moriador - in answer to your question theres no set figure, it all depends on things like the complexity of the project, time, often what both creator and artist think is a fair price.

Tunesy - now theres a general trusim there :)

RorrKonn - I can see how from reading the forums some folks might percive a lot of poser work is often about rendering porn masquerading under the name of art. But the reality is a good building set can sell equally well - or better - than a bit of skimpy clothing.

I was wondering what the range of costs might be -- if you have any idea. I mean, obviously, if I wanted to buy a model of an apple that would not be as costly as, say, your ruined city. :) I understand that much will depend on the particular artist as well. If I were to do something like this, naturally I'd want to make a profit on the deal -- but at the same time, I strongly, strongly believe that artists should be properly compensated, which is why it'd probably be a bad business for me to go into. But I think a marketing model that takes a lot of the risk away from the creators and puts it onto the sellers might well be extremely beneficial to some. At the moment creators do almost all the work, assume almost all the risk, but hardly make close to almost all the money. To me that seems very unfair.

Yes, content makers are definitely near the bottom of the food chain.
I'm not sure where one can find an affordable content maker that is not already working with the store? I tried with various modelers you can find 'out there in the world of 3D, and frankly, most are not affordable, even if you farm things out of the country. Maybe I'm looking on the wrong places.  Maybe it works better for a small but already established brokerage, and then you are sort of branding a brokerage.  Most brokerages also do this, offer content makers a 'buyout' option, for a set fee. Usually I find those to be much lower then what I can make on sets I make.

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