I've been a member for a year or more. In that time I've bought literally hundreds of products here. I've made a lot of friends among the membership. Some were also merchants here, some became merchants after being members a while. I've sometimes bought products of marginal interest to me, because I wanted to encourage a new merchant that I'd corresponded with or enjoyed their free contributions as they developed their talents. I've even been a beta tester for new products on a number of occasions. I can see the work that so many put into their products, and I'd hate to see the satisfaction and pleasure they get from an occasional sale cut off. I honestly don't envision many of the merchants here making vast sums of money - just enough to cover some of their own purchases. (Talking about the "average" merchant, not the few "superstars" we all recognize:-) As I understand it, the merchants get 50% or so from their sales, from the remainder, site upkeep, salaries, etc for Renderosity comes off the top. I wasn't aware the site was owned by an individual, but I don't think they pocket much out any sale after all this is taken out. Regardless of the upshot of this situation, I don't want to penalize the vendors who lack the talent, time, or resources to setup & maintain a commercial site of their own, and also scramble for enough visitors to their site to make a few sales. I plan on continuing to visit the Renderosity MarketPlace and support and encourage the merchants and artists here, and likewise the merchants at the other sites whose creations I've come to enjoy so much (when there's a product I want, if I happen to discover they sell it also on the artist's own site, and they accept credit cards, I nearly always prefer buying it direct, anyway, so they get the bigger slice of the pie). I wish to goodness-gosh this whole situation hadn't occurred, but it's nothing I haven't seen occur several times both online and in the real world. Sometime it blows over, sometimes not. In the end, I prefer to concentrate on the people/friends/members rather than the contention - It's just words on a screen - goes away when I throw the switch. If this has a point, I guess it's this; I sincerely wish prosperity & success to all the merchants both here and elsewhere, and the same just as sincerely to the staff & employees of Renderosity who've given me help & advice so often... ...Don't think my words will change anyone's views, but I (uncharacteristically) felt compelled to post them. Cheers, all! Jerry B