ozpost shipping module

[ttfan]

What about the PayPal modules? They are also Free, but you need to subscribe to the PayPal service in order to make use of them.

What about the Banking modules? Also Free, but you do need a suitable bank account to make use of them - All(?) banks have charges.

The ozpost shipping module is no different... it is Free, but you now need to subscribe to the service in order to use it.

Don't think that's quite the same... I don't think the people that wrote these module charge anything... that's what 'free' refers to. Sure the paypal / banks charge something, but they always do and that's not really related to zen-cart or your module. So suddenly starting to charge for the use of a module doesn't quite fit in with the zen-cart 'free for all' philosophy IMO, and I hope the other developers don't catch onto the same idea, since if they all started charging for their time and module, the whole package could become quite expensive.

For anyone in Australia that wants to use or continue to use Zen-cart, your module is pretty much essential as there is no alternative. No-one would have bothered to write an alternative since your module is obviously very good and has always been free, so why would they bother?

So you have the AU users of Zencart at your mercy... changing over to other cart-software is a major project for anyone, so they're pretty forced to start paying for your service...

One of the main attractions to Zencart for me was the fact that it was OS and free. So I must admit I'm surprised to find that a module that is so integral and essential to the software (for AU users) is in fact not free.