soulhuntre > * The merchants blacklist of people suspected of warezing sounds like a good idea - but like all blacklists the danger is someone falsly accusing someone else as a form of attack or retribution.

Blacklisting has one really nasty drawback: this forum. If someone you blacklisted makes a stink your sales will surely drop. It doesn't matter who is right or wrong, if the shit hits the fan everyone gets dirty.

Kagato98 > However, If I were to sell stuff through my own site (something I plan on doing in the future) then I can think of several ways.

Err, but then you get only a tenth of the sales. Every two weeks I buy some items from Renderosity (the other week I buy from DAZ, hehe). But in all the time I only purchased two times from a merchant's own site, it is just too risky.

Nerd (also billy-t and some other vendors) have the right idea: added value for loyal customers. Works like a charm. :D