I’ve been with Envato since 2010 exclusively as a purchaser of content. Over that time I have purchased over 220 items and spent over $5,000 USD in the marketplace. The overwhelming majority of those purchases were made using credits in order to avoid the $2 per transaction fee. Whether or not other people are using the direct purchase option is irrelevant to me. This in effect raises the cost of purchasing from your marketplace by 10-20% based on my average transaction. I like doing business on your marketplace but I think this is a dumb move. I have bought exclusively on Envato for the past 8 years but now I will have to evaluate my options moving forward with other content providers.
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