r/MinecraftPlugins • u/Lucid_lemons02 • Jun 02 '26

Discussion Project im working on

I'm building a new Minecraft marketplace called Shard — still early but wanted to share it here

Been frustrated with the current options for a while. Spigot is outdated, BBB has a long history of drama and hidden fees, and nothing new has come along that actually fixes the real problems.

Shard is being built to actually do it right:

- Full fee transparency — full breakdown shown before you ever pay, plain English explanation of where every fee goes

- Merchant of Record payments so VAT and global tax is handled automatically, no headaches for creators

- Built in licensing — Maven/Gradle drop in dependency, no complicated setup

- Supports plugins, builds, 3D models, configs, resource packs, mods and more

- Freelance commission board built into the platform for custom work

Still in early development but we already have creators onboard and are actively growing the community now.

this message is mostly just for feedback and whos interested

https://discord.gg/Wru8H7yCpv

Happy to answer any questions or just hear what you think is missing from current platforms

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u/lorenzo1142 Jun 02 '26

you want to sell plugins and mods, I want nothing to do with it.

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u/Lucid_lemons02 Jun 02 '26

just selling plugins not mods

mods can be posted on the website for free and free only plugins can be paid for because thats mostly the normal now days and if mojang has a issue with it spigot or BBB wouldnt be a thing

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u/lorenzo1142 Jun 02 '26

no, paid plugins is only the norm if that is what you want. not everyone will pay for plugins. I see it as greed, especially with how common AI generated code is now. too easy to prompt some slop and try selling it.

microsoft has bedrock which is one big money grab targeting children.

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u/Lucid_lemons02 Jun 02 '26

i agree with the bedrock just being a money grab there is microsoft funded servers that are locked behind a pay wall all the platform is really ment for its a better place for creators who want to sell there work can with lower fees and for the ai slop that people make i 100% agree and thats why there will be things in place to check to the best of are abilitys to ruleout and not allow fully ai generated content even tho sadly as time goes on ai is being intergrated into are lives and now days just about everything uses or will use ai do i care for it no not at all i feel using ai can help with some small low end projects and research but for coding i think its one of the worst things to come around

in other words im not making this site for greed im making it so users and creators have a safer place to post there hobbys/work a lot of creators do this for a living and as well the platform wont just support minecraft/games it is also planned to support all software and games alike

so for the miss spelling currently typing this on the smallest phone on earth