One thing I actually really like about Content Paradise is that initial splits(from what I remember) are 70/30. The vendor then has the option to "purchase" more aggressive advertising which is not an up front cost, but more of a split towards the site up to 50/50. I think they have a 60/40 for increased advertising and 50/50 for full blown advertising. I wouldn't mind this so much as it would be totally up to the vendor on how much they want to split with them. The problem comes in where they don't have the traffic that there is here, so sales potential are actually down.

For newer vendors like myself, you have to do so much work in order to get noticed on top of basically de-valuing products. While speaking for myself personally, I try to give the customer as much value possible while still keeping my shirt :) Then again, this isn't my primary source of income, and even though I would love for it to be and dedicate all my extra time to it, with what we have to do to even generate enough interest to make it worthwhile, it's just not feasible. My most popular product, sat on the front page of What's Hot for nearly 2 1/2 weeks which translates to a decent amount of sales. However, after all is said and done, for a month of sales I take home less than I make a week at my main job. Now there is an even bigger cut into my net with this while forcing the customer to pay an obscene amount of money (for the times we're in) to get it just doesn't sit right with me at all. I would gladly take the cut if it was a benefit to the customer and have demonstrated that by putting my entire store on sale for 30% for the month back on the 14th. I've also rotated my stuff out for Fast Friday. The difference is that those are choices I made, not Renderosity. Here there is no choice except to opt out with a sale of your own if you don't want them putting you on sale.

Topping it all off, their "shared coupon" is only translating to them sharing information and putting the store on sale for whatever the coupon is. If it's a 30% coupon and I'm told it will be shared, I should only be losing 15% of the price off, not 30. If they want to kill spending limits, speaking only for myself, go ahead and do the coupon as it benefits the customer. I can't say that all vendors agree because some of them do this as their sole means of income which I can also understand and sympathize with.