I may not have explained myself clearly. What i meant to say by 'similar' was that the roles would have been reversed. The johns would have been running the co-op, and a selected number of sps would have been their clientele. The main difference would have been that the clientele would also be getting paid this time around. Part of the money being paid by the membership (johns) would have come from the membership fees paid by new members.
By the way, i agree that IC has a pretty good thing going and it's also a very good option for any sp wishing to go indy.
But isn't it based on the same business model first introduced by FKS?
lol, that is called slavery and not a co-op, we are not in Arabia here Sir.