I'm not taking it personally, Radart, believe me. It's not a question of personality (luckily for me). It's not a question about 'creating' either. Creating and selling are two completely different things. This thread is about selling, not about creating. I agree, pretty much, with Ironbear. Engaging in activity for gain does make a person a professional, by one of the definitions of the word. But it implies nothing else; nothing competent or noble. The same definition can make a software pirate a professional (and some are). Most of the semantically correct 'professional' contributors to the store are just 'amateurs' looking to make some pocket money from their hobby. They remain 'amateurish' in their approach and understanding. The store actually facilitates this state of affairs. It essentially removes the need for any of the business competence usually associated with the word 'professional'. The problems arise when it comes to the legal aspects. A 'real' professional creative type will be well informed about copyright, trademarks and other legal stuff. An 'amateur hobbyist' most often won't be. A 'real' professional would not (without a license) sell an item based on a design from a trademarked television show, and then use the trademark to promote the product. An 'amateur hobbyist making pocket money from a hobby' will easily blunder into that scenario. They are quite likely to react with bewildered consternation when it is pointed out to them, and fail to see anything wrong with their actions... Likewise, an 'amateur' might use (without permission) a recording of a popular song by a well known artist to promote their product in an advertisement. A 'real' professional never would. If these people are acting on their own, then the consequences are limited to themselves. But if their potentially copyright/trademark violating product or promotional material is uploaded to the store here, then any consequences are likely to affect the whole site.