I-S, I really feel for you.
I have spent many hours staring at the screen wondering how many freakin dials I have to turn to turn Vicky into another woman, without turning her into a circus freak.

Have you got Poser 7? If so, use the morph putty tool, forget the dials.
Or use magnets, or an external modelling program, whatever you feel most comfortable with.

I have come to realise after several years of trying to "Un-Vicky Vicky" and "Un-Mike Mike" that custom morphs are the only way to achieve a decently distinct character.

Look at the top sellers here in the MP. All of the character creators are using custom morphs. Rena, Amy (rebelmommy), Thorne & Sarsa, D&M, Rhiannon, Danae, Chris (orion1167), Timo (outoftouch) and of course Aery Soul. All of them produce characters which are so distinctive and unique - even though they may have a similar "look" which serves as that creator's trademark - that they are instant sellers because they look *different.

• These people are at the top of the tree for a reason. Customers crave something different. There are plenty of "slightly-different-but-not-really" V3 and V4 characters in the marketplace already. As you've discovered here, they'll sell few copies,  and that's all. Daz have a different marketing strategy to Renderosity - they only want to sell high-volume items. They need to be sure that your character has got that "gotta have it" factor.

Something else that might help: give your character a back story. What kind of person is she? Is she sweet and innocent? Is she a tomboy? The girl next door? A sports freak? Is she a naughty girl with a dirty laugh? How old is she... what does she do for a living... what kind of clothes does she wear... Think about these things, and what they mean for the character. What are you trying to convey? OK, it's foolish to think, logically, that you can tell someone's character by their face. But realistically, we do this every single day, again and again. So use the stereotypes. If she's sweet and innocent, give her big eyes, and raise her eyebrows. If she's a tomboy, give her a squarer jaw. If she's naughty, give her a lopsided grin and a raised eyebrow on one side. Continue that theme to the body - a sports freak will have a muscular frame, a tomboy will have smaller breasts and square hips, a sweet and innocent girl will be unlikely to sport tattoos or a brazilian wax. [Note - I'm playing off the stereotypes here. I don't really think all tomboys have small boobs. I'm a tomboy, and I've got more than I want! But play with the stereotypes, because that's what people see, in those first moments they open the product page. And use it in your promo images! The sports girl should be wearing jogging pants, the naughty girl in lingerie... etc]

Wow, that last paragraph ran on, didn't it?

I'm going to leave it there. Good luck I_S. Don't stop trying. Even if you have to put this character away on the shelf and start afresh, never stop learning and growing!

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"you are terrifying
and strange and beautiful
something not everyone knows how to love." - Warsan Shire