Updates to the Master Skinners Program
Thursday, June 29, 2023 by bdsams | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Today we are announcing that we will be retiring the Master Skinner’s program on Wincustomize. As we continue to modernize our platform and services, this change is required to help us move more efficiently forward.
What this change means is that any of the community skins on Wincustomize will continue to be offered for free. Any premium skins offered by our Master Skinners program are being removed from the site starting today.
If you have previously purchased any skins from Wincustomize, you will still be able to download them from your Stardock account. And if there are skins that you would like to purchase, we recommend reaching out directly to the Master Skinners.
Going forward, you will continue to see Stardock support WindowBlinds and the community. A few weeks ago we released a new skin for WindowBlinds 11 called Fluent Luna and expect to release several more in the coming months.
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Reply #42 Wednesday, July 26, 2023 10:38 AM
Where will all you great skinners keep your master skillz skins so I can continue to support your work??
Reply #44 Monday, August 14, 2023 4:07 PM
'The suspense is terrible. I hope it'll last.' -Willy Wonka
I look forward to being able to still support you all of the master skinners when I can.
Reply #45 Monday, August 14, 2023 6:48 PM
My new site is up and running now: LightStar Design – OS Customization Designs
Reply #46 Tuesday, August 15, 2023 4:56 PM
I've noticed a lack of skins for the last month or so but didn't realize what had happened. Checking the forum provided me the answer. I registered on your new site as most of my skins are yours! Will your skins continue to work with Windowblinds?
Reply #47 Tuesday, August 15, 2023 6:16 PM
I've noticed a lack of skins for the last month or so but didn't realize what had happened. Checking the forum provided me the answer. I registered on your new site as most of my skins are yours! Will your skins continue to work with Windowblinds?
They sure will continue to work, I am checking them all again, making some adjustments for Windows 10 if needed, and Windows 11, and then uploading them on my site, Premium or free. Glad to hear you're on the site! 
Reply #48 Wednesday, November 1, 2023 9:27 AM
You can certainly continue to skin and can attain Master skinner rank. That has not been eliminated.
Still missed my point. I was looking forward to possibility of earning some $$ for my work. I am not sure that i will post anymore work here.
Reply #49 Wednesday, November 1, 2023 9:47 AM
You can certainly continue to skin and can attain Master skinner rank. That has not been eliminated.
Still missed my point. I was looking forward to possibility of earning some $$ for my work. I am not sure that i will post anymore work here.
That's your perogative. From the beginning, everyone was free to try and sell their own art on their own or whichever site, just WC had the rank system in place.
No one ever tried to stop that. Folks just found the community and system in place on WC convenient to them.
When skinning wound down as a function of MS OS changes, and attrition from other reasons, SD finally no longer found it worthwhile to continue the Master skin program. Only dA, Lightstar and adni18 continue commercial sites (I could be wrong), and folks aren't doing enough to help Lightstar keep his site alive.
One more thing remains to be said, though. The skinners/artists always maintained that folks should first skin for themselves...and that will always remain true.
*edit: Lightstar correctly noted I forgot neone6. Sorry, Andy! It was an honest error. Thanks for correcting my oversight, Tom. 
Reply #50 Wednesday, November 1, 2023 9:50 AM
Only Lightstar and adni18 continue commercial sites (I could be wrong),
Don't forget neone6 (Andy) Doc.
Reply #51 Wednesday, November 1, 2023 11:32 AM
Only Lightstar and adni18 continue commercial sites (I could be wrong),
Don't forget neone6 (Andy) Doc.
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My bad. Thanks for the correction, Tom. 
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Reply #41 Thursday, July 6, 2023 10:43 PM
Well, you learn something new everyday! I knew it was sports related, though.
Half a gold star, Reap...it does sound like Yogish, I must agree.
WHY?????
It doesn't really matter, because the Masters who wanted their skins to remain as free ones got their request, and the masters who created their own methods/sites to sell their skins removed them from WC to sell there.
Either way, all the skins are still available to you.