I am a professional craftsperson. The galleries I deal with work on a 50/50 or 60/40 split--its been that way for years and years. I too have a huge investment in equipment, supplies, and hours and hours of time. Still--this is reasonable. I also do very prestigious national shows, but the costs are unbelievable--and the profits are unknown before the costs are paid out. Therefore, the sure sales from a gallery with a 50/50 split are welcome--I know exactly where I stand profit wise from the get go (and sometimes my costs are more than 50% of even the best shows). As to the freestuff--I guess by now everyone should realize from the above posts that a lot of 'freestuff' is not actually listed here on Renderosity because of the problems with hosting web sites. However, just take a stroll around through all the sites (like Morph World, for instance) and you will find the same folks that are selling 'some' of their work to also have lots of downloadable things FREE. I think this will work to everyone's good. Some things I will not be able to buy immediately--but there are always alternatives--besides which, the prices for most of these are extremely reasonable when compared to other models, textures, etc.--offered elsewhere. Diane B