Creator Studio

From approved to on the store

You have been approved to sell on Animworks. This is the whole journey: one guided flow where you upload everything yourself, we review it, and it goes live. No back-and-forth emails, no waiting on us to build your listing.

About 15 minutes once your files are ready. Autosaves as you go, come back anytime.

Before you open the wizard

  • Your product zipped into one or more .zip / .7z archives, docs and licence text inside
  • A thumbnail built in the kit: portrait 700x1000 or 1400x2000
  • 2 or more gallery images: renders, close-ups, UI, before/after
  • Rough description notes: what it is, who it is for, what is included
  • Your price, or your tiers if you sell Indie / Studio style
STEP 1

Basics

Pick your category: Rig, Plugin, Mocap, Book, Tutorial or Course. The category shapes the rest of the wizard, the spec fields you fill in later, and how your product page is laid out. Then a product name, a one-line summary that sits under your title, and the software your product works with: Maya, Blender, Unreal. Those picks drive the software logos on your product page.

TipNames sell better plain: "Ranger, a game-ready biped rig" beats "THE ULTIMATE RIG BUNDLE v2 FINAL".
STEP 2

Thumbnail + gallery

Your thumbnail is the single most important image you upload: it is your product on the shop grid, in drops, and in emails. The store standard is portrait 700x1000, and the wizard will not accept other shapes, so build it in the kit below and it fits perfectly. Then add gallery images: products with 2 or more convert noticeably better than a lone thumbnail.

TipFill the frame with your best render. No watermarks, no sale banners, 2-3 software logos at most.
STEP 3

Description

Hit "Insert a starting structure" and the wizard drops in a skeleton written for your category: what it is, who it is for, what is included, compatibility. Fill it in honestly and specifically. Below that come your category's spec fields, rig type, host software, frame rate, page count, which render as a clean spec list on your product page. Finish with up to 20 tags.

TipSpecific sells: "27 body controls, 41 facial" beats "tons of controls". Buyers compare specs.
STEP 4

Product files

Upload the actual product your buyers download: .zip or .7z archives. You can add several, for example the rig and a scenes pack, and name each one. Files land in your own protected folder and are delivered through WooCommerce downloads after purchase.

TipPut a readme and your licence text inside the archive. Fewer support emails for both of us.
STEP 5

Pricing

One price, or multiple tiers: Indie / Studio, Personal / Commercial, whatever fits your product. Tiers become real options on your product page. As you type, the wizard shows exactly what you earn per sale at your current revenue share. Setting the price to 0 makes it a free product, and free products are how most animators discover a creator on Animworks.

TipA free taster product plus a paid flagship is the strongest pattern on the store.
STEP 6

Licensing, only if you need it

Selling a plugin or tool that activates with a licence key? Flip the toggle and tell us seats per licence and whether it is a one-off purchase or a renewable term. Animworks generates and manages the keys, buyers activate from their account, and you write zero licensing code. Not a key-activated product? Leave it off and this step takes three seconds.

STEP 7

Review + submit

A checklist shows exactly what is complete and what is missing: submission only unlocks when the essentials are green. Optionally request a drop week for your launch, give us at least a week, confirm the work is yours, and send it in. Prefer everything on one page instead of steps? Flip on Expert view at any point.

The Animworks thumbnail template with safe zone, title band and logo slot guides

The thumbnail kit

A layered Photoshop template at the exact store size, with the guesswork removed. Works in Photoshop, Photopea (free) and Affinity Photo.

  • DARK and LIGHT PSDs at 1400x2000, export at full size or 700x1000
  • Guide layers: safe zone, title band, software logo slots
  • Maya, Blender, Unreal and Animworks logo pack included
  • README with the do and do-not list reviewers check against
Download the kit

What happens after you submit

Your submission moves through four states. You get an email at every turn, and the wizard always shows where things stand.

Draft

Yours to edit, autosaved. Nothing is visible to anyone else.

In review

We check files, imagery and the listing. Usually 2-3 days.

Changes needed

If something needs fixing, it returns to you with a note. Fix, resubmit.

Live

On the store, in the drops rotation, earning. Congratulations.

Once live, edits go through the same review, and your live product keeps selling untouched while an update is checked. Sales, licences, payouts and drop dates all live in your Creator Studio.

Ready when you are

The wizard saves as you go, so you can start now and finish when your renders are done.

Not approved yet? Apply to sell on Animworks first.
Start a submission