When and how will the real-world commerce options become more widely available for developers working with toy brands?
1 Like
THIS needs to be fixed ASAP!
ANY user can download a mesh, then upload it as their own (write over a previous asset). They will then send a copyright notice to copyright_agent@roblox.com or use the “Rights Manager” to get the original owner terminated!
Twitter video showing this method in action:
https://x.com/RealTxream/status/1792544970840113333
15 Likes
Are there any plans to allow developers to set different Robux distribution rates for each place, game pass, and developer product?
In a single group, there can be multiple fragmented or branched places or products.
For example:
Group owner (A) might hire an outsourcer (B) to create a seasonal effect game pass.
Instead of giving a fixed payment upfront, they agree to split the game pass sales revenue by percentage.The reason for this is that the effect game pass requires continuous updates.
B has to update the effect every time a new season starts, so both A and B find splitting the revenue more reasonableHowever, the group owner has to check the game pass revenue each time and pass it on to B, and B cannot be sure that the group owner isn’t manipulating the revenue screenshots to cheat him
To solve this issue, different percentages should be applicable to each place (premium payout) and product (game pass, developer product).
I think Roblox might already be aware of this, but I am curious if there are any plans for it :D
Totally agree we need this! We are actively evaluating and planning when we introduce Shoes as a UGC category, especially as we already have the category available in Marketplace. We definitely intend to enable UGC Shoes, but the timeline is currently in flux. Stay tuned for updates on this in the future.
10 Likes
Why are experience owners receiving a 40% cut of a UGC asset sales, when the original creators of the asset only receives 30%?
The original asset creator takes on all of the risk, while receiving the smallest share:
Creation of the asset + Premium + Upload Fee + Publishing Advance = Creator earns 30%
MarketplaceService:PromptPurchase(<Player>, <AssetId>) = Experience earns 40%
8 Likes
In the long term, we want trading to exist on the platform for all items. However, the issue with limited UGC items is that trading as it exists today does not allow creators to earn from secondary transactions. We are actively discussing and evaluating how the next generation of trades can be introduced to the Marketplace. This will require some time to get right, which is why, in the near term, we are not planning to introduce trades for UGC limiteds.
9 Likes
- Why does Roblox not allow items that completely cover the character instead of simply creating a category for these items? In a roleplay or hangout setting, having your character be a fridge or vending machine is perfectly acceptable and something that would be in demand by users and make a lot of money for Roblox. In other games where this disrupts gameplay and similarly to layered clothing, a developer can toggle this category off.
There, I have split all of my questions up into nice easy chunks as per MisterRedTurtle’s suggestion. Feel free to continue not ignoring any questions that may appear to be difficult or uncomfortable to answer!
FYI, no sane UGC creator expects to make money from their UGC limiteds being traded.
5 Likes
Thanks for your question and interest in Gear! I have a few of the Gears you mentioned, and agree with your assessment of the current state of Gear. It is definitely on our radar and something we have discussions on revamping, but we are currently in the process of figuring out the best way for us to overhaul them. There is a challenge for us in finding the right balance between allowing Gears and hand-held props to be brought into experiences where it makes sense, while also being cognizant to not disrupt developer-intended gameplay mechanics. While we don’t have specific updates to share now, Gear is something we recognize needs an update that we are still thinking through the best path forward on.
25 Likes
We as creators are not expecting to make any profit from trades (Atleast directly). I speak for all limited creators I know when I say that we simply want our communities to be able to exchange accessories with one another and create value
Quoting @WhoseTrade “Trading increases circulation which increases resales as a result”
17 Likes
just want to chime in as a creator who regularly makes limiteds – I am not looking to profit directly from secondary transactions such as trades and it’s strange that this is even an expectation IMO
20 Likes
Thanks for the great suggestion. We have many improvements to the group payout system planned for later this year, and will consider this for a future release.
9 Likes
Ads are generally priced based on the supply of available ads to show on Roblox and the demand for those ads in the form of advertising budgets. Roblox is working on ways to make our ad systems more efficient by ensuring that we use our ad impressions to deliver the most advertiser value.
Recently, we elevated sponsored experiences to a higher placement on Home. Moving sponsored experiences up has helped creators drive more impressions and visits to their experience. From our tests, we saw that moving the location of sponsored experiences to a higher position on Home resulted in a significant increase in ad impressions, clicks, and plays per user giving advertisers more for their ad spend.
We are working on ways for ads to deliver more value such as improving targeting so that advertisers can reach the people that matter to them to make the most of the budgets they have. For example, we recently launched audience targeting for sponsored experiences so that advertisers can reach users by the genre of experiences they like to play. We recently added to Creator Analytics the ability to see average revenue per user by source including sponsored ads, this can help you better understand the impact of your sponsored ad campaigns.
3 Likes
We understand how valuable free items are as a promotional tool, and realize this was a big change; however, an oversupply of free items over time means free items will not be as valuable to users and dilute their uniqueness, thus defeating their original purpose. This also has an impact on our economy and future earnings of the community, as users spend less Robux on your creations when they get them for free.
In the future, we want the per-unit fee for free items to be dynamic and respond to market conditions similar to our dynamic price floors. It will reflect factors like the cost to our economy and the loss in creator earnings if a user had spent Robux on an item. This means that price might go up or down depending on supply and demand of free and paid items. We expect these changes to make free UGC items more valuable to the community and optimized for the right supply/demand balance.
We are always looking for new ways to help more creators of any size to monetize — if that is their goal — and are committed to continuing to invest in this product as we believe free items are critical for a healthy Marketplace.
8 Likes
Our systems constantly optimize for healthy marketplace dynamics that allow more people to create, sell, and earn. Our goal is a dynamic system that responds to market conditions to maintain marketplace health for the long-term earnings of our UGC community.
Dynamic price floors are specifically adapting to balance supply and demand. The best signal of a healthy and balanced market is creator earnings, and our price floor algorithm is designed to increase aggregate creator earnings. We have updated price floors only when there is evidence that the change achieves that goal as aggregate creator earnings have been increasing since launch.
We also give creators controls that let them set rules for how much to charge for their items relative to these dynamic prices. We’re confident this will help make sure creators can earn while giving consumers more access to items at fair market prices.
2 Likes
Thank you for your suggestion! We know there is both creator and user demand for seeing multiple items from a creator as well as related items. We do have plans later this year to invest more in helping creators showcase their creations and more of their items, whether that is through their stores tab or within the details page as you suggested. Stay tuned!
5 Likes
Roblox remains devoted to protecting our IP and we will continue to evaluate our practices in this regard.
Roblox takes action on content that we believe infringes on our IP while also trying to support creators’ expression of Roblox lore and culture. There are many ways to create fan content that would not be an infringement and would be allowed to remain in Marketplace. In tandem, we work to ensure a wide diversity of creations are highlighted in Marketplace, and if you find infringement of your unique creation, we encourage you to follow our DMCA process to request a takedown.
Check out our prior guidance on how to approach protecting IP:
As we outlined in that guidance, there are many Roblox designs that are themselves inspired by normal everyday items, and we would not be able to prevent creators from designing their own version of those everyday items. For example, if you want to create a hat on Roblox inspired by a well-known style of hat, such as a top hat, you may not be able to stop other users from uploading similar hats.
3 Likes
Concerned users can report duplicate content that they believe to be violating Roblox’s Community Standards using our official Report Abuse feature also accessible on each item’s Marketplace page. We have dedicated moderation staff which work 24/7 to review and take action accordingly.
If curious, we answered another question about Roblox’s stance on replicas of Roblox-made items.
Thanks for the question!
4 Likes
Empowering creators to protect their creations is an important issue to us. IP owners are best positioned to tell us what they believe infringes on their rights. That’s why we recently launched Rights Manager, to help rights holders manage their intellectual property. You can use Rights Manager to report experiences, avatar items, and assets such as models, audio, and images that you believe infringe on your IP.
Roblox investigates and takes action on every valid report, which may include removing or disabling the infringing content, and in appropriate circumstances, permanently terminating the accounts of users who have repeatedly infringed on the IP of others.
To deter bad actors, we require email and ID verification for all virtual item creators. That means that once a creator is found to be a repeat infringer it will be very hard for that person to create again on the platform.
However, we are at the beginning of this journey. We are working to incorporate Marketplace search inside of Rights Manager, build detection tools that identify similar assets, and more in order to enable solutions to identify infringement of your IP at scale.
3 Likes