I disagree. If a merchant can credit PURCHASED items but not their own hard work then this site will be doing exactly what hauksdottir has an apparent problem with DAZ about.
Why should a merchant downplay their hard work?

No offense meant but, of course you would disagree...you're a merchant. Nobody thinks merchant's should downplay their hard work...that's why there is a Product Showcase, so merchant's can display their hard work! And what work is it they want highlighted anyway...their art or their product?

If merchants are told to not credit their own hard work, work that is bringing in $ to this site I guarantee they will lose merchants because that's quite a betrayal.

That sure sounds like the focus is on the money. Pardon me for saying this, but that sounds pretty callous. As much as we appreciate the support the sales of products give to this site, we members don't exist to line the pockets of the merchants. If all you care about is finding another way to lure customers to your store...IMHO feel free to take your store elsewhere, but don't expect all of us to follow you with our money.

If the galleries become bloated with promotional images, non-merchants mights see that as a betrayal and since they are the ones that spend the $, merchants might lose sales. We have enough problems with images falling behind now because of the current volume of posts even with the one post a day limit.

Crediting products is a choice, it's not a requirement. There is no rule in the TOS that says you have to credit someone else's product if you can't credit your own.

I see the issue as one of prioritizing. If what is important is the art...then displaying said art should be what is paramount, and crediting products should be of little import if it means getting the art into the galleries.

If, on the other hand, credits are what's important...it sounds like the priority is promoting the products and not the art, and product promotions belong in the Product Showcase Gallery. Edited only to add the underline and bold text to the word purchased to make the quote accurate. ;) Message edited on: 08/23/2004 17:42