During all these years we always felt Turbosquid favored a sort of chaos and unfair competition between sellers because they were profiting a lot from that lack of understanding and cooperation between content creators. [quote]2. I did not know about that. Most people don't care a bit about all this. It is all about customer reputation and perception. Login to PayPal to add your account as a payment method. http://rebloggy.com/post/art-copyright-turbosquid-infringement-kouotsu-ip-theft-kouotsu/34732573054 Get this item for $ when you bundle it with the items in your cart. The items from CG and TS do not appear very far from each other in Google. Regarding response time, i respond to my buyers within 10 minutes unless im in bed and someone from other part of the world is trying to reach me. When a buyer leaves a bad rating for a lame reason , TS investigate and contact the buyer and if he doesn't give a serious explanation, They lie about your rights on Turbosquid. Everything is more and more coming down to individual levels of very friendly and much more human communication. CGtrader might have better conditions, rules and everything but it's useless if it doesn't attract more 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. 2. I started uploading some of my items to cg trader to see if it generated any income but as I have 70+ items and 0 sales I have decided to stop. We are currently working to redesign the homepage to show off both CG and 3D print ready models. Sometimes you have to support the buyer. But hey thats your call, That's sad, but true. although, the 3d printing industry is growing rapidly :D. I have to agree. just needs more publicity.. us designers need to market the site with our products at the rate one of my designs is going ill have more facebook likes/shares than the website itself has on one design I am getting more sales on Cgtrader than TS though :P and CGtrader is easier to use. If you are a buyer you don't have a lot of time to find what you want especially if you are buying on behalf of your company. You want to put it in your store but it obviously needs some work to make it marketable. Cgtrader better sell my shoes here than ts.plus webmoney plus royalty rate. 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. You have insufficient credit to complete your purchase. Maybe the home page should be a very simple page with only two huge buttons [CG models] and [3D Printing]. Every vendor who is exclusive is losing money and customers. If you think life is hard as a buyer you should try modeling for a living Making any money is a truly miserable experience. I think that they keep the 3D models as a curtsey only or to serve as samples that could at a later date be turned into prints. Basically just like Turbosquid has done they have become the one stop shop for everything. What? I wanted to test if clients compare sites (eventually wanted to avoid clients would use the expensive Ts platform to get my items). 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. People are followers they have always been and always will be. Open a Support Ticket, Licensing questions?Contact your Shutterstock Customer Success Manager. Marius knows this very well as he (whenever he can) communicates whit us. In previous post the buyer mentioned he don't get reputation points for buying models? Thingiverse remains the king for licensing, as you can transfer the licence within the site. I tried to edit the obj for him and renounced because of the bad quality, especially, UVs and material names that were impossible to edit, such as mat000_0571 and other flaws ; he also bought a model of a bad quality from TS but was offered a refund immediately even on a sunday ; he posted his experience on our forum ; needless to say that others members of this community won't consider, now, CGTrader as a top quality website), same with people starting everyday a new irrelevant thread on the forums just to take advantage of the reputation system, which was a good idea, but which was hijacked by some unscrupulous sellers. I imagine a totally different mentality is going on in the Ts room, where top talents probably just like to leave the building because a few individuals like to keep things in check (you know like in the old top down pyramidal structured way). Well, unless I can verify the quality of the model I'm not going to pay for most things. I removed all products from TS. To me this was a sign that people know about CGt and that users have at least two accounts. And in terms of openness and freedom CGTrader is the first. When I started on cgtrader I had more sales than on TS. 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. The Ts model does not support such thing and is not up to the task of modern time needs for this industry. - It's much easier to upload products here than at TS. i have sold it to millenium shipping containers amongst other professional business. Build your own Brand with your own criteria and goals. - Guides/Tips for sellers regarding prices/quality to minimize the undercutters problem. When you search for specific models car, bike etc you usually end up finding a bunch of irrelevant models in there that don't even belong in that category and that is largely due to the fact that, they allow users to setup their own tags What makes Cg-trader better than Turbosquid? Cgtrader really goes above and beyond with the customer service side of things. I know I personally would be Heh.. that's another topic but my top selling model is nude. I'm even considering seriously closing my store here. And some may post a part of a set, and ad a link to the complete set, others may just do it to spread their work and name, etc. @Supercigale, this is worrying to read, i think such things shouldn't happen. They had shoddy products but they created the illusion of having something amazing and that was better than a PC. (Edge loops, quad poly, simple overall structure) Full Rigged with over 30 facial blendshapes and 20+ skin morph targets in order to produce better rig quality and remove some joints issues such as overlaped knees, stretched hips, etc. Also don't forget that people sell their photos and posters too. I'll ask my friend to get in touch with you for the unsolved support, as I think it is him who has to do that - not me. You can change your subscription preferences at any time in the account settings. I think that the ones that do come here to buy CG models might not return if they get fed up while searching for the right one. In CGtrader you can accumulate many until you set up payment agreement. I didn't checked it for a while (around a year) but comparatively Cgtrader has a much more streamlined upload system compared to Turbosquid's. Next we would have the sales/customers feedback factor coming in to sort out the stores ranking. For this, it is certainly the most pleasant place to sell models I know right now. CGTrader is extremely accessible, perhaps too much so for its own good in some lights. A client would normally ALWAYS choose a cheaper price, that's a law of nature. I think these are questions that every 3D content creators must honestly answer for themselves. Unlike Turbosquid which has remained practically the same since it was created and that actually has become dodgier over time as they have been adding more and more hoops for artists to jump through just to upload a basic model CGT has been great about constantly listening to it's artists needs and made great improvements! As a game developer i will never buy a 3d models online since 95% are done on student version of software or pirated version. ! Basically giving your money to a tyrant of a service, not even free to set price on your own products accordingly. There are currently no models in your cart. Search is terrible, and lost if you have to go backwards a page. They will be very enlightening and useful to you especially if you have never built 3D models and don't know what to expect. So what's needed? 3D stock would have main subs like architectural, medical, automotive, etc). Products are subject to the TurboSquid, Inc. There are very few modelers out there who can actually support themselves financially doing this and whenever one of us sells anything it is a little like winning the lottery. Despite offering models much cheaper (obviously) here than at TSquid, the clients prefer to buy on TSquid. TurboSquid is not a company that practices any kind of #FairBusiness, and there is many other cases from other people stating the same for different reasons: :). Besides how about your right to fair trade? My opinions have evoluted over the months. As modeller and as salesman i am interested in earn money only. 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. 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 . But at the same time they require all rights to the model, and the model is removed from sale at all sites. BUT this is still not as infuriating as a personal account falling once a month with all the statistics! tax on top of a high 60% that TS keeps. In this case the fastest support can not help. According to TS "Marmoset Toolbag's watermark" is an overlay and a no no. These people quote Sun Tzu when you talk to them, so guess their future plans for you. CGtrader delivers the best basic structure to bring fort this new and healthy next gen market place. A possible solution for potential buyers looking to sample the work of sellers, would be for sellers to have their free sample models at a low minimal price instead of free. And something ells , I have seen people criticize the young inexperienced and even blame them to some point for some negative experiences over here. Large studios with "turbosquid" collaborate very limitedly. It is a shame that cg trader has so few people using it but turbosquid has been going for some time now and is very well established. when cgtrader change his frontpage i stop selling products bad :(. Cheap and free models are killing cgtrader. This is hight quality female model with animation friendly topology. If I run the same test on Turbosquid or The3DStudio, I get almost exclusively original characters. 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 :). We can't even communicate on Ts, and that in an age of supper connectivity, it's just the world on his head. A man can dream on :]. Payment Method I also think, as iterateCGI, the market control based on exclusivity will soon disappear. Answer (1 of 7): I'm a CGtrader member for almost two years now and in my opinion it is the best platform for stock media developers available today. Is it fair if I do? Search is terrible, and lost if you have to go backwards a page. Regarding the support case, perhaps you could share the exact details on the case by a message or email to me (dalia@cgtrader.com) - we would like to look more into it and ensure that no cases like that are unsolved. (I prefer not to learn/spent time to handle all the different 3D applications and conversions) Send of two customers so far (here on CGt), hoe asked for a maya version of this model. Bottom line is if people are used to buying from TS they won't buy here because they need to use a different system so let's create our own client base. A customer coming in from outside can view stores, search inside a store or still search the global data base. I deleted my products here and joined sguild again, no reason for staying here. We made this limitation to protect our designers from leechers who download hundreds of free models and then try to monetize them in some other way. Everything is more and more coming down to individual levels of very friendly and much more human communication. And IMHO search is an area where CGT shoul focus first. See ourPrivacy Policyfor more information. I agree structural arrangements need to be done to support this bud it needs to be done in a way so it supports the main axiom of openness. In something limonadinis says is true, but I agree with tomislavveg. A good platform should integrate all next gen communication technologies in order to support curent evolution and technological progress. You need to find what you want based on category and budget and purchase it quickly so you can use the product or send it to who will. The very best thing I find on CGT is the disponibility of the team. If they want free models then they can go elsewhere!!! Thank you for shopping at TurboSquid. I agree with the last post, searching for models should not be a pain. See the reputation, see the response rate, realise the problem will be fixed. You have insufficient credit to complete your purchase. There are very few modelers out there who can actually support themselves financially doing this and whenever one of us sells anything it is a little like winning the lottery. Doing the same at Turbosquid feels as dreadful as applying for a driver's license. Then I contacted Eduardas and Mantas who refused to remove the rating, In this case a collaborative action could be established to make the product more attractive. So what I did was simply adding the 60% cut to the product on Ts. Welcome to Eduvance Youtube Channel.Technology Leadership Program lecture series focuses on imparting knowledge to school students about new technologies lik. 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. You have to choose a category to get a refresh. The sellers for which, CGtrader liked can help for this resource. Free models are posted for lots of different reasons, not just only to serve as an example to show of artist modeling skills/quality of work (sample data).