Being able to buy more storage from the Marketplace

GMs already bear almost all the burden of running a game. We spend a lot of time dreaming up stories, creating NPCs, setting up boards, etc., and the players (for the most part) just show up, play, and have fun. IMHO, forcing the GM to also pay a monthly subscription would add insult to injury. I know a lot of groups that split paying for things like D&D Insider and the like. We're a similar service. Sorry you feel that way. Advertisements and the market place? Advertisements would be a portion of costs, but not enough to make development worthwhile. The vast majority of the marketplace funding goes directly to the creators, not to Roll20.

Firstly, some of the sets on the marketplace were created as work for hire-- and the model was not sustainable to properly support Roll20. The assumption that we've not thought of these things is odd. Looking at this system... the amount of man hours sunk into planning and programming is massive. We've done continual surveys, and will continue to do so as well. And we've been reading and interacting on the forums since May. This discussion isn't particularly effective. It's not effective from your vantage point because you don't have all the figures / aren't working on this full time. It's not effective from our vantage point because it's completely hypothetical. For example: "Of course we'd support you by buying items on the marketplace." To which the results of which can range from: "Oh I wanted sci fi tokens" to "I don't like the art style". Similarly with advertisements. Firstly, they'd never be sustainable... but how many people use ad blockers? Where do we put the ads that balance them actually being seen with them being unobtrusive. Who do we get for the advertising? And this means that we'll be hoisting something negative upon all users instead of perks to specific users... If you don't like the current support method-- which INCLUDES storage space, but is not that exclusively, and will ALSO be expanding in the future as more features are added-- then don't support it. If you want to be involved in figuring out what the futures features are, if you want to support the site developing, etc. sign up. We will respond if the method isn't working-- or is working well enough to change restrictions. As it is, it's two days old.