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A bit over a week ago, we introduced a new feature which lets you create collections of 3D models with just a couple of clicks. Now, hundreds of new collections are on the marketplace, and we want to share some simple tips to help your collections become more attractive to potential buyers. To illustrate our points, we'll show you real examples of collections created by 3D designers on CGTrader. Add a detailed description We recommend...

Earn more revenue and sell your 3D assets up to 30% more often by easily creating 3D collections on CGTrader with our new feature. How to create a 3D model collection on CGTrader The stats CGTrader marketplace data is clear: items in collections are sold 30% more often in comparison to being sold as standalone items. More sales mean more revenue, and every item sold in collections earns 30% more revenue than when it’s sold...

alexbes dominated one of our previous PBR (Physically based rendering) challenges by winning in both categories. We asked him to answer a couple of questions about his design work, and he was very generous with his time, sparing no detail and going in-depth into his workflow. Bookmark this great interview and share it with your friends, because it really is a goldmine of PBR knowledge. Hello, alexbes, tell us a bit about yourself, how did...

CGTrader will be exhibiting at Siggraph 2018 in Vancouver and we’d love to meet you and chat! SIGGRAPH 2018 is the event to visit if you are interested in the latest innovations in CG, animation, VR, games, digital art, mixed reality and emerging technologies. The event will be running on 12-16 August, and CGTrader will be exhibiting at booth #818 on August 14-16. Siggraph has been running for 44 years, and this will be our...

You've asked for it and now it's here – from now on you can have Marmoset Viewer 360° 3D previews embedded in your product pages! We have been looking for a secure option to let your customers interact with the model and see it from all sides before purchase, and we believe we picked the best solution. To see how it looks on CGTrader, check the Marmoset embed used in this Katana Sword product page....

Attention sellers! Have you noticed you could specify the native file format of your models on CGTrader? A native file format is a file saved in the format of the original software application used to create the file. When you save a file in a non-native format, the application has to translate the data to that new format, and some information can be distorted or omitted in the process. This means that the native format...

Happy news, everyone! Our community has reached an inspiring milestone – 1,500,000 members! This means that CGTrader has grown 6 times in the last 3 years! A new member join us every minute, and with each day we are becoming a massive force that is changing the 3D industry for the better. We strive to be the most designer-friendly 3D marketplace in the world for designers, while at the same time we are attracting customers...

In the end of March, we closed our PBR Interior Design Challenge, and after a thorough technical review we finally have the best of the best selected. We had two categories in this challenge: best model and best portfolio, each with three winners to be announced. Here are the winners among those who submitted more than 2 models that met all of the technical requirements and were of high aesthetic value. Portfolio category 3rd place...

We are introducing the new Batch Uploader, which lets you upload as many models as you want and manage them easily on your My Products page. To try out the Batch Uploader, all you need to do is prepare a single Batch folder with separate folders in it for each model. Do not forget to archive your textures, otherwise they will be recognized as preview images! An example of a Batch Upload file structure Afterwards,...

Our latest 3D design challenge was more about its message than the prizes or awesome models. We want to sincerely thank everyone for participating in the 3D Character: Female challenge and sharing their works with our community. Characters are one of the toughest categories of 3D modeling, which is why this challenge was especially demanding. Nevertheless, more than a 150 submissions participated in the challenge. We hope it will be the first domino that starts...