"Seems the merchants arent liked here, but I wonder if Rendo would remain here if there were no merchants." Commerce is a necessary evil; and I don't think anyone dislikes the merchants, per se. But it does try one's patience when the whole site seems to have turned into a billboard for so-and-so's latest texture or hair or prop, or whatever. "A lot of the merchants, myself included, pushed for this, so we would have a specific place to post. If people are going to suggest we can no longer post anything about our products in the Poser gallery, or the Poser forum...well, we're likely to push just as hard for the new gallery & forum to be removed." Post, by all means--it's your site, after all; us mere customers will just have to lump it. But maybe you could bear in mind the difference between overt advertising and discreet "product placement." Otherwise the new forum and gallery will be moot before they even get started.