Well you can say that and there is nothing wrong in what i am saying by author perspective. I am representing relatively new author and you and some other saying in perspective of Envato.
I don’t think so as I am active outside of Envato in real business. and paying extra for same thing I don’t accept. What I am saying the main goal of the post is the fact. even if I accepted to pay 37.5% while signing but in reality, its 70%+ I am paying for some item and even more if a buyer from US. I am not just working with Envato but also active on other places like Upwork so I have a good idea about how it should be.
This example is enough to breakdown:
System is equal to everybody on the market. I have passed through all the way from the highest fee to the lowest, and I was charged with 50% as well. So you have same possibilities to get 12.5% fee, but instead of leveling up - you want to change system for your favor.
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Yes i am in favor of changing system where Elite or New with 1 sale both should pay Same amount to Envato as there charges.
No, it’s not. I can’t call system is equal for everybody where you have to Pay 12% if you are here for 6 years and pay 70% if you are new. This does not get considered as equality and same thing is going in US if you are aware of that.
You may have paid 50% but if you were connected with Envato in 2007 then you will be paying 25% same for all levels of user. just because at that time Envato was new in the market.
Can you share an example of that please?
Well i cant as the DMCA has not happen with me on other platform. but you can find that term and also get more detail about it in the Member Terms of Other Competitor. i am not going to include the link as some one already included and that got removed.
This is what they have mention exactly - “You authorise Member terms and conditions to submit a DMCA notice to others on your behalf regarding unauthorised use or copies of your Products made elsewhere (without obligation and at Member terms and conditions’s sole discretion).”
Not true again, at current moment author fees are the same for everybody on their level (There are examples when authors jumped from 0 to 75k just in 3-4-5 months and then enjoying their 12.5% fee).
As well as I have such fees because I’ve made 75k in sales, not because of a time I’m here.
And If I was new author with my prices model I would lost only 49%, not 50% and for sure not 70%. So it’s up to you how which item/price model to provide.
The item would be reinstated regardless of whether the complainant responded. Instead, they must file a lawsuit against you in your country if they wish to “respond” to your counter-notice.
Nothing you can really do about the US part. That’s just the cost of doing business in the US. Fortunately you’re in a country that at least has a treaty with the US for a reduced withholding rate (15%), which is better than 30% for non-treaty countries. Remember, that 15% goes straight to the US government. Envato doesn’t receive it.
Not going to happen. Envato’s had this ladder system for a very long time and it’s here to stay.
It’s called equal opportunity.
Envato did charge 30-40% in their early days, and very quickly increased it to around 50% when they weren’t making enough profit. Here’s a quote from Envato’s CEO directly:
Sramana: In December 2006 you were doing $1,000 of sales a week. How much of that was yours? (source)
Collis Ta’eed: At that time our author commission was about 30 to 40 percent. We have increased that rate five times over the year. As we have gained volume we have looked to increase the wealth of the authors. Back then the author commission was low so when we did the $10,000 give away promotion most of that money came back to us. So, of the thousand dollars a week that we were generating in revenue in December of 2006 about half came back to the company.
Suppose your item price is $10 where you getting $3.75 isn’t that less than 50% of what buyer paid for your item.
I have not seen such an example and i am not going to give my example in return for that as I am not working fulltime for Envato selling. It’s just part of my business.
Yes, what you said for example can happen when your item having demand and there is no competition but currently you can search for anything and you will find at least 5 results for that. so it’s not possible now. and there is another way of doing this by just keep posting items without considering the uniqueness like posting 1000 of item and that not good for the market. this is the same reason Upwork does not allow anyone to be a service provider on their platform like freelancer does.
I said this base on what mention in envato’s Historical Rates Schedule
And one thing which will make author put more effort so he can get the advantage of paying less. More publications by author mean more sell for Envato. simple
