the 10 upvotes per day is more of a problem for those who have under 480 SP, since you don't yet have access to the "Post Vote Slider" (not on STEEMIT.com, anyway) to adjust your vote power down so you can vote more each day (if that is your intention). It also gives you more flexibility to upvote comments as well, which is an excellent way to reward people for taking the time to leave thoughtful comments.

It's also partly why I created and released the Minnow Post Vote Slider and Past Payout Monetizer Script a few weeks back, so that anyone down to around 72 SP can also gain access to the vote slider on STEEMIT.com!

also, regarding this...

and he wanted me to pull mine from Steemit and he would pay me double his rate

guess he really doesn't get that there's no way to "pull your article" from the blockchain either! lol