[Andrew]

Originally Posted by Gary Bolton

Good point, but the question still stands. Why pay ?400 to own the rights to a skin when you can pay ?70-100 for the same standard of work and also own the rights for a fraction of the price.

The main point I was trying to get across is a skin is only worth what the going rate is. Just the same as anything else you sell (were not paying for a brand name here). Like you would with jeans or shoes etc. And $500 is most certanly not the average going rate going of the internet as a whole.

That's all I'm trying to say. Yea, I supose big companies will pay that kind of money. But if you trying to target the average internet user like myself to buy them. You need to match the going rates of other top class skinners. Otherwise your just going to lose buisness to them.

That's why people that don't care about who else is using it use vBStyles and ExtremePixles and those who want something unique and one of a kind come to people like myself and many of the other designers here. For a one off unique skin though $500 is not much at all - I've spoken with clients of mine who had contacted larger designers and we're being faced with $1000-$2500 pricetags on a one off design.