I made a post for artists how to stay away from getting involved with brokers, and this one will be about: WHAT ARE BROKERS and why is it BAD TO COMMISSION them. 👥 WHAT ARE BROKERS? - Basically from what I know, a broker is a 'middleman' between the artists, think of it like a 'manager' but they are usually horrible people. - Most brokers heavily exploit the poor artists who are minors, forcing them to draw NSFW, pay them like $5-$20 when they get for example $200, hold their legal IDs and PayPal with changed passwords on VGen so that they are 100% of control with finances and if the artists were ever to complain or be late to work, the middleman would threaten to dox them online, ruin their reputation and strip away their income. - The middleman is the one who promised and manipulated the artists, promised them good pay, and huge growth but it's a trap. The situation is so saddening, once you get out it's like you can never get out... They are in really vunarable place. Real bussiness pay with their own banking account, never ask for yours. That's the difference. While there might be legitimate brokers, it feels insanely rare in this shady broker situation. ⚠️ WHY YOU SHOULD AVOID COMMISSIONING THEM? - From what I've noticed they usually offer really cheap and unrealistic prices for probably many hours of work/labor put. While it seems 'afordable' it's actually just exploitation. - The brokers keep swarming us; independent artists who actually care, so I highly encourage to *support individuals* instead. You'd be actually paying to support someone rather than giving money to those horrible people who keep the money for themselves and treat their artists like machines instead of human beings that they are. - On the side note, there are brokers who pretend to be individuals, so it's not all black and white. And I still don't understand why VGen only drops a broker label when it comes to light instead of banning them immediately for being shady. Legit bussiness wouldn't need to hide what they are. (RT to spread awareness!)