Here at CGCookie, we refer to the Blender Market as our "startup". It represents another facet of the CGC mission: Enabling artists to be successful. It's a platform that offers Blender artists a place to earn income by selling Blender products, such as add-ons and shaders.
We've got Matthew Muldoon (Market Manager & creator of blendswap.com) and Jonathan Williamson on stream today to discuss the philosophy and mission of the market as well as how to best harness the platform to earn income.
"The grunt work sells really well." -M. Muldoon
Looking toward Blender Development, is it possible to delegate part of one's commission toward donation to Blender
Call me altruistic?
Are there any specials items coming out for the GameJam?
One of our Devs at i01 works at a Blender driven VFX company, so it's gaining momentum.
Nice. You guys are great, thanks! Very inspiring.
I've loved just about everything I've gotten off the market... There's one or two things I got "elsewhere" that I wish I could give a review for there, but that's not a big deal.
What would you say sells better? models that focus on clean geometry flexible for animation or displacement, or models that focus more on silhouette with baked object details. Distinctly with environmental assets. as the answer for architecture or characters. i.e a rock, decimated, optimized UVs and baked detail? or retopologized with displacement workflow from baked details. Curious about your input.
And also, I've seen people on my other market ask if I was selling also on the blender market. So that's the good strategy.
I like it's a clean market, it's not packed with people 😆
I've had an idea where the price is low at first and after so many downloads it raises. Any ideas on this? (Also, it would drop after so many days of no sales) This would be an automated process.