Let me explain - I like the look of the models here, but the site is even designed so end users, like me, can't even download more that 10 "free" items unless they've uploaded models of their own, written tutorials, posted topics to the forum (which is difficult if you're not an actual modeler) and/or jumped through about 1,500 other ridiculous hoops to get enough "reputation" points. and cgtrader is easy to navigate and great UI, Turbosquid is a very shit comparing to CGTrader, i dont like turbosquid i prefer CGtrader absolutely, I think it is more comfortable to use. Another thing that makes CGT better than TS is the friendships that one is able to make within the artist community. CGtrader staff admits to some degree to this problem (see the comment of Dalia Lasaite) and promises to redesign the homepage. Being between a rock (TS) and a hard place (CT) is a damn round the clock aggravation. Rigged Female 3D Models | CGTrader Prices do not include additional fees, such as shipping . I'm even considering seriously closing my store here. Some may look great for close ups but in a large environment scene or house setting when you have a lot of models to let's say show off the interior design of a model home you need to be very careful on poly count. Login to PayPal to add your account as a payment method. In my experience often times a client will ask for certain models but then one must take into consideration what computer specs they have because you don't want your client to get frustrated with the models you buy. Well, after a long search, I found a negative point from CGTrader compared to TS. Of course Matt Wisdom was disoriented and he was associated with Pixel SQUID bankruptcy. Welcome to Eduvance Youtube Channel.Technology Leadership Program lecture series focuses on imparting knowledge to school students about new technologies lik. I still get more sales on TS, despite having adjusted all prices to compensate their extortions. Downside at CGTrader is as i've just been informed from Support is NO you can't sell the licence here and transfer it into another users name. Large studios with "turbosquid" collaborate very limitedly. Better for who? It is also wise to invest in good ideas that are future proof. Turbosquid has a bot spying cgtrader prices. Hello, - Limiting, perhaps, the number of objects that can be uploaded in a row, to avoid having the front page confiscated by a single seller when ticking the "newest" filter. It is pretty difficult to find what you want but if you are only looking for free models then CGTrader's search engine is far better than Turbosquid. i think they both have there place . TurboSquid Member Services, I'm a first time seller (+-2 Months). "TurboSquid Support, Jun 20, 08:14 SST: I'm even considering seriously closing my store here. A good platform should integrate all next gen communication technologies in order to support curent evolution and technological progress. I removed all products from TS. google3 So i need to try to make money with my models as long as possible, means as long it is not uploaded to anywhere else. Turbosquid just has it backwards. Maybe there is something behind the scenes what you can't know or can't tell? When I asked why they don' want pay for that they have suspended my products ( 428) products they did not say anything after. TS is simply in decline getting worse and worse. 3D is great for creating things that can restore old products. This conversation has me glued to my monitor, all very well spoken and nailed down to the core. You could have a superman body with an iron man head and spiderman gloves. f9acb067-ba84-4d38-8a65-8d3c4249a700Zoom.jpg httpswww.turbosquid.com3d-modelsfemale-rigged-3d-model1041167 --GENERAL-- This is hight quality female model with animation friendly topology. Machines have already replaced people making their jobs irrelevant in many fields already more and more customer service jobs have become automated, many store sales positions now are not needed because so much is being done online, the tolls on the highways now only use fast track or you get a letter in the mail telling you to pay it because there is no one in the booth anymore so you can't pay it on the road. So the wonderful conversion work/time spend of this individual could have helped him to get a complete refund, and the two others, (hoe I have send off here) would also have been helped whit a nice maya file, and I would have sold at least two more models (Everyone would benefit). Personally, I felt I in no way infringed on said IP. Every freelancer is corporation of it's own. Contact your Shutterstock Customer Success Manager, + blend c4d xsi ma lwo 3ds dae dxf fbx obj X, $10,000 in Legal Protection (Indemnification), Uncapped Legal Protection (Indemnification), $1,000,000 in Legal Protection (Indemnification), $250,000 in Legal Protection (Indemnification). Think about the best online stores today when people search for lamps on Amazon they will only find lamps in their search and that is why they keep buying on Amazon because it is a highly efficient and professional site where the buyers don't get lost or frustrated looking for what they want and can spend their time searching for the best quality product based on their budget. Basically just like Turbosquid has done they have become the one stop shop for everything. Hell, I even remember writing years ago to Matt Wisdom (TS Founder & CEO), Beau Perschall (VP of Business Dev) and other people at the management staff about the "no-brainer" choice for sellers regarding going exclusive into the "Squid Guild" or not, because after a group of sellers collected our stats and compared our earnings (for similar periods of time being exclusive and not) all of us ended with the clear conclusion that we were losing revenue being exclusive to TS instead of selling in all markets no single answer was received from any TS management staff member. I agree with Captainmarlowe than one of the most important ideas to develop is more "education" for Sellers about all aspects involved in this business, and some kind of system that favors good and fair business practices and penalizes bad ones. I tested the CGTrader rigged character morphs for Daz3D studio from your commission and it works like a charm! Doesnt matter the kind of kinky-dinky stuff the platform provides me. Thanks once again! Ts would probably just pull up the royalty's and change policy if it stats feeling uncomfortable, but it would not change what is in memory. If that is the case then better not to become exclusive! Beautifully put IterateCGI, let's hope it is signal for more than just Tubro's downfall, but hopefully the downfall of treating 3D creators like shit. In place already. Although I agree the presentation of CGtraders home page is heavily focused at 3D printing, NoneCG did not suffer ANY drop in sales. I will very much want to peruse. We can't even communicate on Ts, and that in an age of supper connectivity, it's just the world on his head. I would like to see similar stats from other sellers, but CGtrader has been the 3D marketplace with the higher increase in sales for us without a doubt. This would be a really good way of encouraging buyers to come spend their money on CGtrader where they can find what they want faster than on other sites. [google14]url:http://www.google.com. @ Supercigaleha, ha, a good point about ,,the famous CheckMate,, :) TS . Products are subject to the TurboSquid, Inc. CGtrader.com3. you should check out all the posts about 3D models quality. If you have any questions about these. I make very nice sale here, and several each month, not as much as TurboSquid, but with 85% royalties I'm not complaining. Gumroad is an awesome virtual marketplace where artists can create their own store and sell any type of digital asset, from textures to tutorial series. Same with copyright infringements, same with low quality models (a friend of mine bought recently a model here, which was supposed to be .OBJ compatible : but the seller had just exported the obj from its original program, without even editing the mtl file to have the textures loaded automatically ! Cgtrader better sell my shoes here than ts.plus webmoney plus royalty rate. @Supercigale, this is worrying to read, i think such things shouldn't happen. Everything is more and more coming down to individual levels of very friendly and much more human communication. There is plenty of "undercutters" everywhere and some short-sighted content developers that seem to only care about quick cash-grabs and most of the time doesn't even have enough data to state a valid opinion based on the contrast of facts over medium-long periods of time. We will only contact you if there's a problem with an order. what you say doesn't make any sense because CGTrader has a 100 percent guarantee return policy on all models as far as I know. Products are subject to the TurboSquid, Inc. $300 + (280) $200 to $300 (315) $100 to . You could say CGt is a service platform that harbors and connects sellers and buyers of specific digital goods, in theory there's no limit to how much people and their digital products/services they could connect. flob3d: I don't know if Jonathan invented the CheckMate, but what I can say is that Jonathan is a good professional and he often helped me a lot, so I have no complaints to make. I think I do a decent job at earning my keep.. And yes, it this is like if shapeways started doing cg. Maybe CG Trader should consider a large add-on to the site, where the customers can click a link, and go to a whole new site (owned by cg trader) that does sells strictly 3d printable models :) Just an idea :). See this GFXHub where you needed to pay a fee before you could download 3d models of Humster3d, Turbosquid and many other. So, CGT is the best guys ! Here is a quick test that can help understand why there aren't so many buyers. The next thing CGT needs to do is get in with Ebay, Amazon, walmart etc places where everyone buys not just 3D enthusiasts and that regular people trust with their money. https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/exterior/landmark/notre-dame-de-paris-cathedral-61d97afb1b1a62861673c23f15b75c12, All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. We even stopped publishing new models there. If you have any questions about these. Personally, I will never sign up to exclusive contracts, others should always get chances to maybe offer better job if they can. If any of you think this is a show of strength from Matt Wisdom and his Corporate brother Andy, think twice. In my country you have to be adult to do bussines and legal stuff. The conclusion seems, that clients are either more familiar with Tsquid, or that TSquid offers something else that is so valuable that even a much lower price doesn't matter. 3dsky.org2. Hi adentonclark, For this, it is certainly the most pleasant place to sell models I know right now. CG Trader. The rewords for selling objects from others could for example be 1 CGcredit for tier 1, 2 for tier2, 3 for tier3, 4 for tier4 and so on. If you are doing really bad with sales they let you do whatever you want but if you are doing well they step in and make things difficult. I was thinking about searching for specific 3d models through a site like Google, not generic visitation standing of a whole site, which in itself doesn't tell anything about what clients look for. You know what is cgtrader but as firstcomer you must have strong impression that this is 3d printing site where you can buy new 3d printed iphone case which will be shipped to you. Fact is, the best is where is can make the most sales. Hopefully we can find a way that would plrase all sides. CGtrader is just better in all possible ways. [google7|http://www.google.com] Got my model (https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/furniture/cabinet/handles-vol-01-pbr) I removed the download limit until we update the protection so that buyers can download much larger quantities of free models. Remember The3DStudio? It makes you blind and clueless to how a customer is actually using your product and how well it integrates in his business and future activities. But they must realise that attracting more buyers only through more aggresive marketing is not enough. I will leave the items here to see if cg trader does manage to change things around over the next 12 months and if not will simply sell them on turbosquid. (just playing with ideas here) What this shows is their weakness. Most people don't care a bit about all this. Work directly with a 3D artist for your project. Due to its royalty politic and complex registration process, I've finally stopped selling 3D models on TS. disavantages: low budget clients willing to get low quality models for 5$. Better for who? Cubebrush. That is the most important reason for them to be on CGTrader and it is essential to reward them for helping artist and the site earn money! The reason the model is sold at low price .some models have so many other sellers which can lose models value . If there is a problem they will fix it for you. Hello. If you have any questions about these. (this would be the core of the human sorting out system). In other words as an artist in TS you are not so well protected, as it's here at CGT. Yes you are right Zet! I'm done with them. taken offline. If they want free models then they can go elsewhere!!! I am getting more sales on Cgtrader than TS though :P and CGtrader is easier to use. Most people say you get more sales at Turbosquid than any other 3D marketplace, so even if you get a much lower royalty % in the end you get more money, and while this is true up to a point (NOT x80 sales in any case), what most people don't realize is what happens IF your products are NOT in Turbosquid but you continue to sell in other marketplaces and have a bit of patience. We will rather stick with cgtrader and know our models are safe, although the issue with finding CG models on the site is a little problem, but as long as they stay honest well be supporting them rather than supporting a bunch of thiefs and if we need to up our prices then so be it. ;). Right now, low quality models flooding this site are attracting the low budget people - that's certainly why high quality objects with pricings in accordance don't sell that much. CGt basically needs to be good at one thing, "facilitating a sales platform". I've often (not just at this site) downloaded "free" items to verify their quality before purchasing models from a vendorI had problems with 3-4 of the "free" items I looked at first here (having no idea there was a limit), and now I can download no more. By registering you confirm that you have read and accept ourTerms of Use. These changes are part of the new TurboSquid Best Price Guarantee (https://resources.squid.io/?p=14893) in which we are assuring TurboSquid customers that they can always find the lowest prices on our site. This is a totally separate "operation" that is going on under the acquisitions of CGstudio and T3DFM, which serve also as noisy cover to "wag the dog". @IndieArt : So you definitively think that CGtrader's "change of focus" to 3D print sunk your sales? I don't know if that is still the case ( and I have no desire to check ) but that is advertising that is hard to beat. (e.g. But I will look there only because I know what is cgtrader and how it works. CGtrader has already surpassed Turbosquid in every Rank, and it has +1 million visits too: https://www.similarweb.com/website/cgtrader.com/?competitors=turbosquid.com, If anything buyers should get lots of points for buying. But at the same time they require all rights to the model, and the model is removed from sale at all sites. But i think CGT nows that pretty well, that's why they decided to bring changes in royalty policy and hopefully they will steer additional cash flow towards making this stock market more attractive to the buyers. It might be a good idea to see what the customer experience is with various market places by making an experimental purchase at each and seeing who has the most effective methods of enticing return visits and encouraging word-of-mouth bumps. Having too many high poly models in 1 scene can considerably slow down rendering times, work flow and even crash your computer making the entire scene unusable. It sells almost nothing, except, perhaps, with very low prices. So true! You are clearly one of the professional buyers who doesn't take advantage of the system but there are so many out there who do that and 3D sites are beginning to try to safe guard their artist's work by not making it so easy to just get everything you want for free. Abdulhamid Saeed Aziz's Post - LinkedIn I agree to what captainmarlowe is telling. Dear Kanga you are absolutely right and on top of that you won't have to worry about their super buggy uploading system either. They bring answers to your problems or requests quite fast and in a very convivial way. Often offer to buy the models in 1020 times more expensive than the price at which the model was exhibited for sale. I think CGTrader just has to advertise itself more.. everything else will fall into place.. CG traders designer rank rep points. Buyers tend to look for things based on the category and budget and like to be able to put two products side by side to compare them and get a better understanding of why one is better than the other or which product is more suitable for them as an individual. CGtrader has been growing steadily faster than Turbosquid for several years, that's why they are making this desperate "first blood" move asking their Investors for an extra cash to buy Sellers out against Marius and his people, with the promise that they will fuck you to death later once the war is won for the #SquidClan. There is a lamp that looks pretty cool (Gervasoni Bolla Floor light), and is supposedly free. I think I like the another item the modeler has created (Modern Villa), but that item is $40. Selling 3D models on Ebay or Amazon would probably generate problems? Plus, if you express constructive ideas on the forums, you know you'll get listened to. https://garagedoorrepairnewportnews.com/garage-door-spring-repair/, Hey, So what I did was simply adding the 60% cut to the product on Ts. And between CGTrader and TurbuSquid, I think, let everything will be decided in a reasonable competition. Imagine how much resorces and efforts are used by those clowns for this greedy Best price quality nonsense. The site owners could also act on other various levels : To be honest, when I first found this site a few days ago I was really excited. 3. Let the experts talk about : What is the best site for free 3D models I have no problem with a site offering an option for seller/buyer to find quality print-ready products. 3D stock would have main subs like architectural, medical, automotive, etc). That is a serious problem because it means a whole lot more work for sellers and I wish they would just get with the program. Regards, I like how there is no join up fee. https://vimeo.com/739678 Even when Ts would sell more models it does not mean they serve you well, because it is not. Any more than 500,000 polygons in one scene and that will make opening and closing it a really long process not to mention that if you trying to animate something in the scene you may have to keep hiding things in various layers or create the animation in a separate one. I sell fantasy-themed miniature models, and uploaded most of my then-current catalogue (consisting entirely of my original work) to Turbosquid only to have over half of it taken down a week later. I believe this would solve the 'bad content mixed with the quality models' problem. This is new era, time of old fashioned corporatism is going to be over. Get this item for $ when you bundle it with the items in your cart. A battle is going on right now, and some top sellers are going full #SquidClan with a custom deal from the Wisdoms: a 5-6 digit $ amount in instant cash now as an advance of a 2 year exclusivity deal, plus a boost of their royalties at the expense of all the other "non-top" sellers at Turbosquid that won't be getting any offer from Matt Wisdom. It's the artist that need to make a stand and simply take the short term loss from less traffic and exposure and join the marketplace that respects the artists. when cgtrader change his frontpage i stop selling products bad :(. - Forcing people to choose a proper tagging to their objects so that we don't get scanned high poly print-ready objects in the way when we tick the "low-poly" filter, Reputation for promptly fixing problems? CGTrader will have to do so at some point, or people in search of quality models will simply avoid it. Also, trying to find an item that I already saw through the search is near impossible. Comment goo's like this, quote "Awesome model, converted this guy over into maya and he looks great" end quote. So, Ts will probably have a few thousand lawsuits to issue in following months if they like. Basically giving your money to a tyrant of a service, not even free to set price on your own products accordingly. How about the Royalty Rate??? Also, the problem comes from the sellers, not the site designers, for a large part. I dare to bed that those hoe left CGtrader a year ago to sign some exclusive contract to get the money a little bit faster will regret that decision rely badly next year. No frankly, it's a bloody mystery. @skifx, @made21, my royalty rate is 80% and i earn from each sale from 72% to 77% depending on the model's price - the pricier the model is, the lesser payment processing fee gets. In fact, any properly textured model over 5000 polys for less than 15 bucks is NOT okay, and does NOT look professional at all. Sometimes you have to support the buyer. And good thing that you decided to tell about - such things should go public and be discussed. I agree that these two parts - CG and 3D printing should be split at least externally/ visually. Agree with every word above. My opinions have evoluted over the months. Exclusivity to any marketplace has been proved a revenue loss. @Urecky, while i'm agree with you in general, let me argue on some specific points. It doesn't matter if the printing industry is growing fast. Click here to submit yours . A client would normally ALWAYS choose a cheaper price, that's a law of nature. So good luck "shopping elsewhere" dear customer, this is turning into a monopoly slaughterhouse and a 3D warzone. In my opinion, the worst Turbosquid is doing is minimizing the role and presence of the real content creators, being just a middleman reseller but trying to control all aspects of the product in a way that in the end the customer perceives it more like a "Turbosquid product" than a "Content-creator-X product". In short I propose an integration of global search ore collections made by designers. Both are still growing, but it seems CGtrader is growing much more. @dafunk @S/C. The Ts model does not support such thing and is not up to the task of modern time needs for this industry. Maybe it is unnecessary complex? - Fixing some guidelines to upload quality models (at least assuring that obj models, for instance, if textured, should have a proper .mtl file, limiting the models to quads/tris, imposing materials and textures to have understandable names, etc. In fact my sells on TS are actually going down while they go up on CGt. Free 3D Models Download: The Best Sites for 2023 | All3DP So even if TS takes 60%, I still make better profit there because here I get 94% of nothing. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/cgtrader.com, https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/exterior/landmark/notre-dame-de-paris-cathedral-61d97afb1b1a62861673c23f15b75c12, https://www.facebook.com/ActiveKetoGummiesAustraliaWebsite. Products are subject to the TurboSquid, Inc. I wont be using TurboSquid due to their royalty system and the fact that I would have to hunt down non-existing forms to prove I am not an American resident and thus avoid paying 30% govt. The fact that you can upload models immediately rather than waiting 3 months for them to get reviewed by some random people that won't have the time + the website design and the community inside CGTrader. We've been on TS over 20 years and on CG trader since their start. See ourPrivacy Policyfor more information. FREE 3D MODELS for Blender (And how to use them) - YouTube As someone suggested most serious buyers will end up buying 100 bucks worth of models so putting down 1 Dollar isn't going to cause any trouble. Best of luck to cg trader, they have a great business model and site, it is just going to be incredibly difficult to take any of the market share from such a well established company. Free3d.com7. They already sell 3D printers on amazon so it isn't a far stretch to just add the models in the suggested items that go with 3D printers. (Edge Fantasy is a bit better, but sic-fi gets me 10 copyright infringements on the first page alone (star wars characters, mainly). Sure, but I won't rinse and repeat the whole uploading process if it happens though. There is other sellers that don't have any problem doing the same: It needs to be obvious where to go if you want one or the other. - Are you interested in just some quick cash grabs and extras here and there while you can, or would you like to be able to contribute to a fair market where you can make a living out of your passion?
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