The Platinum design wasn't enevitable. What was inevitable was that people would copy it. At one point I was going to leave Daz as a broker and open my own store. That was when I designed the formula that is the Platinum Club. When I told Daz I was leaving and showed them the PC, they expressed that they wanted to find a way for me to stay. What was decided was that I would be hired to bring the Platinum Club to Daz instead of me doing it alone. However there are some things you should know. The Platinum Club cannot successfully be copied. If a stores copies it, it will cripple them. It was designed to be impossible to duplicate. See it succeeds through a specific formula and design. Each aspect is crucial. If portions of the formula are removed the whole thing crumbles. The reason other stores, except Daz, aren't doing well is because the Poser community is too small now. The amount of content is not what is causing it. Bad products aren't the reason eaither. See I saw this coming years ago and planned for it. Copying the Platinum Design will not save a broker or store. It will just accelerate closure. Take it from the guy who designed it please. best everyone go about doing things as they have. The Platinum design will just do unrepairable damage to other stores if they try to imitate it. Decide what you want but don't say I didn't warn you. Personally Daz brokers in Premier are still selling well into the 100's and beyond despite the times, and Daz is always happy to take quality brokers. Regards, Anton

-Anton, creator of ApolloMaximus: 32,000+ downloads since 3-13-07
"Conviction without truth is denial; Denial in the face of truth is concealment."

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