OK - I've been trying to keep out of this, but I feel that there are a couple of things I need to say seeing as I've been directly challenged (several times) to leave Renderosity: 1. The new policy DOES NOT affect people who are not exclusive at Renderosity. It ONLY affects people who are running their own brokerage businesses, as well as selling at Renderosity. Let's face it - we're not talking 500 merchants here... more like 20. 2. Renderosity is a business, and a business is nothing without money. I see many people saying things like "it's all about the money". Yeah? big wow... let me see you run a business without money! Even some people who own brokerage site sell their own products elsewhere... why? Because they need money to pay for bandwidth, to run their site. Business is about money. 3. I have also seen many calls for the big merchants to pack up and leave - the old "that'll show them attitude". Not all 3D merchants can use the over-used "screw you guys, I'm taking my marketplace items and leaving". Even though Renderosity has a couple of policies that I don't personally agree with - they have the membership, and thus the customer base to make me a success. To me they are a business partner, and I will be the first to admit that without Renderosity - I would be nothing in the 3D merchanting world. It is NOT the other way round. True - Renderosity makes a bit of money from me, but quite frankly I benefit far more from them then they do from me. I (like Renderosity) am running a business. That business needs money: I need money to pay for my own site, my home, my car, my food, etc. I cannot afford to make any decisions based on my emotions. Any big decisions need to be thought through very carefully (and in my case some serious prayer is involved). 4. I have also seen many "I'll never buy at Renderosity again" type posts. OK - thats your decision, but remember who you're really hurting. You're hurting the individual merchants far more than your hurting Renderosity. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I could not survive if I were to move all my items to Daz, PoserPros, or even my own site. So until there is another Broking company out there that can offer me a similar income as Renderosity - I would be killing my own business to move. Do what you decide is right, but don't expect everyone to follow your challenge - there is a much bigger picture out there. Let me finish by stating that I did not agree with the way Tim asked for feedback about the policy change, only to do it anyway. This was obviously a business move that was decided on before the original post, and so I think it should have been more along the lines of his second post. I do however see the business sense in this decision, and respect that because I am a business partner, I will have to accept this new policy. Regards, d