I’ve said this before and ill say it again, the easiest and best solution for this is to allow sellers to earn the right to do this. It shouldn’t be given from the get go. Sellers should prove that theyre trustworthy enough to be able to handle the reins with regards to uploading their own products and updates. Giving veteran sellers this ability while maintaining the manual work on the staff end would result in no shift in quality. It would however alleviate some of the stress on the staff so that they won’t be processing content for established and trustworthy sellers.
In regards to moderators, it’s not a bad idea in theory but it could open up a whole can of worms with regards to potential abuse. As we’ve talked about in other threads the criteria on the review sheet demonstrates that actual developers aren’t exactly in charge of reviewing assets. (when you have checklist requirements citing no overlapping uvs, when overlapping uvs is required for many texturing methods).
Having the ability to remove someones product from sale, or arbitrate in the comment section over disputes without the appropriate knowledge would only cause more issues.