Thanks Headwax for this thread. Here are my answers:

1. 28

2. Carrara. I am trying my lucks with C4D too, but it's too hard to learn for the limited time that I have.

3. No

But let me give some statistics about my purchases from Daz and from Renderosity, broken down by year. I will not disclose the dollar figures, only the number of purchases made every year from 2007. Also please note that these are the number of purchases, not the number of items purchased, because there could be many items in one purchase.

Year Daz RO 2007 5 None 2008 19 None 2009 33 None 2010 17 None 2011 10 None 2012 81 1 2013 124 40 2014 8 38 2015 12 19

And, one more statistic: Total of Genesis or Genesis related items purchased so far: 0

As you see, my purchases from Daz are going down, while my purchases from RO are going up. Reasons for this:

1. A lot more interesting items at RO than Daz.

2. Items in Daz store are more and more 'Studio only'. Even non-Genesis items, like props, are not guaranteed to work in Poser or Carrara.

3. RO's store is way better organized.

4. RO's sales are no 'string attached' but Daz's are. When an item is on sale at RO, it's on sale, period. When an item is on sale at Daz, it's only if you buy another item at full price. Sometimes Daz's sales become so confusing that I just give-up trying to understand how it works. It's more like a Jeopardy game.

5. RO sales dates are clearly stated for each item, Daz's aren't.

To Daz credit though:

1. Searches in Daz store work a lot better than in RO's.

2. 'Related items' are easier to find in Daz store than in RO's

But, everything considered, I am mostly a customer that Daz is about to lose, while RO is getting most of my dollar purchases.