Quote - i fail to see the problem with clearance:

"If a product hasn't had any sales in the last 90 days it's moved into the Clearance section.*" *

if a product doesnt sell one copy in nearly half a year - even on sale - it is either a hopelessly niche product, flawed in some way (whether in content or presentation),  overpriced or obsolete.  clearance tries to address these problems.

the bottom line is that Renderosity is a marketplace here to make money.  if your local convenience store had a type of candy bar on the shelf that not one person bought in 6 months, they would remove them from the shelves to make room for something that will sell. 

Given the sheer amount of items listed on a regular basis, and not to mention other shops, the candy bar on the shelf metaphor isn't very good.  If you aren't quick enough to wishlist an item within 3 days you might have great trouble finding it here in the store again. In grocery stores, the companies that pay the most money get their items placed on shelves at eye level.  Technically this is true of the giant companies too (look how many products Coca Cola markets as example, or the Pepsi Co company of products). Yes Renderosity is about making money for themselves. However to get rid of an item that doesn't sell can be a self defeating business. Businesses that stock just one item are closer to being nieche markets and have a very tenous existance unless they control the overall market (interfereing with competition). Doing so also generaly interferes with quality of products coming to market.

Established vendors do have an advantage of customer loyalty and familiarization with quality of product. That said, there are many items in clearance that are of equal quality or better.  Given customers have a limited amount of funds it's difficult to realize how a glut of clearance products can be released at one time can affect those funds.

*edited to make the statement above clearer... hopefully

I've picked up a lot of older products via Prime sales.  Some of which had been clearance. Bundling older products together (at reduced prices) can bring a sale as well. I have picked up several bundles here and elsewhere (at other shops).

As a content creator how would you feel if your product was relagated to a lower shelf (back to grocery metaphor) or page 75 when you hadn't sold an item in 90 days? Being an experienced content creator you might have a little more understanding and patience, but a new content creator could very easily be discouraged and leave the market (which some established vendors would be happy about)...

I think an additional Prime Clearance section (or pages) might be a good idea in adding the possiblity of extra sales for vendors (a little money is still money after all) as well as a nice perk for Prime users.

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