After sleeping on it, I would like to see non supporters get permanent posting ability to the newbie forum but no PMs and reading only to everything else except for no access to the upgrade forum, supporter trade forum and the experts area.
A few other thoughts:
What if we had a supporters only dealer area where up and coming dealers on the list and waiting for one of the 12 dealer slots to open up could post their wares? Maybe 3 slots for a total of 15 dealers. I think this would definately be an incentive as the newbies would want to view these watch offerings.
Other thoughts are free the forum to our dealers, expand it to 15 slots but only give newbies 30 days access to view?