I haven't gone over to see what was said in the discussion today yet, but the way I understood what I read yesterday in the Merchants forum is that any merchant here, who has a vested interest in a competing site would be banned from the merchant forum but still allowed to sell here.

Now my problem with this is thus: Those who will be affected by this the most are the ones who helped make Renderosity what it is today. They don't deserve such a slap in the face. What is the point in this site making money off their products yet banning them from the forum? Tim mentioned competing sites copying Renderosity's features. Got news for you, you don't need access to the Merchants forum for that to happen. All they're doing is losing customers and creating bad feelings where they don't need to. It's all completely unnecessary.
There's nothing wrong with a little competition. Any business who tries to keep a hold on it's top spot will only choke the life out of itself.

Look at what Mehndi said in a post above and how much she's made here at Renderosity. Then figure the percentage that went to Renderosity and look at the recent turn of events.

It's a slap in the face no matter how you do the math.

...... Kendra