Since October 2013, itch.io has let builders promote their content material with out taking any of the cash. It was initially disabled for the Ludum Dare October Challenge, which challenges individuals to construct a sport, take it to market, and promote it.

At the time I made a decision to maintain itch.io’s price off indefinitely since the price of internet hosting the positioning was manageable, and it was actually encouraging to sellers. Fast ahead to at the moment and issues have grown fairly a bit. Recently many have been asking about when itch.io will begin being profitable. They need to see {the marketplace} they take pleasure in have a sustainable enterprise mannequin to allow them to proceed to make use of it for the foreseeable future.

I’m actually impressed by the neighborhood that has shaped round itch.io. It’s a beneficiant group giving cash to creators to help their work. I need to encourage this sort of neighborhood from each angle, and I made a decision that how I deal with the price could be the right alternative to try this.

itch.io has all the time been pay-what-you-want for consumers, it would quickly be pay-what-you-want for sellers. I’m calling it open income sharing.

I’ve written a separate put up on the itch.io web site, What is itch.io, speaking about what itch.io’s objectives are together with introducing the concept. If you additionally consider that itch.io is doing one thing good right here then I extremely encourage you to share and unfold the put up.

So what’s open income sharing?

As the vendor you resolve what share itch.io will get from every transaction. From 0 to 100%, set the slider to what you assume is honest. A quote from the put up I linked above:

You could be saying “well that sounds pretty risky, what if everyone sets it to 0?” We assume that’s a threat we’re keen to absorb the spirit of encouraging the beneficiant and supportive neighborhood that’s already developed round itch.io.

You’ll discover these new income share choices on the vendor settings tab in your account settings web page. Because I don’t need to simply begin gathering cash with no discover, the income sharing won’t be energetic till March twenty third, 2015 however you may configure the share that can be utilized to your account now.

itch.io’s default fee can be 10%. If you don’t make any adjustments to your account then it would robotically be set to 10%. 10% is much beneath the business normal, 30%, which you’ll see on locations like Apple App Store, Google Play or Steam. If you don’t assume the default is honest, both too low or too excessive, I encourage you to alter it!

I hope you take into account every part itch.io has been doing over the previous two years when selecting the income break up. itch.io is an evolving undertaking that has taken 1000’s of hours to develop. If you consider this can be a undertaking that ought to succeed then replicate that within the quantity you select. The cash earned can be put immediately again into the positioning to proceed offering the instruments it’s good to promote and market your content material.

Don’t overlook to take a look at the What is itch.io put up I discussed above.

Thanks!
– Leaf