I can't say I understand the big fuss against the store, it's not like anybody is forcing you to buy stuff. Remember, everything in Freestuff (including my own very humble contribution) is a GIFT, as is this site. Take the gift freely given (hopefully with a little gratitude), but don't feel you're entitled to it in perpetuity. I can't speak for anyone but myself, but I'll continue to support the freestuff section, as best my talents and time allow, regardless of whether or not I also sell anything. I'm sure many others will too. I see the store as more choice, as I see Zygote's Millie as more choice. No one is forcing you to go the commercial route, if an Artist or company decides to give you a freebie, it's their gift to give, and their choice. From an artist's perspective, having someone compliment your work is a great feeling, but having them like your work enough to sacrifice some of their hard earned cash, well, I still remember the thrill of selling my first artwork, many moons ago. So, even though I like free stuff as well as the next guy, and am not too close to being "commercial", to the store idea, I say, Hell Yeah! I think this has been mentioned before, but I think one cool idea would be to sell CD's with content from the site. It would be cool to have offline access to the gallery or forums, and CDs are a low overhead method of distribution. Other "free" type sites have done this, Aminet (on the Amiga), POV Ray (free raytracer) puts out an annual CD of images , the Lightwave mailing list has an indexed database of the list on CD. Regards- Lemurtek