Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: How do you determine the price of a model?

EClark1894 opened this issue on Jan 31, 2017 ยท 114 posts


AmbientShade posted Wed, 01 February 2017 at 7:38 PM

EClark1894 posted at 8:28PM Wed, 01 February 2017 - #4296311

To be honest, I thought most of the licensing was dictated primarily by the stores, and the vendors just went along thinking the stores not only knew better but were looking out for their interest.

Most stores have a minimum set of criteria in their licensing that vendors have to agree to in order to sell there, but that doesn't prevent the vendor from expanding their licensing further, since ultimately that vendor still owns their content and can grant whatever licensing they want. You would have to contact them and ask if they'll allow certain things beyond what the store license allows. They just (usually) can't restrict it further than what the store they're selling it through sets it at.

And another note on pricing - some vendors price their content higher at sites, such as TS, than they would be at other sites, in order to offset the steep cut that the store takes. For example, TS takes 60% unless you're an exclusive vendor to their store and join their checkmate program and earn ranking based on total sales over time (all of that can be found in their faq on selling).