I don't know if it's the weak economy, the dot-com crash, the effect of the Platinum Club, the fact that there really has been no fundamental improvement in Poser in years, that 3D modelling software has become easier to use, or what...but I do think that it's a buyer's market in Poser. Textures and models are going for much cheaper than they used to. Merchants are being forced to lower their prices. I suspect there are simply too many merchants and not enough buyers. Probably because there are so many "hobbyist" types, who don't need the money and can therefore afford to give it away or sell it really cheap. I do think there may be some kind of shakeup or market consolidation coming. Probably with DAZ as the major commercial player left standing, and maybe a few hobbyist sites left, where the "stores" are more a way to pay for bandwidth than actual income generators.