It would be great if authors could each have a news feed of sorts. Something we can use to announce updates to products, ask for feedback. You already allow users to ‘follow’ other ones, how about a feed which includes all the updates from those you follow. Almost a twitteresque system?
- Has been a member for 2-3 years
- Exclusive Author
- Sold between 5 000 and 10 000 dollars
- Bought between 1 and 9 items
- Australia
- Referred between 10 and 49 users
- Has been a member for 3-4 years
- Repeatedly Helped protect Envato Marketplaces against copyright violations
- Contributed a Tutorial to a Tuts+ Site
- Was featured in a podcast
- Featured in a Magazine
- Attended a Community Meetup
- Interviewed on the Envato Notes blog
- Envato Staff
- Forum Moderator
- Author had a Free File of the Month
- Blog Editor
- Author was Featured
- Exclusive Author
- Sold between 10 000 and 50 000 dollars
- Bought between 50 and 99 items
- United States
- Referred between 10 and 49 users
I’ve always liked the idea of having a timeline. But – assuming that we eventually implement an automated system for providing updates, would you still find it just as useful? Couldn’t you just use the forum to ask for feedback?
- Has been a member for 3-4 years
- Exclusive Author
- Sold between 1 000 and 5 000 dollars
- Bought between 10 and 49 items
- Canada
- Referred between 1 and 9 users
What about having say Twitter or some other social feed update on our profile? Just one less page to visit to get updates.
- Has been a member for 2-3 years
- Exclusive Author
- Sold between 5 000 and 10 000 dollars
- Bought between 1 and 9 items
- Australia
- Referred between 10 and 49 users
If you implement an update/versioning system for products where customers are notified about the new versions, you can scrap this timeline idea!
I like TutelageSystems’ idea too, allow a twitter feed on your profile, and perhaps the ability to filter what is displayed by a hash tag. E.g. I might specify that I only want twitter posts that contain #codecanyon in it to be displayed.
Either way, I just want a method where I can communicate to customers that there are new updates. Though the timeline idea I had here also allows people to see new products from their favourite authors and not just updates to existing products, but I’d be more than happy with a version number/notification system. 
