and content writing/editing (e.g. success stories).
I'm very pleased to report that as a result of the above post, we have already received three new provider listings! (they will be up on plone.com soon).
We continue to receive new provider listings (which require only a very small sponsorship), but we need more! THIS MEANS YOU, EUROPEANS!
If your company name isn't listed at plone.com/providers soon, you should know that this will soon be the only place you'll be listed. The listings on plone.org are going to be phased out in the new plone.org.
The Plone.com site is officially launched, and is in the process of becoming the centerpiece for all non-community Plone marketing. It is the calling card for our software and will be promoted to mid- and high-level decision makers around the world.
So don't miss this very easy promotional opportunity for yourself and your organization... ACT NOW! Operators are standing by!
We accept PayPal, wire transfers, cheques/checks, and Ammado. Go to plone.org/donate
