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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 9208712" data-attributes="member: 20564">Are all 3pp publishers, from big down to a single person, going to have access to the DnDBeyond marketplace?&nbsp; Right now anyone can put up on DMsGuild if they are willing to agree to the T&amp;C and how much of the profit goes to WotC.&nbsp; You used the word &quot;fair&quot; - If WotC only lets select 3pp in, is that a fair marketplace?&nbsp; Is that fair to those who don't have that extended reach?I'm not criticizing WotC - they purchased DnDBeyond should use it competitively.&nbsp; But please don't in the slightest confuse that with &quot;fair&quot;.&nbsp; A business should be attempting to make reasonably profitable choices over short/medium/long term and to grow, which often means displacing competition.&nbsp; That's what as an entity it's supposed to do.&nbsp; But when the by-far market leader, with big deep pocket thanks to it's parent company, does so by making &quot;the&quot; premium marketplace one that they control who is in it, don't use words like &quot;fair&quot;.&nbsp; It's not.&nbsp; It shouldn't be, not describing it as fair is not doing them a diservice nor putting them down.&nbsp; They are making a tactical move to increase monitization on their product.&nbsp; And are doing it in a way that we have seen with other premier online marketplaces like Amazon or Ali Baba.&nbsp; It is not &quot;competing fairly&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 9208712, member: 20564"] Are all 3pp publishers, from big down to a single person, going to have access to the DnDBeyond marketplace? Right now anyone can put up on DMsGuild if they are willing to agree to the T&C and how much of the profit goes to WotC. You used the word "fair" - If WotC only lets select 3pp in, is that a fair marketplace? Is that fair to those who don't have that extended reach? I'm not criticizing WotC - they purchased DnDBeyond should use it competitively. But please don't in the slightest confuse that with "fair". A business should be attempting to make reasonably profitable choices over short/medium/long term and to grow, which often means displacing competition. That's what as an entity it's supposed to do. But when the by-far market leader, with big deep pocket thanks to it's parent company, does so by making "the" premium marketplace one that they control who is in it, don't use words like "fair". It's not. It shouldn't be, not describing it as fair is not doing them a diservice nor putting them down. They are making a tactical move to increase monitization on their product. And are doing it in a way that we have seen with other premier online marketplaces like Amazon or Ali Baba. It is not "competing fairly". [/QUOTE]

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