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How 3D artists sell and deliver asset packs in 2026

3D artists still post a Drive of the FBX, or list on a marketplace and still mail the pack. Asset delivery in 2026 is one URL: a turntable they can judge, a price, the mesh and maps a studio can open in January.

Nanna Friis

Kolding3 min read

How 3D artists sell and deliver asset packs is still, in too many Discords, a Drive of the mesh plus an invoice. Each hop is a place a studio stalls, or walks away with the FBX. Asset delivery should be one door they already have open.

This is the year of jobs: a commissioned hero, a kit you sell many times, a texture set, a revision. Designers have the 2D cousin. This page is the mesh.

A turntable they can judge. FBX and maps wait. Checkout unpacks the kit.

Why assets still leak before they sell

  • An FBX in the thread is the product.
  • A marketplace listing is an aisle. A DM sale is a door.
  • A new TD asks in January. The transfer is gone.
  • The unpaid still is as useful as the pack.

How this looks on a year of jobs

Commissioned hero

Password the door. Show a turntable. If the remaining fee is due, put it on that URL. Usage and engine versions belong in the unpaid view.

A kit you sell many times

A public sample and a price. Name the collection. A contents file. Sell fonts, mockups, and brand assets is the packaging cousin.

Texture set

Show the look. Keep albedo, roughness, and normal behind the door. One checkout, one pack. Say the resolution on the page.

Revision

Replace the file. The URL does not change. If the round was not in the booking, say the extra sits on the same door after a new checkout.

Albedo, roughness, normal. The look is the unpaid view. The maps leave as one download.
What you getA split 3D hand-offOne asset link
They judge the lookA raw FBX in DiscordA turntable on the page
They payPayPal in another appCheckout on that URL
They get the packA Drive of mapsUnlock on the same page
A new TDRebuild the ZIPPoint at the same link

  1. Put this pack in one folder

    Mesh, maps, a licence, a readme with software versions.

  2. Decide the unpaid view

    A turntable or a still. Not the FBX.

  3. Price it if they still owe you

    The artist payment link is the folder. When checkout completes, the same URL is the download.

Spike takes 5% on Free, 1% on Pro, 0% on Business, from the payout. Stripe's card fee still applies. Minimum price is £1. Free shares last three days. A studio pack that must stay fetchable belongs on Pro or Business. How designers deliver brand files is the 2D sister. Name the engine and the unit scale on the unpaid view so a Unity buyer does not install a Zbrush dump by mistake.

If they can see the turntable, they should be able to pay for the mesh without a Drive in the Discord.

Questions

Good to know

Put FBX or glTF, maps, and a licence in one folder. Show a turntable or a still in the unpaid view. Checkout unlocks the pack on the same URL.

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