ArtStation Marketplace

ArtStation Marketplace is the storefront side of ArtStation, where artists sell digital products. The one document we could read is the seller help article on earnings, so this entry describes what sellers pay rather than what buyers get. Sellers can list on the Marketplace or on their own ArtStation-powered website. The Marketplace charges a selling fee of 5% for Pro members and 12% for non-Pro members, plus a transaction fee of $0.30 on every order item.

A further 3% promotion fee applies to Pro sales that ArtStation or the Community promotes, and the article also mentions a 15% commission on products found without a referrer. The marketplace and terms pages returned a 403 error when we tried to open them, so the buyer licence, the operator and the country of establishment were not confirmed.

• Two ways to sell. Sellers can use the Marketplace or an ArtStation-powered website of their own. The fee schedule differs between the two, so the choice affects what a seller keeps from each sale.
• Pro and non-Pro fee split. The selling fee is 5% for Pro members and 12% for non-Pro members on the Marketplace. Membership level is therefore the largest lever on cost, ahead of the per-item charge.
• Per-item transaction fee. A transaction fee of $0.30 per order item is described as applying to all items sold in the digital marketplace. On low-priced assets this flat charge is a larger share than the percentage fees.
• Promotion fee. A 3% ArtStation or Community promotion fee applies on Pro sales that ArtStation or the Community promotes. The article does not say how a sale is classed as promoted.
• Own-site selling terms. Sales from a seller's own ArtStation-powered website carry a 5% selling fee, a 0% promotion fee and the $0.30 fee, so the seller keeps 95% minus the transaction fee.
• Affiliate arrangements for Pro. Pro members can set an optional contract affiliate fee of 20% to 80%. Community and contract affiliate sales are disabled for non-Pro marketplace sellers.
• Worked earnings example. The article's example says a $10 item earns the seller $9.20. It is a useful check, though it does not state which fee combination produces that figure.

• An artist selling brush packs or models. Lists on the Marketplace and compares the 5% Pro fee with the 12% non-Pro fee. Frequent sellers will weigh the cost of Pro membership against the fee saving.
• A creator with an existing audience. Sells from an ArtStation-powered site to avoid the promotion fee and pay 5% plus $0.30. The article gives this route a 0% promotion fee.
• A buyer checking licence terms. Cannot rely on the pages we read, because the marketplace and terms pages returned a 403. Such a buyer should read the licence on the product page itself.

The pages we read describe fees rather than a signup procedure, so we cannot list onboarding steps. The practical first step is to decide where to sell: on the Marketplace, where the selling fee depends on Pro membership, or on your own ArtStation-powered website, where the article gives a flat 5% selling fee and no promotion fee.

Work out the net for your typical price using the transaction fee of $0.30 per order item, and compare it with the article's example of $9.20 on a $10 item. If you intend to use affiliates, note that the optional 20% to 80% contract affiliate fee is available to Pro members only. Because the terms page was blocked, read the seller agreement yourself before listing.

ArtStation's seller help page sets out fees: 5 percent for Pro members and 12 percent for others, plus 30 cents per order item, with a 15 percent commission on products found without a referrer.

Those lines concern sellers. The marketplace and terms pages returned a 403 error when we tried them, so what buyers pay and which licence they receive is not stated on the pages read.

The 3D model marketplaces list places ArtStation Marketplace 8 of 12: it follows Sketchfab and comes before Quixel Megascans. No numeric score is attached; established products follow the challengers in their ranked order.

The vendor states no country of establishment, so ArtStation Marketplace is left out of the regional count for this list.

The help article's example has a 10 dollar item earning the seller 9.20 dollars.

Pricing as recorded: Seller fees are percentages plus a per-item charge; buyer prices and licence not read.

There is no subscription price for buyers on the pages we read; the figures concern sellers. On the Marketplace the selling fee is 5% for Pro members and 12% for non-Pro members. Every order item carries a $0.30 transaction fee. Pro sales that ArtStation or the Community promotes carry a 3% promotion fee. The article also says ArtStation retains a 15% commission on products found without a referrer, and it does not reconcile that figure with the 3% promotion rate, so the exact deduction on a given sale is unclear from this source. On a seller's own ArtStation-powered website the selling fee is 5%, the promotion fee 0% and the transaction fee $0.30. The cost of Pro membership itself is not given in the article. A $10 item earns the seller $9.20 in the article's example.

Checked against artstation.com/marketplace for Best 3D Model Marketplaces in 2026, review date 13 November 2026.

The help article is about earnings and says nothing on data handling. The marketplace and terms pages returned a 403 error when we tried to read them, so the operator, the buyer licence, the governing law and any security statements were not seen.

We therefore state no country of establishment and no certifications. A seller or buyer with compliance requirements should request the terms, the privacy notice and the processor details directly from ArtStation before relying on the service for client work.

Integrations the vendor names (4):

• ArtStation Pro
• ArtStation-powered websites
• Community promotion
• Contract affiliates

The choice below rests on shared catalogue tags, price model, free plan and region, with rank distance as the tie-break.

• Kenney (#2 of 12): Not for: buyers needing product, architectural or photoreal models with a named supplier. Public domain game asset packs, with paid tools sold separately.
• 3DExport (#3 of 12): Suits: Freelancers buying single models for one client project, with format conversion on request. (United States)
• Quixel Megascans (#9 of 12): Scanned surfaces, vegetation and decals, now offered through Fab. Watch out: new assets cannot be bought on the legacy library, so older workflows through Bridge or the legacy site need to move to Fab.
• 3D Warehouse (#12 of 12): SketchUp model repository whose download terms we could not read. Suits: SketchUp users who want to browse existing models from inside their modelling workflow.

Read from the vendor’s own pages on 12 November 2026.

• help.artstation.com/en/articles/16155081-digital-product-earnings-how-much-will-i-make-from-each-sale: Selling fees, transaction fee, promotion fee, own-site terms, affiliate fee, 15% commission, $10 example
• help.artstation.com/en/articles/16155081-digital-product-earnings-how-much-will-i-make-from-each-sale: Statement that marketplace and terms pages could not be read (403)
• artstation.com/marketplace: Marketplace entry point, returned 403 when tried
• help.artstation.com/en/articles/16155081-digital-product-earnings-how-much-will-i-make-from-each-sale: Sellers can use the Marketplace or an own ArtStation-powered website

Four tests decide a position: how soon the product is useful, what the bill really becomes, how data leaves and who it suits. That puts ArtStation Marketplace at #8 of 12. How vendor facts are sourced, and how money can and cannot influence a page, is in the editorial process.