"but are their others out there who are succeeding in this marketplace? Not just the top sellers." To be in the top 30 you need to have between 5000$ to 6000$ dollars sale in 90 days (It changes... Sometimes a little higher, sometimes a little lower). This is no private information cause I move around 34-39 and that's what it takes to be around that spot. So say that you make 6000$ sales to get into the top 30 in 90 days (now you are a top seller), you can see that you really can't make a living with that. 50% of that is Renderosity's share, so it will leave you 3000$ in your pocket in 90 days, and that makes 1000$ a month. Once you are in the top 30, you will be getting 60% from your sales (for the products you released after you got in the top 30), but that wont make much of a difference either. From the example I gave, you can easily see that even beeing in the top 20-40 out of almost 2000 merchants won't allow you to make your living. Atleast not here in Australia or any modern (Globalized) country. I can't comment on what the top 1-20 may be doing, haven't there before. But I can tell you that it is very HARD :). Not only making great products alone will be enough. It will take some time to get known + a group of people cheering for you :). I hope this information helps you. Cheers, Umut.