roblox launched creator storeis a new digital store for creators, replacing the previous Creator Marketplace.
According to the user-generated content platform, the goal of the Creator Store is to create an eco-friendly environment where creators can securely exchange high-quality assets and solutions such as models, plugins, meshes, images, fonts, audio, and video to accelerate creation on Roblox. It's about developing a system.
Roblox says its team has worked hard over the past two years to modernize the foundation of its ecosystem of creator assets and solutions, launching today. Based on feedback, Roblox focused on his three main areas: safety, practicality, and revenue opportunities. last year, paid by roblox Developers of user-generated content will be paid an estimated $735 million.
safety
Roblox said it is committed to ensuring the Creator Store is a safe place to find assets. Over time, Roblox has implemented a number of changes that allow us to hold malicious actors accountable and protect creators from malicious assets. By deploying both human and automated systems, Roblox believes it can quickly adapt to any issues within its ecosystem.
These changes include an upload speed limit of 6 to prevent spam and abuse. Automatic detection of malicious code in Creator Store assets. Human ratings of top and new assets covering more than 50% of her insertions in the Creator Store. By default, we only show content from ID/phone-verified creators. Prohibiting Coding Pattern 17/APIs that are primarily used for malicious behavior. Systematically manage malicious content and impact on malicious actors.
Roblox said it has removed 47 million maliciously copied assets since 2022. Since implementing monthly sending limits, spam has decreased by more than 90%.
In 2023, 99.99% of Creator Stores inserted into Studio were confirmed to be secure. The company plans to roll out more updates in the coming months to continue improving the security and transparency of its systems.
utility
Roblox said it has made great strides to revamp asset discovery and improve the experience to help developers find the assets they need quickly and efficiently.
Key improvements that have made a noticeable difference to your workflow include semantic search in the Creator Store, which increases unique insertions by up to 20% across asset types in the Creator Store. Added subcategories and trend sections to the home page. We are developing reliable ratings and reviews to get better feedback from our community. The company plans to expand this to more asset types.
Rich media allows for more robust asset descriptions with additional images, links, and a „Details from the Author“ section. This year, Roblox plans further additions to asset descriptions to give developers more insight into what an asset contains and what it does.
In the coming days, Roblox will introduce contextual recommendations based on scenes.
profit opportunity
Roblox also began rolling out the USD price-based Creator Store announced in RDC 4. This will allow the developer to keep his 100% of the revenue earned from the sale of plugins and models (coming soon) sold in Studio or Creator Hub. This is the amount after deducting consumption tax and payment fees. Assets sold are free of his DevEx fees.
In the coming weeks, creators interested in selling plugins on the Creator Store will be able to set up a seller account and set a USD price for their assets. To give all developers time to make this transition and get their content ready for sale, assets will no longer be available for purchase at these USD prices until late March. Once the new USD-based Creator Store goes live, developers will no longer be able to use Her Robux to buy and sell assets in Her Creator Store. Soon after, Roblox will add support for selling models.
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