I think it depends who you ask. In any of the brokerages there'll be some people who've had a bad experience and others who think the sun shines out of...

I can only speak for myself; I have found them to be on a par with the lamented Poser pros with fast, relevant and courteous replies to queries, to give me a fair crack of the whip in promotions, and to have a high sales turnover in general.

I have found one or two of those things in other places, but not all three. Other people's experience may well be different.

I think most if not all of the people who make their way over from Poser pros may well choose to sign up with one of the partners who have already opened dialogues. Which isn't a bad way to go; I was working through Netherworks for about a year before Joe found that he hadn't got time to make anything cos he was so busy looking after us and we all set out as solo artists :)

I still think 'not making the DAZ cut' isn't fair. There are lots of reasons to choose a broker (mine were listed above) and I'd hate to see anyone who makes a non-DAZ choice, be it CP, Rendo, or wherever being tarred with 'it's here cos it wasn't good enough for DAZ'. Because it's not necessarily true. There's some brilliant artists right here at Renderosity who are just as good as the guys at DAZ. But they choose to be here. I've got products at DAZ. But right now I choose to be mostly at CP.