Apologies if this posts twice but the 1st time I tried to send, it just disappeared!!! Although the idea for voluntary contributions is a good one, at best, it's only a short term fix. Why not consider incorporating a couple of the suggestions together? One possible scenario, (& there are others), would be to have a nominal yearly membership fee in order to keep it affordable to everyone & then rebate that amount, (or possibly to "sweeten" the deal, a bit more) on the users 1st purchase from the online store? This cut would come entirely out of Renderositys' end, so as not to penalize the artist, but would give Jack, ed, et al an immediate & ultimately predictable influx of $$$ that would be paid back at a much slower rate as people bought things. This would solve a number of problems. An affordable membership fee would drive out the least number of current members. It would serve to promote traffic, & ultimately, (at least in theory) create more purchases from the store. Another suggestion would involve "levels" of membership. Again a low initial amount so as not to freeze too many people out, but an escalating scale so, $100.00/year gets you "X" number of benefits, $50.00 gets you "Y" benefits, etc. etc. These "bennies" could use the ideas of a "Renderosity Calendar", CD with models, morphs, textures, etc contributed by the more skilled of us here.