dlfurman opened this issue on Aug 19, 2011 · 124 posts
pjz99 posted Mon, 22 August 2011 at 6:52 PM
I dunno about that, DAZ has an enormous income stream from brokering content sales. SM does too, through ContentParadaise, but DAZ doesn't have to share it with weaker business units as SM surely does.
While I'm not exactly in love with DAZ's market tactics, I have no doubt they know how to fleece their flock all the way down to the skin, and I don't think they're being desperate or stupid at all. I think they're making some very aggressive marketing moves, which I find personally distasteful, but I think are netting them major $$$. The whole thing with selling a single FBM for list price of $50 (S4 for Genesis) is just setup for later sales. I don't particularly like these practices myself, but they're in it to make money, I'm not too surprised.