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I am curious to know why the folks at C5 keep listing the plug-in Teal Estates as a featured item on the home screen when you log into a C5 website.

I purchased this plugin back in 2015, it hasn't been updated since I purchased it for $75. All of my support requests to the author have gone unanswered. In fact he hasn't answered any support requests or simple questions for the past 4 years. I have even sent him private messages that he hasn't answered.

In fact the last support request answered by the developer was 5 years ago in August 2016.

The lack of support rendered this add-on not usable because it can't list multiple listings on one map, and Also with the requirement for the Google API to display maps, the map feature no longer works properly without a code based work around. This hasn't been fixed since 2016.

And the developers website for demo links on the product page in the market place doesn't even exist anymore. http://demo.tealestates.com/

The lack of support for this addon is largely the reason that my company was forced to make the decision to no longer develop websites using Concrete5.

So I am interested in hearing from Concrete5 why they continue to keep pushing the sale of this obviously outdated and depreciated add-on for $75, one of the highest priced add-ons in the market place. The fact that it keeps getting highlighted as a premium and suggested add-on clearly shows that nobody is paying attention and shows a complete lack of support for the Concrete5 developer and user community.

 
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I'm disappointed to hear this one add-on put you off of concrete5 as a whole, but I can certainly understand a negative experience with an extension having a huge impact on your view of the product and the ecosystem itself.

You're right in assuming that the listings that show up in your dashboards are by in large automated. Your comment has started a discussion here about how we might improve that.

Additionally there's a larger concern around what we should really be doing with older add-ons that might work in some capacity but, you're right, for any number of reasons they may not be what we should be suggesting for new use. We're working on rebuilding the entire marketplace to catch up with some of the changes on the web in the last decade, and a purge might be a very good idea.

Thank you for bringing this up.