i had an idea about making a new thread for people to "register" textures in when they sell them.

the thread would function something like this:

-someone wants to sell a texture/set

-they make a post in the new megathread containing all the information needed to sell a texture (+proof of the previous transaction if they aren't the artist)

-they make a thread in the art/textures market

-someone buys the texture(s)

-one of them makes a post in the megathread with the current owner name and proof of the transaction

-the op of the thread gets updated with all that info (the op would be sorted by artist names or something)

"what if someone doesn't register a texture?"

registering textures should be for your own protection firstly, the market squad should not support transactions of unregistered textures. if someone buys an unregistered texture they do it at their own risk.

i think this could be a great way to keep track of textures and possibly lessen the amount of scamming cases or the time it takes to deal with them. it's just one small extra step to selling textures that could make a lot of things much easier.

we would also lose the need for the "texture identification megathread" and everything would be more organized. the thread would need someone to manage it, which could be a new lmod-like position or just market squad members? obviously the idea has room for improvement but it's pretty simple as it is.