I didn't mean to say territories can't be profitable. I think 6 or 7 are already, after about a year and a half, and without the tools we anticipated we would have by now. My point was, that without growing the site, the network is too small to expect profits yet. 

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But if that's the rationale, then the entry is just too darn high. Like what's the highest subscription you pay for any online service? Or maybe Patreon because that's purely at will? If it's about site growth, it might make more sense to just allow for free territory creation but all proceeds go to @k00b and @ek.