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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bacris" data-source="post: 3143409" data-attributes="member: 42502">I think what's likely going to be seen is an influx in publisher-owned storefronts becoming their preferred retail outlets with the new OBS outlet being a secondary outlet.  For some, this may not be viable (hosting & payment processing fees, plus the other overhead associated), for others, there have already been posts where publishers will release to their own storefront first at "normal" rates and then release to OBS at a higher rate later to compensate for the increased commission rate.I can't say definitively which option Dreamscarred Press will take at this time, as that is not a decision for me to make alone, but I can say how this plays out will definitely influence our decision.  We want to take care of our customers, but if we end up not making any money or, worse, losing money, then it's not a viable option.Or maybe we'll see an influx in new sites like E-23 and ENWorld's GameStore that offer lower rates...  although that would likely end up with quite a few businesses closing up shop due to the nature of start-up businesses <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>