POSSIBLE SOLUTION
@Enabled I’m glad you are also trying make things better and solve things out and this is great.
I saw your post about a possible solution by adding a coupon system and I agree. Hope it will be possible.
Please can you take voice for another possible solution if you agree with it of course.
As we see the earnings for authors are working so authors can use their own earnings to shop. @anon76595093 thank you to remind that author earnings can be used to shop just helps me bring this possible solution.
The possible solution I see is to allow customers to add a product to their account called “CREDITS” or “COUPON” and they can buy that product by the price they setup and filling up their account with author earnings.
This way they can use author earnings to shop and put an end to all this problem.
Looking foward to see what you think and I’m very positive.
Note: The system I propose does not need to be exactly as I describe. Just making possible for customers to add funds to their account as authors earnings so they can shop.