-renapd- opened this issue on Apr 25, 2002 ยท 148 posts
ShadowWind posted Wed, 01 May 2002 at 4:24 PM
Geesh, hasn't the powers that be at Renderosity ever seen Miracle on 34th Street? The part where Macy's santa sent the people out to Gimbel's when they didn't have a product, only to have the people come back to Macy's in appreciation. Yes, it's a movie, but it's a sound business practice and in this type of a community, it's even more sound. Renderosity, we are artists. Those that buy from the marketplace are looking to create a certain artwork from those products. That means that such products have to match the vision. You don't have a product to match every vision. Neither does Daz, Poserworld, RuntimeDNA, etc, etc, etc. Together, however, you all create a very rich and diverse selection and while Renderosity may not get every sale, it's the goodwill that comes from a member who got what they wanted and learned it on Renderosity that will keep people coming back. Are you in that deep a financial hole that such good will costs you so much in the long run? I subscribe to Poserworld and I love to see the updates to their site and I support Steve and Rena on this fight. It's a really big sandbox and Renderosity needs to play nice if they are to keep the community and the loyalty that they depend on to bring in the people. There are very few web entities that can claim large communities based on a store. 'rosity has a very rare thing going here, one that they should respect, not destroy. After all, what good is the store if no one comes to the site. And as far as Daz getting away with it, even they have to offer some free stuff, and without ads from here, they'd probably be pretty quiet. My 2cents...