Who Are The Best vB Designers

[MRGTB]

Originally Posted by CAMS

isit just me or do most places that sell skins buy the designs from a designer, code them then resell them? dont see many that actualy do ther own designs?

i know one persons designs that crop up on nearly every vbstyles site i visit..

anyway ill add ma site link to the list of sites that sell vb styles

http://www.2evolve.org

No your not on your own, I've also seen and even read a thread elsewhere were I know a person bought 3 skins from a designer (one called Plastic) and then setup a skin site selling them after he purchased the full rights from the creator of them. I've also seen some vbskin sites selling the odd same skin on multiple sites all acting as though it theres. :squareeyed:

So I would guess the same person either owns multiple skin sites under different names acting as though there individual sites, or maybe some skins are being sold on comission bases.

[smacklan]

Originally Posted by CAMS

anyway ill add ma site link to the list of sites that sell vb styles

Nice work!...good luck with your site

[vietfancy]

I think $750 per skin in an ok price, I'd pay that much $$ to have my forum unique from the rest.

.... Dear Lord...
it took me more than a week and i haven't done my new skin yet...

arggggg

[CAMS]

i sell mine for $350 max price.. so far tho ive sold all them for about $300 and under

dont realy have a fixed price.. as some styles take less time and work than others to get done so by it taken up less of ur time and being simpler todo its only rite to charge less for it.

$700 is abit steep for a vbulletin style..

[Hellcat]

Originally Posted by CAMS

$700 is abit steep for a vbulletin style..

Indeed!
Even for an exclusive one, made by specific request that's way overpriced IMHO.
However, noone is forced to buy a style for that ammount

I just finished an exclusive style for someone who is pretty happy with it.
Went for under $300.

I enjoy making vB styles and I think my styles are not bad - even though I do have to raise my GFX skills some more....
Design, all GFX and the template "coding" of course is all done by me and myself. No third party involved.
I'm also thinking about walking more into the "making vB styles" thing, but there are soooooo many sites already selling styles....


My 2ct for this

[MRGTB]

There are a lot of sites constantly setting up with the intentions of making money from vB Styles. How many of them are actually successfull overall in selling there skins on a regular bases I'd be interested to know (apart from the obvious well known skin sites that produce top quality styles thats been around for ages). As it quite obvious there selling them OK.

But I agree, even I thought about jumping on the band wagon so to speak at one point after reading people saying they will pay $300 and $600 for a skin LOL. Hell why not, I'm all for making money which every way it comes!

But I don't really have the time to sit there all day creating skins and then having to provide a backup service well, which they would expect at $300 a pop. And skins do usually mess up sometimes when a new vB version is released. Plus you get FREE skins released here all the time, so your work I would image would have to be of a very high quality to temp people to buy them, when they can come here and get free ones.

[Hellcat]

Well I think the "problem" with free styles or the re-selling ones for $29 and such is that you'll find them on many boards.
Some folks want exclusive ones, that you'll never find anywhere else. And they are supposed to be good quallity as well.

So there's a market there.... but all those style sites have to split up that market....

[Krumbz]

<a href="http://www.vbcore.com" target="_blank">http://www.vbcore.com</a> They make some decent designs.

[Smiry Kin's]

damn, i no some one that charge 70usd n i thought that took the piss.. lol

[CAMS]

Originally Posted by Krumbz

http://www.vbcore.com They make some decent designs.

correction he "buys" decent skins and then resells them.. i speak to the person whos sold alot of his work to that site.

Originally Posted by Gary Bolton

There are a lot of sites constantly setting up with the intentions of making money from vB Styles. How many of them are actually successfull overall in selling there skins on a regular bases I'd be interested to know (apart from the obvious well known skin sites that produce top quality styles thats been around for ages). As it quite obvious there selling them OK.

But I agree, even I thought about jumping on the band wagon so to speak at one point after reading people saying they will pay $300 and $600 for a skin LOL. Hell why not, I'm all for making money which every way it comes!

But I don't really have the time to sit there all day creating skins and then having to provide a backup service well, which they would expect at $300 a pop. And skins do usually mess up sometimes when a new vB version is released. Plus you get FREE skins released here all the time, so your work I would image would have to be of a very high quality to temp people to buy them, when they can come here and get free ones.

yeah i tryed that... started to sell styles for ?10 a pop... but relised it wasnt picking up and had more pms,emails asking for custom work instead.. so now i just do custom styles and thers not a day goes by that someone doesnt email/pm me asking for info on it or wanting a quote..

so am guesing more peeps want custom styles only they will have than a style thats resold.