Thanks for the thoughts and brainstorming!

I've been checking in on Painterworld web site for it seems almost a year now and still it sits with one page saying coming soon. Would sure like to see Judy get it up and running. Sounds alot like what I had in mind, plus Iris prints, picture framing, and books by commission. A large task indeed, and a sweet dream, but I think do-able in stages and in a tasteful manner. Although I hate banners and trinkets as much as the next person, these could even been done with a little more class as something, somehow, does have to pay for the time and money invested. I don't think traffic/ad revenue would be of much help unless one could acquire some targeted companies like Corel, etc.

I have the availability of carts, cgi use, sub-sites, etc., but I guess it's, as usual, simply a matter of economics and risk. I agree, probably not as viable as the user base is small, yet they are dedicated. But then again, they are artists, and you know artists [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]

A lot to ponder.

Thanks again for your responses,
BR.....