Hi there,
Like many of you, my sales on this website is very very low, and i think it's because this website is not enough popular on the web
and for answer to this problem, I have an idea, check this out!
1st : We gonna made 1 long vidéo Showcase of 3 maybe 4 minutes of every good model that we sale on this website and that futur customers can find on CGTRADER
2nd : At the end of the video, I shall see well a message which says "Find all this models on CGTRADER and during 2 weeks some models will be in very low price"
3nd : Every artists share the video on facebook, tweeter, forum, etc...
the goal it's to create a real video campagn for all of us
All the artists which want to participate send me photos or video of their models, i can edit the final vidéo promo.
what do you think about this idea guys????
I have been promoting CGtrader on my YouTube and other social media channels for many years at least 8! The algorithms are designed to stop cgtrader from being popular and promote Turbosquid over CGtrader. It is so sad to see this but there is not much one reviewer can do. We must all work together to change this! #marcoreviews
If you offer stuff for free you will only attract peasants who want free stuff.
About the video, i just saw this yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbM6WbUw7Bs
Bust of Donald Trump used in the video, as well as head for the robot at the end is my model: https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-print-models/art/sculptures/donald-trump
I'm not sure was it sold here or on TS, but i would love CG trader to use this to promote it self.
Hello Buddys!
stays in you 4 days for upload your better 3d model to show YOUR work Through a dynamic video that i'll made
the adress to upload your pict(s) or 360° video is here:
http://www.2waxx.com/CGTraderPromo/upload.php
Recommendation:
-Name your file with : your nickname-name of the model
for example : Newlc-AirbusA380
-Deadline Upload : March 31 2015
If you meet problems to upload your file, please contact me
Best regards buddys!
Newlc, I uploaded tersta-cotswoldhouse.zip, contained tersta-cotswoldhouse.mp4 just moments ago. It's a 360 turntable, 24 f/s, 20 seconds long in 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution. I don't like the video quality - just noticed how bad it looks in Windows player. So, I output to AVI. The AVI doesn't look much better. Last resort: I have all frames out to PNG. Maybe you can load those into your app.
Look for a second upload of tersta-cotswoldhouseAVI-PNG.zip.
I don't know if the first file was even uploaded, but I can see the Uploading status on the second one. Please confirm receipt. Thanks.
Wow guys. First of all thanks Newlc for a such great initiative! It's the best acknowledgement we can get - really appreciate that! Also it shows that CGTrader community starts to take off. As Juste said, we will do our best to promote the message.
As you are interested in increasing sales I would like to share some know-how on how you can really boost your personal sales and help us drive more customers to CGTrader. I will post it in separate thread as it got quite long.
Great idea Newick. We are in engineering business and we are a bit strange guys in this community. That's because we offer solid models for mechanical engineers for designing piping systems instead of polygon models.
But there are no mechanical engineers overhere.....
We are not going to leave CGtrader because we like it!
But we really some more attention from the engineers. So if you can use a model that's made by us, let us know and we make some high resolution renderings.
We are offering a 50% off pricing for that model for let's say 2 weeks.
It's is a nice way to experiment with the results social media, so we are in!
If you don't choose one of our models, no hard feelings.
Success with your project.
@Newlc...If you're in a pinch and need a filler, feel free to select one of my models. If you need a JPG and can't pull it from my page, send me a message and I'll get one to your uploader. But if you don't need anything from me, that's OK too. :-)
You're doing a fine job coordinating the project!
Ok Guys!
If some artists want participate to the project for promote your work on cgtrader Through a video, i invited you to send 1 or 2 HD Jpeg or 360°video of your better model on this link
http://www.2waxx.com/CGTraderPromo/upload.php
Recommendation:
-Name your file with : your nickname-name of the model
for example : Newlc-AirbusA380
-Deadline Upload : March 31 2015
If you meet problems to upload your file, please contact me
Best regards buddys!
By giving everything away all you will do is attract more freeloaders to this website and that will make CGtrader loose credibility. If only all the 3D websites would stop allowing free model downloads!
Although it is ok to give out free samples every now and then like they do at Yogurtland the system should be more restrictive. Basically it isn't ok for it to be free for all and unlimited amount of free downloads.
What the website should do is that if someone wants a free item they need to contact the specific seller first and then the seller needs to grant them a coupon to download their model. This way the seller can get to know the buyer more closely and build a relationship so that then the buyer will be more likely to buy from them in future if they get a good vibe. Online sales needs to get more personal.
@Ricardas Marozas...Agreed, but the irony in promoting 3D print models is that the industry is already trending toward free sharing of models. Shapeways, Thingiverse and Autodesk 123D are good examples. And generally the DIYers are designing their own items using online apps like TinkerCad. Money might be made in production of 3D printed items, but it seems the model sales side is already off to a bad start. This is especially so, given that - unless buyers are happy with plastic output of small trinkets - the size limitations and high print material cost make it very unlikely that a regular customer base could ever be established. I'd profile the bulk of online 3D print customer as a DIYer experimenting with his/her own designs as a one-off craft/hobby/pastime adventure. A lesser proportion own a 3D printer and are designing their own models and likely specialize in jewelry design. I don't think it will be long before people tire of making plastic rings or paying $50 to make a single cappuccino cup. I do think there is opportunity for replacement parts manufacturing. For instance, the cost to make a plastic sprocket is on a par with the price to buy one, if you can find the right one. I'd say 3D printing is great for DIYers making obsolete mechanical parts and jewelry designers, but just a trendy adventure for everyone else.
@Alpha 3d...I don't know if promoting free items will attract the kind of customer the campaign is meant to target - paying customers, that is. I haven't been here long, but what I have noticed is that the one free item I uploaded is downloaded and viewed most and all models published are viewed. The free model - Roman Dome Garden Folly - is not low-poly (poly count: 719,776), nor was it a complex build, consisting of a few cylinders and half-spheres and basic texturing AND super-high-poly detailed capitals. The capitals make the model too poly-expensive for game dev. I uploaded this as a free model to be the 'canary in the coal mine', so I could test the traffic on the site. So, I'm watching a high-poly, simply built (low modeling skills required) item 'sell like hotcakes', not because it's useful or irresistibly attractive, but because it's FREE. With the views being 207 and the downloads being 28, the views-to-download ratio is almost 14%. That's about 10% above what a for-sale, real-world, marketed product would yield in most industries.
What this tells me is that the traffic on this site already has a high proportion of bargain basement hunters looking for free models, which proliferate on the Internet. The increasingly easy access to free models online is already undermining the for-sale model profitability.
Maybe it would be better to offer a 'deep discount', making the prices 'almost free', but still requiring the process of paying. Offering all models for $7 or recommending the Make an Offer option might be the way to go.
Maybe the latter, Make an Offer, option could be the focus of the campaign for all participating designers. It's a feature that certainly distinguishes CGT and it serves as a very useful over-ride for models that have been over-valued and over-priced by designers. We could use it as a tool for getting a better handle on pricing our models and it would reveal what opportunity for profiting really exists on this site, in the 3D modeling industry as a whole and specifically for each designer's product. The main point is to attract prospects who are willing and able to pay SOMETHING.
The price-point is the bane of marketing in every industry, but cost-to-serve analysis is decisive. If the only way to distribute our products is to offer them for free, there's no opportunity to get a return on investment. The sooner we know it, the better, I'd say.
Better concentrate on the regular models. CGTrader will start selling 3D prints on Amazon soon, so no need for even more exposure in that area as it will not attract customers looking for traditional models and might even deter them as some might think that CGT is selling 3D prints only.
Sounds like a great idea. Did you see the CG Trader channel on YouTube? They have an intro video, but I think it needs to be updated with a more sales-related message. Your idea would supply that. I like your idea of a model montage. There are lots to choose from. I think it's to everyone's advantage that top models are featured, so I won't ask for any of mine to be used. I'll be happy to share the link though.
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