Royalties Paid?
Saturday, March 27, 2004 by AHatfield | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Just curious, but are the fine Artist of these Skins and Wallpapers being paid some of the "MONEY" Wincustomize makes by "CHARGING" people to download them? Somebodies getting screwed.
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--Gabriel
Reply #22 Sunday, March 28, 2004 1:38 AM
Reply #22 Sunday, March 28, 2004 1:38 AM
Ahatfield, No, we (the artists) do not get any type of monetary compensation from WC or Stardock. We upload/share our work for free and out of the goodness of our hearts and it is also our own decision to share our work.
But just to educate you on how this works for me (as it does for many others) If I was to look for a space in the net to upload my work I would have to shell about $10.00 a month (for a really cheap host) and that will get me a domain name, some 50Mb of storage and some 20Gb of bandwidth. Then I will have to design the entire webpage and then after that I would have to advertise all over the dam net so I can get a couple of hundred people to visit my site.
So instead of wasting over $100.00 dollars a year and go thru the trouble of creating a webpage and advertise it. I rather pay $20.00 here and upload all my work and have over a million of people view and download my work, which in exchange gets me clients that view and like my work enough to hire me to make designs for them and that is where my monetary compensation comes in.
See how easy that is?
I think you've overestimated the cost..
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But just to educate you on how this works for me (as it does for many others) If I was to look for a space in the net to upload my work I would have to shell about $10.00 a month (for a really cheap host) and that will get me a domain name, some 50Mb of storage and some 20Gb of bandwidth. Then I will have to design the entire webpage and then after that I would have to advertise all over the dam net so I can get a couple of hundred people to visit my site.
So instead of wasting over $100.00 dollars a year and go thru the trouble of creating a webpage and advertise it. I rather pay $20.00 here and upload all my work and have over a million of people view and download my work, which in exchange gets me clients that view and like my work enough to hire me to make designs for them and that is where my monetary compensation comes in.
See how easy that is?
I think you've overestimated the cost..
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Apocalypse_67
Reply #23 Sunday, March 28, 2004 1:48 AM
There are many hosts with different prices out there. The one I took as an example is Geocities from Yahoo http://geocities.yahoo.com/home/
But even at $40.00 USD a year, you still gonna have to design/create the web site/pages and then how many people will actually visit the site?
Meanwhile, you pay $20.00 here for 2 years and not only you get to post all your work, but you dont need to set up a webpage. You also get a vast amount of exposure since WC has 1,000,000+ visitors.
You do the math
Reply #23 Sunday, March 28, 2004 1:48 AM
| You can get a registered domain name and hosting for about $40 a year. |
There are many hosts with different prices out there. The one I took as an example is Geocities from Yahoo http://geocities.yahoo.com/home/
But even at $40.00 USD a year, you still gonna have to design/create the web site/pages and then how many people will actually visit the site?
Meanwhile, you pay $20.00 here for 2 years and not only you get to post all your work, but you dont need to set up a webpage. You also get a vast amount of exposure since WC has 1,000,000+ visitors.
You do the math
Styl-X Design
Reply #27 Sunday, March 28, 2004 9:35 AM
Reply #27 Sunday, March 28, 2004 9:35 AM
$40.00 a year, don't know about you but always tought WC costet more then $10,000 a month...
And btw, I gues I won the bet huh?
And btw, I gues I won the bet huh?
Apocalypse_67
Reply #28 Sunday, March 28, 2004 9:57 AM
Reply #28 Sunday, March 28, 2004 9:57 AM
Exactly my point Styl.
BTW, I was with you on the bet, so cough up my share
BTW, I was with you on the bet, so cough up my share
Chris TH
Reply #32 Sunday, March 28, 2004 8:07 PM
Actually, it's Ominor that we need...
Reply #32 Sunday, March 28, 2004 8:07 PM
| Where's a McCoy when you need one? |
Actually, it's Ominor that we need...
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Reply #21 Sunday, March 28, 2004 1:00 AM
YEAH! where did they go? Kona wanted a piece of them muhahahaha