Power Up Your Purchases With Our New Standard and Extended Licenses

This is a really good way to get me to stop using your service! 11 years ago

A new iStock:( 11 years ago

How fun. Simple License never permited the products for commercial use for sale. 11 years ago

I think people are misinterpreting this. This should help buyers and sellers. Am I missing something? 11 years ago

So how do you differentiate between a font (installable) and a texture (one off usage) as having to purchase the extended licence every time you use it? That's an arbitrary decision which instants limits the options can afford to purchase and use and MAKES NO SENSE. Are you going to apply this against historical purchases? I have always purchased extended licence if required, now I really feel that it's simply not worth it. A lot of the stuff I buy is available through other channels, it's been convenient to come here to oneplacefor it,but not any more. Way to totally shoot yourselves in the foot there! 11 years ago

As a buyer, I'm happy to see an extended license being offered. I was always contacting the seller to see if I could use their product if I purchased a license from them and then the price some sellers wanted was enough to keep me from buying which cost them a sale. 11 years ago

This is awesome. It is disheartening to read the negative comments above. These new licenses values the creative industry as a whole...hours and energy the creatives puts into their creation. Furthermore, have a more specific Simple & Extended license means it is really straight forward. I spent a lot of time trying to understand the extended licence of different owners as each has a slight variation in their extended features. I really appreciate this new step. 11 years ago

This is a tremendously steep price increase to make with no warning. The site used to be a great resource for my small business, but now it is no longer affordable. I've written to ask for a refund of my purchased store credit, as everything on your site is now out of my budget. I'm going to miss the wonderful things I've found here. 11 years ago

Earlier this year, I emailed the creator of some graphics, and whether I can use their images integrated in my design on printed products I sell online using a Simple License, and this is the message I received: "That use is absolutely fine as long as any product using our images isn't reproduced, sold or distributed MORE than 5,000 times." So now this has changed? I would need to purchase and Extended License if I sell even ONE item with a graphic purchased from Creative Market integrated in the design? And I can't use the image in more than one product?? A $7.00 graphic is now $70.00? I won't be using this service anymore...I simply can't afford it. As Stacy H says, "a lot of the things are available through other channels, and it's been convenient to some here to one place for it, but not anymore!" 11 years ago

Are prior purchases grandfathered? 11 years ago

My issue with this is I run a pretty small design shop on Etsy (for posters and invitations) and I have rarely made over $200 from even a popular item. So buying a license for a font will almost definitely cost me all my profits and then some. If there could be different levels to the extended license, so those who only profit $50 don't have to pay $200 just for one license, I'd be much happier to keep shopping on Creative Market. 11 years ago

@Eve Johnson I didn't. Read above what Ken said. Is what CM stated. It has being an issue and that's the reason they released new licenses. You are welcome to read about it on forums :) 11 years ago

That's very sad news for a lot of people like me who have small businesses and don't make a lot of money on things we sell, like Deborah just mentioned. Why would I be paying $100 for something that might make a $50 profit?! It means I won't be buying anything here anymore, since I can purchase illustrations on Etsy that allow small business use for 10 times LESS. I feel like small businesses weren't taken into account when this decision was made. *sniff* 11 years ago

@Niji it looks like you can use fonts in an unlimited number of projects so you'll only have to pay the $160 once. This is because fonts are an "installable" item. That's my understanding. Also, I much preferred it when shop owners sold their own extended licenses because they were much more affordable and I was able to test out whether an item was going to sell before I purchased the extended license. Now I have to purchase the extended license before knowing if I'm going to make any money or not. So sad. The main reason I came here was for fonts, but I have found many of the fonts already available by other channels that give me the same usage as the extended license & don't cost so much. I understand why this needs to be done. I appreciate the effort designers go through to make these items available, but I just can't afford to buy them anymore! Small businesses will suffer greatly now. 11 years ago

@L R but under the SimpleLicence, I was able to use the font for commercial use...and they are saying that simple and the new standard are the same..I don't understand. I am trying to set up a small business selling items that I have made, under the terms of the SimpleLicence this appeared to be allowed. Am I wrong? If I am not, and reading the SImpleLicence, it clearly states commercial and end products that don't affect core value etc...I now have to pay $160 for a font rather than the $16 it cost me before...to do the same thing. What small business can afford that? Especially when you can go to other sites and pay the $16 for the same font and it has a commercial licence with it! Insane!! 11 years ago

'You asked for it and we've got it'. Really? I didn't ask for a ten-fold price increase. Trying to make out that you've done this for our benefit is laughable. 11 years ago

The simple license was not simple, people assumed that you could create items for resale but that was never allowed. But it was hard to get a good answer as everyone you asked had a different interpretation of the simple license. Now the standard license is the same as the simple license (which never allowed resale), and the extended license price is set to mass production, completely leaving the small business owner and small commercial use segment out of the loop. For now I think your best bet is to message the shop owners directly and ask about a small commercial use license or written permission to use their products in your small stores. You have to understand that this was not the shop owners decision. 11 years ago

So bad! 11 years ago

The simple license allowed for commercial use which a lot of people mistakenly believed meant for resale. Commercial could mean to advertise a business or editorial use etc, promotional materials, those were what was allowed under the simple license. 11 years ago

@Jenny Garwood , the simple license is still posted here: https://creativemarket.com/licenses/simple . I agree, the point of shopping here was to keep things simple. I won't be buying here in the future. I'll be sticking with another service I love. They offer extended and commercial licensing of the same or similar products without additional cost. Your changes make their bundles even more valuable to small businesses and freelancers. Good luck with this "most requested" change Creative Market! 11 years ago

And honestly, I don't think you can put all these different types of items under one umbrella like that. Illustrations and fonts for example are entirely different and really should have different licenses. 11 years ago

I can't speak for all sellers here but as a shop owner I have been really disappointed by the responses from Creative Market staff about this so far. The wording of this blog post implies that sellers wanted this to happen yet almost all of the feedback in the forums, is from sellers who find the changes extremely concerning and are unhappy with the new licenses, lack of clarification and launch mechanics. We were given less than a week's notice that these major changes (which require us to manually update every product) were happening via an email which based on the forum posts not everyone even received. @Josh Johnson "One thing to keep in mind is that we’re passionate about giving our shop owners the freedom to price all their products in a way that they feel is fair and competitive." I find this to be particularly frustrating to read because over the last week many of us repeatedly asked for the ability to opt out of the extended license at least for a transitional period so the new terms could be reviewed and we could have the ability to price our products fairly or find alternative ways to work within the licenses and Creative Market didn't give us the freedom to do that... 11 years ago

I didn't ask for this. I wasn't confused by SimpleLicense (but in seems CM was since they are now backtracking on what they said 6 months ago). I will no longer be a customer or an affiliate. 11 years ago

Creative Market was reasonably priced and easy to use. Now... with a small business, it's just like iStock. Unaffordable and overly complex. As a designer myself, I create graphics for some of my needs, but don't have time to do it all. Seemed like a great way for designers to make a lot of sales at $10, $15, $30 and users to have access to affordable images and fonts. This move has kinda killed that as extended licenses just became unaffordable to me. 11 years ago

You should message the shop owners that you have worked with in the past. It's important to note that Creative Market automatically priced all of our extended licenses at 10X the price and didn't give us any bulk options to change them. In order to change them we have to go into every product and modify them. A lot of sellers have not yet done this, so the huge prices you are seeing for the licenses are probably not what the seller is really expecting to charge. A lot of us are waiting to see if any changes will be made to the wording of the licenses before we finalize our pricing. 11 years ago

I posted about being a small biz, but in my career have worked at a Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 company, as well as a top-tier venture-funded tech company in the 90's where $ seemed endless (initially) and yet, the cost of licensing has always, always been an issue for my budget and a complaint/nix by client's. My budgets won't go up to accommodate these kind of extended license costs which means we'll find cheaper solutions and look elsewhere for better options. It does open up the market for another service who would be happy to sell more at a lesser price. 11 years ago

"Purchased items may be used in a single project (which may contain multiple end products under a single project umbrella). For example, a purchased graphic may be used in multiple variations of a poster under one advertising project. But this graphic may not be used in two different logos for two different client projects." BOO. 11 years ago

Fonts, actions, and brushes are now ridiculously overpriced here. 11 years ago

Disappointed by CM's new license agreements. I have bought many products here at CM but now can't rationalize purchasing more products going forward. The changes in Simple to Standard License agreements are not buyer-friendly, not to mention the increase in price for Extended Licenses border on usury. CM has taken their competitive advantage and flushed it down the toilet. 11 years ago

After all the purchases I made with this being a major 'go to' spot for me, I can not imagine you could just alter the terms on purchases I already made over the years. If that were the case I think it only fair to offer a refund on any purchase made that is no longer of practical use to me due to this change if UN-grandfathered. I bought here because the offers and extended license terms that were offered with them were such a smart buy and spared me from hiring an artist or whatever that only got paid once by me (and not tons either) vs: the many/multiple sales that occur here for the same offer. It saved me time and were better than I could do myself. So w/o the already purchased license becoming grandfathered for previous purchases I would respectfully prefer a refund. After that ... I have choices where to shop with full knowledge of the terms. Just my two cents as a regular site visitor and a 'promote you to others' buyer too and for a few years now. Echo 11 years ago

This is a huge bummer, but I'll just have to spend my font budget elsewhere. 11 years ago

He CM's guys... You just crushed down your own business ????!!!!.... Sadly I probably won't buy anymore here....... Something totally not acceptable : previous purchases are now under standard licence.... ! No ! Purchased products have to stay under the licence they where buy and the uses allowed at the time. It's what buyers paid for ! Please make a revision about that ! So we all could consider CM as a fairplay business........ 11 years ago

Great move, thanks for this. Adds some clarity for both buyers and sellers. 11 years ago

Sad day for small designers like me that loved CM for the reasonable prices set by many sellers who said they allowed me to use their graphics in my invitations that I sell on etsy. I follow licenses to the letter and have an organized system to track usage. I even contacted designers here to clarify before purchasing to be sure my specific usage was OK. I also don't just "slap a purchased resource on a blank page, add some text, and sell it" as some designers are worried about. I work hard and very creatively to integrate purchased resources into an overall design. I'm your target SMALL BUSINESS customer: I follow the rules, respect and admire the creators here, and like to purchase from individuals rather than huge stock sites. Sad day for you designers who catered to the tiny sellers like me because you had control over your licensing and understood the difference in small run vs large run selling and could price accordingly by offering licenses as needed. Sad day that a company thinks they can change the license terms retroactively on purchases already made! Insanity. So now you tell me after the fact that my hard-earned money spent here on goods I was told were OK to use by designers now suddenly requires an upgrade to an extended license too?!? What are you thinking, CM?!?!? I won't be buying here any more. I will be googling to find my favorite sellers on their own websites, etsy, or other selling channels so I can: 1. Afford to buy design resources for my tiny business. 2. Support the artists who can understand the difference between me and Walmart wanting to use their graphics. 3. Be assured that the license I buy covers my specific needs as far as design usage, # of runs, and credit to the creator or not as they wish rather than the exorbitantly priced generic one-size-fits-all license that CM forced on everyone that doesn't work in the real world. 11 years ago

If not (see previous comments) then we should be offered, even a part-refund, return tangible items and continue on our own. 11 years ago

Yes, this is why I'm no longer shopping here. You're not keeping up with at least two of your top competitors (by initials: I.D. and D.C.), both of whom include licenses so I can use their fonts, etc., on my book covers. (That's my main reason for shopping at sites like this.) Like others, I'm sad because I liked Creative Market's artists and products, but I'm finding the same (or very similar) products at other sites, at similar prices (or only slightly higher)... and I can actually use those products in my work. Your licenses are from another era, and have a correspondingly limited understanding of who's shopping here and why. We're not buying these digital products for our own scrapbooks or lunchbox notes for our kids; we're in business (albeit small, in many cases) and your licensing policies still aren't competitive. So, we're shopping elsewhere, with regrets. 11 years ago

@Donna Casey No worries! It's hard for Small Businesses! We're trying to grow all the time sometimes while we work full time, being hit with a huge Commercial fee is like snipping our wings! It's either offer that, or in my situation, I'd spend the time designing what I want instead of supporting other designers in their craft. It's hard out there! If I got bigger, I wouldn't mind revisiting those designers work I'd used and be like 'You helped me get to where I wanted to be, I'm going to buy the Extended License because I need it now' - if we really are a community, that feels better! As long as the SMB Extended License Price is, for example: 10% of the Standard/Simple - give us a chance! Then when we make it, printing/digital prints/use at the higher quantity (fingers crossed) go back and do the right thing! 11 years ago

I suspect many customers have misunderstood what the EL is. If you were happy to buy and use artwork under the terms of the Simple License then nothing has changed. The EL simply offers customers additional usage rights and proper compensation for the seller. I for one can vouch for the demand for this type of license. If anything, the negative reaction in these comments may be illustrative of just how many customers were using products outside of their license terms. This may be a failing in the original Simple License or a more general misunderstanding of what it means to license artwork. Either way this discussion feels like it was necessary. 11 years ago

I never misunderstood the simple license and surely was NOT using the items I purchased in violation of the license terms! That's a rude generalization. Many sellers specifically state in their listings that it is OK to use their items in products for sale with x, Y, z additional terms or no additional terms. I believed the individual CREATOR/SELLER to have rights above and beyond the simple license, not that a selling VENUE (CM) believes they have the right to supercede the individual seller's rights. Clearly CM feels otherwise. That's one reason to shop elsewhere if not for the other issues this generic extended license poses. 11 years ago

I collected some comments about the "font problems" and want to post them here to have summary for the CM staff to read: Thomas Schostok "The new license model is very different compared to other font distributors. We offer our typefaces via many distributors (FontShop, Myfonts, Fonts.com, Linotype) and even on our website. Not a single distributor got the restriction of the CM Standard license: »You may distribute as many copies of the end product as you like, as long as the copies are not offered for sale.« "So, if our buyers want to sell T-Shirts with their design and our typeface on it, they need to buy an extended license. In font business, no one has such licenses." This ist not the only strange thing about the license. No font vendor requires that a FONT must be "part of a wider design". For graphics this makes sense, but in no way for fonts. Event though you buy the extended license you are still NOT allowed to create shirts or type prints (and so on) on which you only use the font (slogan shirt, card with "happy birthday" written with a stylish font for example). You always have to think about other elements to add to a slogan/quote shirt. Crazy! No fontshop requires this in terms of fonts! Very limiting! simon stratford "I think the extended licence is bad for people who sell fonts. As Thomas mentions no other font retailer requires this extended licence. You can buy the same font somewhere else without paying extended licence—come on cm, you are better than this." pixel bypixel "And I agree that other sites do not handle fonts that way. On desktop fonts for example, licenses are per user independently of how you use the font. I am really happy for the new licenses and how clear they are now but I must disagree with CM font and add-on licenses." Darcy Baldwin "The problem with the current model, as far as font licensing goes, is that it is not in line with the font business across the web. The new policy at Creative Market negates my ability to limit how my fonts are used, by whom they are used, and causes me to have to price things different (higher) here than the standard pricing structures offered everywhere else (this isn't just for me, but for all font designers)." Brittney Murphy "I do understand wanting to have consistent licensing across the site. But I feel like there should be a font-specific license that is more in line with standard font-licensing practices. " Kate England "Having reflected more on the new licenses, and reading people's comments here, I do think that it would make sense to use a special licence for fonts, that follows the established standards used by typeface markets such as MyFonts. It would very confusing for customers if Creative Market had a completely different model. Educating customers about why and what is different would probably be very time consuming, and the time could be better spent developing new Creative Market features. As others have pointed out, it's also very likely that customers would prefer purchasing fonts at other sites and it would be a pity for both artists and Creative Market to lose out on font sales. " Kimberly Geswein "None of the changes address the multiple complexities of font licensing. There are existing font licensing models that work and that customers know and expect. Flipping that upside down on CM and charging customers more or less than what they are charged at the other stores isn't cool. If you want to offer licensing other than the simple license, for fonts it has to reflect the rest of the industry. " becca "I don't think the new licensing is realistic at all when it comes to fonts. There is no reason to purchase a font here anymore when you can get the fonts with better terms for less elsewhere. Before the change most font creators allowed their fonts to be used in a product for sale. I have many conversations saved where I was given express permission to use the font in my work without any extra licensing." "And honestly, I don't think you can put all these different types of items under one umbrella like that. Illustrations and fonts for example are entirely different and really should have different licenses." mark Buzek "it's really hard to imagine that CM did their due diligence on this. There are just way too many obvious problems with this solution. Being a professional designer myself, I've bought many fonts here from some seriously talented type designers that I hate to see penalized by this move. But I assure you, they will be. I have even been considering selling some of my own creations here. But unless this is reconsidered, I'll definitely be buying my fonts elsewhere, where there is more typical font licensing." eve Johnson "Think I'll save my money to pay myself and design my own stuff instead. Except for fonts which I can get at myfonts.com and use for sellable products. Goodbye Creative Market!" Mehmet Reha Tugcu "It was especially needed for illustrations and graphics. The current extended license system is not without its flaws and it clearly doesn't work very well for fonts and add-ons but there seems to be a lot of misconceptions about it." I want to add here to the blog what I wrote in the CM forums too: @ Ken Weaver You wrote: "You’re correct in that sites like MyFonts have licenses that are not connected to end products being sold that use the fonts, and that the limit seems to be impression-based. " Impression-based licenses are rare on myfonts. The most used "standard license" of myfonts.com has no restrictions of any kind (like the unreasonable limitation of cm as it has to be "part of a wider design) Here you see a regular myfonts license: http://www.myfonts.com/viewlicense?lid=770 As I have noticed other sites that sell products like creativemarket have learned to seperate fonts from other digital products. See my thread on that here: https://creativemarket.com/discussions/13972-Why-does-CM-has-such-a-restricted-license-on-fonts-Others-dont I wonder why creativemarket doesn't listen to the members and talk with them before they create new licenses? Wouldn't that be smarter? I hope cm will consider the feedback and create a license for fonts like the standard one of myfonts.com (without this crazy, extremely limiting "part of a wider design" requirement which is only reasonable und practical for GRAPHICS). And then let the font sellers use this license as standard with the option to upload their own licenses (as myfonts practises it), if they don't like this standard license. The buyers are smart enough to understand, that each font can have an own license (yet they expect it, because that's how it is in the font business). I think not even one font seller, who would decide to use an own license will have this unworldly "wider design" requirement in it, because it is completely unusual in the font business. Get rid of this requirement in terms of fonts, it will boost your sales ;-) 11 years ago

@Christopher King I think most people understand what the Simple License meant and it was better than both the standard and extended license they are providing now. As long as I did not use purchased items at CM "as is" I could use items for t-shirts, posters etc. without any limitations, and on top of that I could use the items purchased for several jobs. This has been debated a million times the last couple of years, and the Simple License was as extended as possible. But at some point in time a few sellers apparently did not understand the Simple License and brought in their own Extended License and unfortunately some buyers bought into that, even though Creative Market has stated that the Simple License supersede whatever license at seller might push you into buying. And the rest is history. But bottom line the new two licenses are severely crippled compared to the Simple License, and if CM are trying to roll old purchases into the new "standard license" I think they will be in serious legal problems. Even if I was offered that all my previous purchased to be changed from Simple to Extended license I would call it a no-go. I bought from CM using the Simple License and I want all my purchases to stay that way, end of story. 11 years ago

Sad to see happen. It was a nice run CM, too bad I won't be able to use you anymore at these prices. Try having different run limits for different licenses. The majority of designers are using it for small runs. We aren't big box retailers making millions. 11 years ago

I absolutely loved cm, but I cannot see myself as a customer here no more. I think etsy is more customer friendly as each shop lays out their own rules. Disappointed! 11 years ago

Hi @ro aar The way I understand it is that the quote from the FAQs "You're fine as long as the item(s) are not used alone, but instead are elements or parts of a new design, regardless of how much the item has been modified or how much of the new design it makes up" refers the default Standard License. Everything else is extra and covered by the new Extended License. 11 years ago

Hi @ro aar Reading it again, i think you're right. If that's the case it's down to the individual sellers to update their prices accordingly. 11 years ago

I have even contracted a few different sellers asking what I can and cannot use their stuff for. Everyone I have asked has said I can use it for creating new work using their fonts, textures, etc, for use on Etsy. So now this changes what they have told me? Also, I bought the November bundle sooo getting all of the extended licenses for each item will cost a fortune. This is such a huge disappointment. also, I have to rebuy a texture or design element each time I want to use it because it isn't an installable item??? 11 years ago

There is NO WAY that customers "requested" this new license structure. No way. The idea that I'm supposed to go back and pay 10x the original price for a font I bought two years ago because I now want to use it on a $2 button is the most insane thing I've ever heard. So now I'm supposed to track fonts by computer, by project AND by end use? That's one way to get my costs down because I won't have any time to design, I'll just be tracking every font and texture I've ever bought. No thanks. I cannot and will not track licenses by project. Ever. 11 years ago

How did I miss this?!? all previous purchases will remain under the SimpleLicense thank God. 11 years ago

Hi @Thomas Meldgaard Having looked at this for most of the day today, i've come to the conclusion that although it is a major change for Creative Market, it's a necessary one in response to market demands. The large jump in prices can/will be largely offset by the sellers when they update their prices (as I am doing right now) and will settle down in the next few days. The Extended License will simply become the new norm for customers used to using artwork in products for sale. It'll all be fine in the end! 11 years ago

@Christopher King I was mostly worried about my previous purchases. Someone mentioned they would be converted to the Standard License, something that would make my huge amount of purchases obsolete and +1000 of $ right out of the window. I have checked my purchases and they still say Simple License, so I reckon they will stay that way - and that is awesome. I will of course take my future money and purchases elsewhere as the new licenses (no matter the price) - don't even cover what the Simple License did. Thankfully other markets are offering what CM once did and they are the ones I will go to. I am sorry to leave CM, but they have forced regular buyers to go elsewhere, rather stupid since we are the ones with the money, but I reckon they have their reasons to do it like they have. Thomas 11 years ago

Hi @Thomas Meldgaard @Ken Weaver posted this in the current discussion thread about the new licenses: "The Simple License never allowed buyers to make and sell end products. The only money that could be earned was by designers doing freelance work for clients (which is still allowed in the Standard). In addition, all products sold prior to 12/10 will still be covered by the Simple License. Those sold on or after will be covered by Standard/Extended." It's currently on page 2 of that discussion: https://creativemarket.com/discussions/19042-New-licenses-are-here!-Post-all-your-questions-here-please-)?page=2 I think this sums up the whole problem, especially in looking at your clippings on Dropbox. There have been multiple instances of staff making contradictory statements about the SimpleLicense, and the license even contradicted itself at some level. 11 years ago

@Thomas Meldgaard Completely agree - if possible, please DM those sites! Be extremely grateful! 11 years ago

@Suze W I hope i wasn't taken the wrong with my earlier comments re. how buyers are using products from CM. I'm sure most buyers always double check with sellers, my point was that the old Simple License was very open to interpretation and led to a lot of misunderstandings. @KMG G You need to read the FAQs (or even the comments above) all of your previous purchases remain covered by the old Simple License. 11 years ago

@Christopher King I WAS going by what i read on the earlier comments! Thank you 11 years ago

I'm disappointed in the new changes, but I wanted to point something out. I'm new to CM so I've only made 2 purchases. I just checked both of them and went to each designer's shop. Neither of them have increased their price for the extended licenses. I was very glad to see that some shop owners are going in and changing the pricing to fit what THEY want. In that case, I'll continue to buy from the owners who keep their prices the same, or alter them in a reasonable manner. Changing something to 10X the original price, isn't reasonable. 11 years ago

I've been mostly keeping my mouth closed, just hoping we see better pricing on Fonts, Brushes, and actions (I for one won't be paying Adobe prices for a one use display font on a t-shirt) but I have to admit a couple of the posts from the shop owners on here are sounding a bit patronizing -- although I don't think that was the intention. 11 years ago

@Mutant God You could use a font in however many projects you need as it's an installable resource. It's not one of those "one and done" deals. That said, I personally would not enforce the 1 use only thing. I am personally fine with my customers using my products as many times as they need. Of course I can't speak for other sellers, but I think a lot of us are of that same opinion. I haven't updated my license pricing yet as I'm waiting for CM to clarify the licenses, I will definitely not be leaving them at 10X the price in any case. 11 years ago

I'm up for alternative shops as I now cannot afford the new extended license as I'm just starting my business. Buyers, please email me with alternatives for fonts that are more affordable for commercial use for sale. Even $40 a font is too much when you're a small business and are purchasing many fonts on a limited budget. The Simple License I could do but not the Extended. 11 years ago

really? so if I want to use one image in a pack of 120+, I have to pay $100 more? that's ridiculous. you need to make a separate license for this instance. no longer shopping here. 11 years ago

As a long time user of Creative Market, and a faithful customer at dozens of stores hosted here, I'm extremely disappointed. As a small business owner, the assets I employ are used in products that might have a run of 25 - 50 pieces. I can no longer afford to purchase design materials from this site. It's as simple as that. You have chased away the small businesses that are the back bone and life blood of this community. TERRIBLE FOR DESIGNERS, TERRIBLE FOR CUSTOMERS! 11 years ago