I want to shout out that we’re primarily answering questions in the FAQ thread. While it’s meant more for creators, a lot of the questions being asked in this thread are answered there. I’d prefer not to double up on things, so I’d strongly suggest checking out that thread if you have specific questions.
With that said, let me try to grab questions that have not been answered there…
As a creator, you are free to link to your other stores or social media in your bio, or basically anywhere else.
As a frequent user of Booth, I’m not particularly sure I’ve ever seen someone link to another one of their stores in their description page?
This isn’t really a question, but I wanted to point out that your numbers aren’t correct!
It’s understandable that most users on these forums (or elsewhere on social media) are going to be more “hardcore” VRChat users who are familiar with Unity, Blender, etc., and who customize their own avatars.
This is not the case for all – or even most – users, however!
Candidly, if you make/customize your own avatars and have an affinity for Unity already, then this system isn’t for you out of the gate. Eventually, we’d like it to be for you, but that wasn’t our goal out of the gate.
Not quite in the same way, but there will be something similar for world creators who happen to have avatars for sale.
We are considering offering support for selling components like clothing, accessories, swappable parts and textures in future iterations of the marketplace, but it will not be part of this first version.
We wanted to start with a simple approach to get Avatar Marketplace in your hands as soon as possible. Remember that many of the new buyers you’ll have access to on VRC are unfamiliar with external marketplaces that offer high customization, so don’t assume that a simple pre-built avatar won’t find an audience on VRC.
Avatars can also be customized if configured to do so via available functionality, including listing variants of the same avatar as separate products, or using toggles, as long as avatars adhere to performance requirements.
Which brings me to…
Us too!
Right now, the large majority of avatars we’re accepting to be part of the marketplace are Poor or better. We are allowing in a few Very Poor avatars, but these are special exceptions that are riding the limit and are only accepted on a case-by-case basis.
Gifting isn’t part of launch, but it’s a good idea!
Public avatars will still exist!