It's pointless to keep it without the ability to sell, and as nothing I've put up has ever sold...it's absolutely pointless to keep the account as a Core level account. Yes, to sell anything on Deviantart, you have to pay them for the privilege.
That's money far better spent filling hungry bellies in animal shelters.
Going through things across the board; Deviantart, Etsy, and others. Anything that's costing me money/month to keep running but isn't paying even a tiny profit above expense is getting Closed.
First on the chopping block is my store on Etsy.
I live on less than $1000.00/month, in Trudeau's Canada, so an ongoing cost of almost $4.00 USD is Unaffordable and is money I'd rather aim towards my Charity interests as often as I can.
The Subscriber's Gallery on my Deviantart is Closed and gone, I do still have the Premium Gallery running. But, if things don't turn around soon, I'll be closing my Deviantart account as again what they cost me to keep vs. what's coming in from them...doesn't work for me, and takes $$ away from my Charity interests.
They were experiments, I figured I'd give them a try and see what if anything came about. Well, tried, learned, now it's just time to close the experiments down as they've served their purpose.
My Subscriber's Only Gallery. It does have some NSFW material (Topless Milfs) as well as being the place where I'm releasing APOTHEOSIS to the General Public. There is also plenty of SFW content such as Fantastical landscapes and such. Most content is covered by the Subscription fee, but some content is Premium as it took cconsiderable amounts of my time to create. I am adding to this gallery regularly. What's inside it is entirely Exclusive to this Gallary except for APOTHEOSIS which is getting a Limited Exclusive Release on another platform.
I admit, I'm taking a more serious approach now. I want to be able to give some serious help to my favorite charity, that means $$$ is needed as that's what's essential for them to buy what's required to help the animals they care for. $$ feeds animals, gets them medical care, helps keep shelters in supplies.