Becoming a Merchant at DigitalMales (PoserAddicts LLC)

DigitalMales is constantly growing, and if you are thinking about becoming a brokered artist, this page will give you some of the advantages and benefits of selling your products through our site.

DigitalMales is a leading supplier of male Poser™ & 3D content. As such, we are actively seeking to expand our line of male-themed products. Preference is given to merchants who can provide these items.  So if you have a texture or themed product, clothing, or scene we will be more than happy to talk with you.

Products & Looking to the Future of 3D 

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All products we sell are for use with Poser 6, Poser 7, DAZ|Studio, Carrara 6+, Vue 6+, and all 3D Applications that use either 3DS or WaveFront Object forms.

[c4d][3dsmax][maya][lightwave][rhino][zbrush][mudbox][blender][wings3d]

Some "Legacy" products were originally created for use with Poser 4, and contain .RSR files instead of .PNG thumbnails, or contain .BUM files for use with Poser 4.  All new products will conform to Poser 5 and above. .RSR and .BUM files are not required. Keeping this in mind, we are looking toward the future of 3D.

BENEFITS FOR WORKING WITH US...

You will receive 60% of your product's sale price

Many other sites give merchants the standard 50% cut. We give 60% to all brokered-artists whether they are a best-seller regardless of product exclusivity.

Faster testing times

Unlike larger sites, where your product will sit in a "product testing queue" from 7 to 30+ days (which is unacceptable!). Our goal is to test submitted products within 72 hours of receiving them. Because we are attempting to maintain a high-level of quality, if your product does not meet the criteria, you will receive a detailed EMail listing the discrepancies and suggestions for corrections. We also provide you with our own Read-Me file generator to assist in the creation of a proper ReadMe.

Once your product is accepted, it will be added to the Store, and you can start making sales immediately.

Whether you have your own beta-testers or work with ours, your product will go online faster than at any other site.

Regardless whether your product has been tested at another marketplace site we STILL test. We have found that not all sites test as rigorously and we want to ensure a high-quality product.

Additional Promo Images

In order to keep the site uniform and attractive our promo images are standardised.

Promo images are 600x600 pixels. Thumbnail images are 200x200 pixels.  All images must be 72dpi, and be JPEG compressed for optimisation.  Please refer to the [LINK]Sales Image Guidelines for more information.

We allow merchants to upload as many sales images as they require in order to properly showcase their product.

Unlike most marketplace sites, we do not limit our merchants to only 3 images. We ask that you follow our [LINK]Guidelines for creating your promotional images.

 
We have created some brief tutorials to assist you with your product marketing:

[LINK] Image Techniques (a general tutorial with tips and ideas on how to make better images)
[LINK] Sales Image Guidelines (a general tutorial with tips and ideas on how to make better sales images)
[LINK] Product Description Guidelines (a general tutorial with tips and ideas on how to write better product descriptions)

Banner Images & Front Page Rotation Images

We allow each product to have it's own banner (optional) regardless of whether it's exclusive or not. Unlike some other site that limit the number of banners a merchant can have we do not set limits.

Banners are (468x60 pixels) for use in the banner rotation.

Rotation images are found on the upper left side of the site (when logged in) are (479x300 pixels).

The DM Logo is placed on the bottom right in one of 4 different color combinations which complement your promo image. We have a Photoshop PSD file available on the Merchant FTP for your convenience.

Non-Exclusive Products

Exclusivity is not a requirement. You are free to sell your products elsewhere and we will not penalize you.

No Minimum Payments, No Holding

Unlike some other sites, which hold your payment until you reach $20.00 (or $50.00) for that month we do not hold your payment. All of our merchants are paid for their previous month's sales, whether it's $1.00 or $100.00. You have the option to set your own desired payout minimum.

We pay new merchants the money they are owed on the next pay date. For example, if you upload your first product in January and it makes a sale on January 30, you'll get your payment when we pay the merchants on February 10th.

Minimum Pricing

Our minimum pricing is set at $5.00 which covers our bandwidth and administrative fees. We strongly encourage you to price your items above minimum. 

Please take into consideration the pricing of your product. Setting too low a price will create a trend of people expecting low prices for your products.

If you have questions, please feel free to contact us.

We do not take out "taxes"

We do not take "taxes" from foreign merchants (we are a European based site. We are not responsible for collecting American taxes). Unlike certain other big-named sites we do not tax our foreign merchants. If you are based in the US please be aware you are responsible for taxes and filing the appropriate forms with the IRS.

Ninety (90) day listing requirement

Should you choose to sell your product with us, please note we reserve the right to continue to list the item on PoserAddicts LLC sites for a period of ninety (90) days after it is uploaded for sale. If you desire to remove your product after ninety (90) days, we will abide by your request. However, asking us to delete your product because you want to sell exclusively at another site is not a sufficient reason to remove your product.

Merchant Resources

We can provide low-cost exclusive resources and guidelines to help you better develop and promote your products. (This option is only available to our merchants.)

Product Forums

We provide message forums for merchants to talk about current projects and to discuss working with other merchants.

BECOMING A BROKERED ARTIST

To become a brokered artist, you must complete a few steps. These steps only have to be done once.

A. You must have an account at DigitalMales, where your desired Merchant Name is your username.  This is required for customer support for your products and for us to link you to your product information in the future.  Without this we cannot link you to your products.

B. You must be at least listed in our customer listing, once you are a member.  This requires you to go into our Online Store, place something in your shopping cart and go to Checkout to get the registration form only.  You must fill it out, and submit it but not complete the order.  This will put certain information into your online store account and allow us to link you to certain reporting in the future. The software allows this only from the customer/merchant's side of the program, not by admin, this is for security reasons.

• Make certain your Member Information is correct.
• Make certain your EMail Address is a valid one.
• Make sure your Member Name and your desired Merchant Name are the same.
• Go to your Member Information page (located on the Profile Page) and make sure all of the information is filled in, especially the address.
• Go to the Store page and if you do not see "Account Maintenance" under the Online Store block on the right side, then you are NOT officially setup.
  • Go to the Store page and put something in your shopping cart, and then click "Go to Checkout",
  • The system will ask you to fill in shipping/sales information about yourself. 
  • This is something YOU must do, we cannot do it for you.
  • Fill out the information and submit it, but do not continue the purchase process. Simply click the HOME button, do not go to PayPal.
  • If you see the option in the Store Menu under the ONLINE STORE block on the right, "Account Maintenance" then you have been successfully setup.

NOTE: Special security can be assigned to a customer/merchant and we are working on some reporting for merchants that need this to be activated. 
 
C. Download and complete the [LINK]broker agreement (in Rich Text Format).

Type in your information and e-mail the document back to us, at [LINK]this address.

That's it! You are now a merchant and you are now ready to upload your first product.

SUBMITTING PRODUCTS AND PROMOS

Some marketplaces have upload forms that require you to upload a product in "parts" and the forms do not show you progress of your upload to their servers, hang or simply break in the middle.  Then you have to email the site, tell them your product upload broke, and please delete it by hand, and then you go through the whole process again.  This is seriously annoying and we won't put you through all that.

Once you have sent us the broker agreement in Step C above, we will set up an FTP account where you can safely upload your products and promo images to us for testing/processing. You will receive the Login information to the FTP Space, with the name of your personal directory via your registered email address with us. 

Our FTP server space is locked only to our merchants and the final products are loaded elsewhere after testing, and final approval.  Once we have received EMail notice from you that a product has been uploaded for processing, we will immediately take it from the FTP and remove it, leaving only the directory with the product number so you know what the next open number is for your next product.

You can read our [LINK]FTP Guidelines and [LINK]Product File/Promo Guidelines here.

DigitalMales - is a PoserAddicts LLC company.