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by Dalia Lašaitė, CEO at CGTrader E-commerce is a huge and fast-growing industry: it is expected to generate more than USD 500B in revenue in the US this year, and continues to grow at 14.5% annually. The media continues to report onslaught of e-commerce and death of retail on a regular basis. And yet, e-commerce still comprises only 10% of the total US retail market, and therefore, even in 2018, absolute majority of sales still...

Client: Xootr Australia & New Zealand “ I did not need to do anything. No photoshoots, not sending the scooters to anyone - nothing. Everything they needed, CGTrader downloaded from our website: they used the store’s product images to make their 3D models” - Charlie Mills-Mateer, Managing Director at Xootr Australia & New Zealand. Key points: Augmented Reality (AR) was easy to implement as CGTrader were able to capture all the source material needed for...

This year, Black Friday and Cyber Monday have really been exceptional, making last weekend the most successful in CGTrader’s history! Three times more buyers bought models during the Black Friday / Cyber Monday promotions at CGTrader. Large discount offers brought in over 300% more revenue – up to 95% of it going to designers on the site. As usual, all designers on CGTrader could choose to opt-in to participate in this sale and set their...

We are holding an unprecedented sale of 3D content this Black Friday: CGTrader will forefeit most of its fees to offer buyers unseen discounts up to 70% on 3D models. CGTrader was founded on the principle of giving 3D designers a fair share of the profits. For thousands of 3D designers and studios on the platform, participation in sale promotions is strictly an opt-in feature. Those who choose to participate in promotional sales set their...

See how easy it is to add models to existing collections and find out about other updates to our 3D collections tool. A couple of months ago we introduced the 3D collections tool – feature which allows you to create collections of your assets on CGTrader. The feature announcement covers everything you need to know about creating and editing a collection. The new update improves several things about 3D collections. Most importantly, you can now...

CGTrader is constantly improving your experience of the platform. Our last couple of updates improved the way creators can upload their 3D models to CGTrader, create collections automatically and edit multiple models at once. Now, we are introducing one of the largest updates, which will improve how customers use the platform. The model pages are being revamped this month: some changes have already been made and more will be rolled out in the next few...

At CGTrader, we aim to empower members of our community to not only sell more 3D models, but also to work with new and existing clients. And that’s why we’re glad to tell you about another update that helps you to smoothly manage all of your freelancing projects in one place. With our Invite a client feature, you can now easily send private freelance invitations directly to client’s inbox and bring all of your business...

Neil Blevins is a 3D artist that needs no introduction – his multi-decade spanning career in 3D art and design has seen him working in a multitude of mediums, including feature films at Pixar, creating art for fascinating books and video games, and becoming one of the most prominent digital concept artists in the world. We had the absolute pleasure of chatting with Neil about his career, inspiration and the 3D industry. We hope you...

CGTrader, one of the world's leading 3D model marketplaces, offers integration of its technology with the Canadian e-commerce giant Shopify. As part of the integration, CGTrader will help Shopify to create an all new shopping experience using 3D modeling and Augmented Reality (AR). The merchants on Shopify will be able to access CGTrader's services through the Shopify experts’ site. “This integration can help businesses turn their products into a 3D visual format using the latest...

We are very happy to announce the winners of the CGTrader Digital Art Competition. This was our greatest and biggest art contest yet, and it proved to be extremely successful, as it attracted over 6,500 works of digital art from creatives working with 2D and 3D visual mediums. You can see the great artworks of the winners in all six categories (and the Public award) below. If you are curious what prizes the winners are...