I paid for the pro account, figured it was worth it and I have no regret :) I know this might be a bit high rate in some of others people opinion, I would give it a 5 stars otherwise but I have not place any order yet, however, I am planning to and very excite about it. I decided to leave this review based on my personal experience, I am quite new to their company, but I must say that I am quite pleased with the service and the platform that available to me from this company. I have some pending questions which is no big deal, I am sure I will have the answer that I am looking for, I won number of award from their team already which was an honoured. I do have idea how I would promote this, I also recently just found out that I can order a sample product from them. I do have my own marketing plans and circle of networking people so I am sure that I will be ok. I feel that the fact that I only have to order some small quantity to start and so they will start a mass production, its a fair business deal. I must say that yes maybe the compensation to us could be higher because we also have our own cost, however, I cannot imagine what type of start up I must have in order to start this on my own. I deal with Marco and Lisa during my tech issues and both are fantastic to deal with and I couldn't be more grateful for their fantastic support, very prompt reply. I also feel that as us individual, we can easily expand our vision and creativity through their company, we can all create our support 'Alive Shoes Indie Designers' so we can help one another. Quality of the products for sure, I must agree that it will be my mandate as well because my name is gonna be with that shoes! - I am looking forward to place my order with them and growing my own shoe designs, thank you Marco and Lisa for helping with the tech matter, back now and will be designing more shoes :) For those of you who wish to join them, honestly this is your own call, read review, do research, have strong network of support, love art and creativity, have an entrepreneur mind set, have some financial ground for start up and be wise about which one to invest first, have a good marketing and business plans, you can do it, good luck all and best wish.