**ChaosOutlaw

**You seem to be wanting to talk your way out of setting up on your own. It comes over as a  "my glass is half empty" rather than "half full" frame of mind.
I have the greatest respect for what you do. And I freely admit that your chosen field of expertise is light years away from mine. I would never presume to know the first thing about pose, textures or model creation. That's why I buy what I need from people like you. Likewise please respect what I do for a living which is web site creation. I run a small family business along with two of my kids. My son is a HTML coder and my daughter is a very talented graphic artist. My specialised field is with Photoshop and Flash. Together we make a great team and (touch wood) we seem to be able to still put food on the table. So I hope you will accept I know a little about web site creation and hosting.
Firstly, it does'nt have to cost an arm and a leg to set up your own website. There are hundreds of deals out there for hosting that offer a great service for little money. But I can recommend Servage.net as one of the best we ever came accross. And trust me when I tell you we've tried a hell of a lot, lol. Although we have our own dedicated server these days we still host sites with Servage for some of our clients who want to webmaster their own sites. If you don't want a dedicated merchant account for credit card payments then PayPal will cost you zilch to set up. OK their commission rates aren't the most competitive but their good enough to get you started and their a lot less than the 50% you pay Rendo. If you want a cheap but effective and secure digital delivery system then may I recommend a program called SmartDD. This software will auto respond your customers with information and download links. It will also create a client inventory database that will keep track of all your sales and customers.
When it comes to site promotion then I suggest you do what Dana (Jaguarwoman) and Lucie amongst others are doing which is include links to your site in any forum posts you make. Also send a thank you e-mail after every sale and include a site link in it and use a site dedicated e-mail address such as yourname@chaosoutlaw.com. Just say if you have any problems then please contact me through my "web site" or "e-mail". If you have returning customers then surely you would prefer them to buy direct rather than through Rendo. You can keep your Rendo listings running and hopefully wean loyal customers over to your web site. Give a freeby away  to anyone you signs up to your web site newsletter. You may be suprised how many people would sign up for 10 free poses.
I could go on and on but hopefully the above may lay to rest some of your missgivings and make it worth the time to take a look at the possibilities. It ain't going to happen over night but for some cutting loose can be the making of them.
I hope you'll give it a try and the best of luck if you do.