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Check the market average price, from this you can see what is on offer for that price, if you give more price your item higher.
In my experience when buying models from the market place the price is not what I look at first, its the quality. If its good quality and around average/above average price ill purchase.
Dont worry about what other people's strategy is, without talking to them directly you are just guessing and that doesn't give you good analytics. Focus on your product, what value you offer and if you know your product is of quality standard its probably worth more than you think it is.
Good points, thanks for your feedback 3DCargo. But "Check the market average price" is a problem. I´ve had a folio on Turbosquid, RenderHub, 3DExport, FlippedNormals, CGTrader and more. So, which "market aveage price" do you mean? Because on each of these platforms the price for specific items differs, totaly. A simple high poly ball in high quality is conventionally 200%-500% more expensive on Turbosquid as on CGT.
The only thing what does not differs is quality, good quality sells of course everywhere, but firstly it doesn´t slove the price question and I saw also excellent quality models (Triple A ready) for $5 at Artstation.
Hence.... turning in circles.
If you sell on many market places you know which ones give you the higher percentage of your income. So for example lets say I sell on "X" market place, and most of my sales come from "X". Then I would set my price to the average of "X" market place. If other market places dont sell so well then they wouldn't have anyway, but your client base (whichever market you sell most on) will buy your product for that price range.
For example, I also sell on other market places, the first thing I checked was other people who do the same thing. Some people sell their item on "X" marketplace for more than "Y". Some people keep the price the same. My first thought, why? Then I realized why doesn't matter, look at your sales and income numbers that's the best indicator. Lets say on market "X" I get 40% commission and "Y" 80%. If I sell 2x more on "X" that's equal to "Y" right? So "X" is the average price people are willing to pay, forget about "Y". Then work out what you think you should get in commission so lets say I put the model up for $50, 40% of that is $20 - Am I happy with $20 for this model, if so then any repeat sales on either market place will be either $20 or $40 each, that's equal to or double than I wanted for that model. These are just basic numbers, I haven't put in the tax/etc. but its easier to see the forest from the trees.
thanks for your thoughts. Hence, i.e. SQUIR sells their car models at prices that can be reached more likely on RH and TS as on CGT, if I follow that logic. I know that on RH and TS cars are definitely more expensive as on CGT, no matter if high or mid poly. But it does not apply for SQUIR, they offer their items practically everywhere at same prices, probably taken from the reached high stacks somewhere, and they ignore the more price sensitive buyers on CGT. However they are an exception, why I handle with them, don´t know. You brought in however an important point, the "market average price", that on one hand is nowhere the same actually..... but on another hand dedicted to where this price is being "made"... by the simple fact where the most sales happen for this particular product / item / genre at which price. Right?
A logical and rational approach, I like it.
But how about all that "sales" and discounts? We would have to calculate it with a calculator each time if offering all that discounts.
I dont think you bother with calculating the discounts, you just have a margin. So like I mentioned above if you are happy with that $20 you made from the lowest comission, and you have sold that product 10x, you have already made $200 on it. So do you care if a few more people get it for $10? Lets say that puts you up to $300, not bad, also if you provide a range of products the customer might think this is great, ill buy a few more things from them. This is putting yourself in the shoes of someone with a large library with similar content btw, otherwise they might just take a quick look and move on.
I get your point.
