Geo P.

Creative market is dying, and they're sucking the lifeblood out of the creators to stay alive as long as possible.

Over the years, Creative market has continually lowered their creator commission. When first launched, commission was 80%, then it dropped to 70%, then again to 60%, and now we've hit a new low at 50% commission... I got an email today that Creative Market is letting us "Earn 100% of profits!... for the first month of release of NEW products"... then they quietly slip in that commission has been lowered to 50%. Yet again, another commission cut, this time hiding behind a pointless 4-week commission raise.

While they're pretending to soften the blow with the 4 week commission raise for NEW products, they have also sneakily made it difficult for new products to sell in this first 4 weeks. For years they had a "new products" feed on the home page. But this has now been disappeared, making it difficult for creators to even take advantage of the 4-week raise. Those 4 weeks will pass quickly, before Creative Market dives in with their 50% cut for the next many years.

Finally, they've taken away the collective voice of creators. There was once an active forum on the site where creators would discuss issues with the increasingly greedy cuts. This forum has just mysteriously disappeared. They clearly fear the protest and rebellion that would occur should we be able to communicate with one another easily. They know if we were able to connect with each other, we would likely form an organized walk-out, pulling our products in protest. But we all will suffer in silence now. Whether the walk-out is organized or not, I'm walking out myself for far superior marketplaces out there. I'm sure I won't be the only one.