I think Boonex should display download counts for all products on the market, if they're not keen on doing that they should do it for free items, there is no way to measure how popular an item really is.
Points don't mean anything, some people leave reviews which is cool but actual downloads mean much more.
And I also believe you shouldn't have to pay to add a free item, come on Boonex get these things sorted or this CMS will die.
