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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Roudi" data-source="post: 2668411" data-attributes="member: 12423">I actually do like your vendor account concept.  It would be a bit of a challenge to implement, but I do think it would rectify the issue of publishers using ENWorld to promote their off-site products while giving little back to ENWorld.  I urge Morrus to consider this option for the future.You're saying that by not being able to direct-link your press releases to where your products are sold, your livelihood is threatened?  Think about that relationship for a second.  You utilize a FREE web forum to advertise your products in a manner convenient to yourself, and possibly reap sales from it.  Even counting the referral bonuses, revenue from banner ad space you might have bought, and donations during the ENWorld Server Drive, I would argue that ENWorld isn't getting their fair share for the promotion they are allowing you to make.  As an aside, ad impressions are a transaction unto themselves; you pay for those ads and those ads alone, and that revenue doesn't much justify making use of the free venue.The relationship between advertiser and venue ought to be symbiotic; both benefit financially from the relationship.  However, if your livelihood is so dependent on the free PR releases you make at ENWorld, and you haven't made a significant contribution back to ENWorld, then the relationship between you two is more like that of a host and a leech.  Morrus had quite the rant on this subject a while back, and while I did disagree with some of the things he said, he was correct to say that some publishers rely heavily on the free promotion they get through ENWorld without contributing back.</blockquote>

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