Comments on: How to Sell Your Flash Templates Without FlashDen http://www.warmforestflash.com/blog/2009/08/how-to-sell-your-flash-templates-without-flashden/ A blog about Flash & ActionScript 3 from a designer's perspective Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:35:07 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: In-wardha http://www.warmforestflash.com/blog/2009/08/how-to-sell-your-flash-templates-without-flashden/comment-page-1/#comment-5097 In-wardha Sat, 06 Aug 2011 18:05:42 +0000 http://www.warmforestflash.com/blog/?p=305#comment-5097 Thanx for the Idea, I'll start my own website as soon as i start generating substantial income. Thanx for the Idea, I’ll start my own website as soon as i start generating substantial income.

]]> By: Designers Paradise http://www.warmforestflash.com/blog/2009/08/how-to-sell-your-flash-templates-without-flashden/comment-page-1/#comment-5048 Designers Paradise Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:39:20 +0000 http://www.warmforestflash.com/blog/?p=305#comment-5048 We sell flash templates for you guys, we give 70% if you are exclusive or not, best rates on the net. We sell flash templates for you guys, we give 70% if you are exclusive or not, best rates on the net.

]]> By: Robert Pataki http://www.warmforestflash.com/blog/2009/08/how-to-sell-your-flash-templates-without-flashden/comment-page-1/#comment-5046 Robert Pataki Sat, 05 Feb 2011 22:35:39 +0000 http://www.warmforestflash.com/blog/?p=305#comment-5046 Great article man! For everyone who wanted to see a step-by-step tutorial on setting up a business: Sorry, but you have to figure it out for yourself! That's the way it works. I'm pretty sure you can find other brilliantly helpful articles like this one. I am thinking about setting up a site for my goods too, I don't know whether I am on the right way or not - I will see by time. Keep up the goods, and good luck for your future plans, Rob Great article man!

For everyone who wanted to see a step-by-step tutorial on setting up a business: Sorry, but you have to figure it out for yourself! That’s the way it works. I’m pretty sure you can find other brilliantly helpful articles like this one.

I am thinking about setting up a site for my goods too, I don’t know whether I am on the right way or not – I will see by time.

Keep up the goods, and good luck for your future plans,
Rob

]]> By: Tony T http://www.warmforestflash.com/blog/2009/08/how-to-sell-your-flash-templates-without-flashden/comment-page-1/#comment-5015 Tony T Sat, 13 Nov 2010 23:22:02 +0000 http://www.warmforestflash.com/blog/?p=305#comment-5015 How do you handle the License? You have to include one right? How do you handle the License? You have to include one right?

]]> By: Crz http://www.warmforestflash.com/blog/2009/08/how-to-sell-your-flash-templates-without-flashden/comment-page-1/#comment-5006 Crz Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:00:26 +0000 http://www.warmforestflash.com/blog/?p=305#comment-5006 Nice article. Everything you did sounds great for the newb except your hosting. Avoid your host like the plague =). If you ever go lateral/up, consider getting a VPS system (virtual dedicated). Much better uptime IMHO. I have had several in the last 5 years (concurrently) and have ZERO downtime. Especially when paired with a watchdog suite that auto starts or reboots in case of any module going down. Much better than having MT send you an email or worse, just hoping that you will not find out that they were down for hours. VPS isyes shared, but the machine specs are usually REDONCKULOUS (12gig, raided etc..) and yes, while you are paying by partition of guaranteed space, the fact that it IS on a huge/backed up server, allows you a very good traffic spike leeway should that ever arise. I've even done streaming media serving in a pinch (during overhaul of an actual dedicated server)for THOUSANDS of listeners (for radio station), without issues to that should tell you something about the spiking capability. Any ways, Best of luck Nice article. Everything you did sounds great for the newb except your hosting. Avoid your host like the plague =). If you ever go lateral/up, consider getting a VPS system (virtual dedicated). Much better uptime IMHO. I have had several in the last 5 years (concurrently) and have ZERO downtime. Especially when paired with a watchdog suite that auto starts or reboots in case of any module going down. Much better than having MT send you an email or worse, just hoping that you will not find out that they were down for hours. VPS isyes shared, but the machine specs are usually REDONCKULOUS (12gig, raided etc..) and yes, while you are paying by partition of guaranteed space, the fact that it IS on a huge/backed up server, allows you a very good traffic spike leeway should that ever arise. I’ve even done streaming media serving in a pinch (during overhaul of an actual dedicated server)for THOUSANDS of listeners (for radio station), without issues to that should tell you something about the spiking capability.

Any ways,

Best of luck

]]> By: Alexander http://www.warmforestflash.com/blog/2009/08/how-to-sell-your-flash-templates-without-flashden/comment-page-1/#comment-4999 Alexander Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:07:58 +0000 http://www.warmforestflash.com/blog/?p=305#comment-4999 I commend you both for the article and your decision to "stick it to the man", lol. I just had a file (character template)rejected on activden that was previously approved. Reason being, Activeden demands that you include an animated preview swf for your submissions. A couple of months ago I did that only to find out that it was being downloaded and decompiled. Someone contacted me on the site and pointed me to a video on you tube where my character was the star of some animated short, and some blog where a programmer was showing a preview of an upcoming mobile game he was coding starring guess who? my guy. I left him a message and he responded by saying he purchased it on activeden, and I told him I am the creator of that character and no one had purchased it yet. Needless to say, my comments where deleted and now he is approving messages before they get posted. On a positive note it kind of showed me that my templates work, and people have use for them but the fact that I didn't get a dime infuriated me and I took it down from active den with plans to sell it on my own. Then I started thinking, now I have to set up a cart, site, and get traffic. Basically, I got lazy, cause I have no interest in running a site, coding or anything of the sort. So I decided to re-submit, but this time I included a static swf, no animation. Well it was rejected cause of it. So now I am seriously thinking about going solo, which is why I am so glad to have found this article, it is inspiring. Another thing to consider, the downside of getting to big, and popular is that you will surely start seeing your work being downloaded in those p2p, torrent sites, so that is a concern. The digital world is great, but nothing is sacred in it's vast wasteland. I commend you both for the article and your decision to “stick it to the man”, lol.

I just had a file (character template)rejected on activden that was previously approved. Reason being, Activeden demands that you include an animated preview swf for your submissions. A couple of months ago I did that only to find out that it was being downloaded and decompiled.

Someone contacted me on the site and pointed me to a video on you tube where my character was the star of some animated short, and some blog where a programmer was showing a preview of an upcoming mobile game he was coding starring guess who? my guy. I left him a message and he responded by saying he purchased it on activeden, and I told him I am the creator of that character and no one had purchased it yet. Needless to say, my comments where deleted and now he is approving messages before they get posted.

On a positive note it kind of showed me that my templates work, and people have use for them but the fact that I didn’t get a dime infuriated me and I took it down from active den with plans to sell it on my own.

Then I started thinking, now I have to set up a cart, site, and get traffic. Basically, I got lazy, cause I have no interest in running a site, coding or anything of the sort.

So I decided to re-submit, but this time I included a static swf, no animation. Well it was rejected cause of it. So now I am seriously thinking about going solo, which is why I am so glad to have found this article, it is inspiring.

Another thing to consider, the downside of getting to big, and popular is that you will surely start seeing your work being downloaded in those p2p, torrent sites, so that is a concern. The digital world is great, but nothing is sacred in it’s vast wasteland.

]]> By: pissu http://www.warmforestflash.com/blog/2009/08/how-to-sell-your-flash-templates-without-flashden/comment-page-1/#comment-4587 pissu Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:40:37 +0000 http://www.warmforestflash.com/blog/?p=305#comment-4587 Yes, it is not hard to sell stuff online, I tried to sell my unapproved templates to templatemonster but they want very high quality stuff and they dont buy stuff from designers, I put my all junk templates and design stuff which did not get approved by clients at cashmyfiles.com atleast some hope to sell one day. Yes, it is not hard to sell stuff online, I tried to sell my unapproved templates to templatemonster but they want very high quality stuff and they dont buy stuff from designers, I put my all junk templates and design stuff which did not get approved by clients at cashmyfiles.com atleast some hope to sell one day.

]]> By: dimumurray http://www.warmforestflash.com/blog/2009/08/how-to-sell-your-flash-templates-without-flashden/comment-page-1/#comment-3557 dimumurray Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:42:06 +0000 http://www.warmforestflash.com/blog/?p=305#comment-3557 Found my way here via the FD forums as well. You've given voice to a budding trend; I know of a few micro-stock authors who have branched out on their own as well. I hope to do the same one day but at the moment I'm trying a different tact, selling my wares on as many micro-stock sites I can find :). So far I've had mixed results but the goal is to ultimately establish a brand and then launch my own site. Your site has proven to be a great resource and I've bookmarked it for future reference. Who knows, if enough of us strike out on our own we might end up establishing a marketplace independent of its micro-stock roots. Here's wishing you continued success in your endeavor. Found my way here via the FD forums as well. You’ve given voice to a budding trend; I know of a few micro-stock authors who have branched out on their own as well. I hope to do the same one day but at the moment I’m trying a different tact, selling my wares on as many micro-stock sites I can find :) . So far I’ve had mixed results but the goal is to ultimately establish a brand and then launch my own site. Your site has proven to be a great resource and I’ve bookmarked it for future reference. Who knows, if enough of us strike out on our own we might end up establishing a marketplace independent of its micro-stock roots.

Here’s wishing you continued success in your endeavor.

]]> By: Jay http://www.warmforestflash.com/blog/2009/08/how-to-sell-your-flash-templates-without-flashden/comment-page-1/#comment-3556 Jay Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:56:33 +0000 http://www.warmforestflash.com/blog/?p=305#comment-3556 @Donagh Thanks for the compliments and the heads up about the FD link! Hopefully they won't delete that posting. :) Yeah just getting started was the hardest part - you kinda just have to jump into without thinking about how hard it's gonna be. It's definitely worth it. Best of luck with your endeavors. -Jay @Donagh

Thanks for the compliments and the heads up about the FD link! Hopefully they won’t delete that posting. :) Yeah just getting started was the hardest part – you kinda just have to jump into without thinking about how hard it’s gonna be. It’s definitely worth it. Best of luck with your endeavors.

-Jay

]]> By: Donagh O'Keeffe http://www.warmforestflash.com/blog/2009/08/how-to-sell-your-flash-templates-without-flashden/comment-page-1/#comment-3554 Donagh O'Keeffe Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:00:33 +0000 http://www.warmforestflash.com/blog/?p=305#comment-3554 Hey, Someone posted a link on the FD forums, where I am an author. Congratulations on getting this solo effort up and running. It's an emormous amount of work, to do by yourself. Kudos. I'm definitely interested in following in your footsteps, as I too share your feelings about pricing and other Flash Den failings. This will be a great resource when I finally take the plunge. I wish you all the best with your sales. ( btw Nice Templates!) Donagh Hey,

Someone posted a link on the FD forums, where I am an author. Congratulations on getting this solo effort up and running. It’s an emormous amount of work, to do by yourself. Kudos. I’m definitely interested in following in your footsteps, as I too share your feelings about pricing and other Flash Den failings. This will be a great resource when I finally take the plunge. I wish you all the best with your sales.

( btw Nice Templates!)

Donagh

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