We want to bring our members the latest and best plugins and themes. And I am sure you understand this can be very costly. Though we try and purchase every item ourselves it's impossible to do so. We have a few selected and very trusted affiliates that we work hand in hand with and this helps us dramatically reduce costs for all parties  An example of trade between affiliates is; one of us would purchase Package A and another Package B then share these accordingly thus saving loads of $$$.