I just wanted to add my 2 cents about the second point and 3rd point.
2 For me, $75 is not that expensive. (You paid $99 because of Europe VAT? If you had a VAT number you would have paid $75.)
Even $99 though wouldn’t be expensive, considering it is a one time fee and that it allows directories to make extra money. On the geodirectoryexperts.com website, it is working just fine, sold few copies (and only brought 1 major complain, this one).
It doesn’t just do what you described. GeoMarketplace brings everything in the front end. For example, the form to create products linked to listings, the account page with downloads, the invoices.
By the way, the plugin has a bug, when I save the few settings it offers, when I come back later, the settings are automatically reset ?! 🙁
I can’t recreate this, so it must be a conflict with something else installed on your website. I’m sure webnware support will help you debug that.
Thanks