Greybro is about to speak on it so...ALL HEAR THIS.

THE CP Bashing is really sad because given the location of this thread it comes off in many case like a cry for TPB at Rendo to "please like me". I really tend to just discount what might be valid critic when it comes along with ridiculous little anecdotes and qualifiers like "If they were the last content store on earth etc etc."

Actually I do think they are in serious trouble with the new design. There are MAJOR usability issues and the whole thing was never well thought out or left in any kind of a beta state for testing for nearly long enough.

That said. CP will not be going anywhere anytime soon. Here's why IMHO. While Rendo and other may in fact be bigger and better there exists something of a counter culture within Poser that for whatever reason will rally against the sites that come to be perceived as the establishment. Alternate boutiques allow them a place to spend their poser dollars without having to kowtow to Daz or Rendo in their limited view of things.

Furthermore the merchant experience at CP is really quite excellent. I've been a merchant here for many many years and have never had an item featured in a newsletter. I asked about it and was invited to offer a newsletter freebie which I did (Thanks Deb). I asked the same question over at CP and have had something featured, like top of graphic kind of feature, in almost every newsletter since I've been a merchant there. It's a numbers game obviously and being a merchant in a smaller marketplace has its perks.

As for how I spend my Poser money, it goes a little something like this.

Renderosity (archived downloads at no extra charge, I can spend my merchant earnings easily)
Daz (archived downloads at no extra charge)
Vanishing Point
Content Paradise

Daz learned that folks don't want to pay twice for the same items for they dispensed with the pay to have your download period reactivated or extended. Let's hope CP sees the light on that at some point as well.

Rant Ends Here Haters

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