Important Changes to Royalties and Payouts

@BadCharm

Night Deary. Thank you for having respect for others and keeping the thread clear to the topic at hand! You are awesome! :)

@Erieann
Oh, sweetie, if "deary" is your idea of politeness while dismissing someone as neither friend nor loved one, perhaps take a long look in the mirror before lecturing on respect. Let's set the record straight one last time, since facts seem optional in your replies. I raised relevant points and made constructive suggestions on this very issue months before you ever chimed in. What I proposed was actually reviewed and implemented by staff just hours after I presented it. In contrast, you've spent your time here (months after the fact) mostly complaining about unrelated issues.

I addressed the formatting because cluttered text hinders clear communication - especially in a thread seeking "adequate reactions" from staff and executives. But since you've made it crystal clear you're not interested in dialogue, public or private, I'll oblige and end this here. Best wishes navigating these changes; may your grammar debates be as fruitful as your contributions to the actual topic. Peace out.

@BadCharm

I am sorry deary. If you have nothing to say about the topic in this thread, I have nothing to speak to you about in private conversation. That is reserved for friends and loved ones which you are neither. I stand by my statement that respect is a common courtesy and should be adhered in our community. We already have enough issues with the man sticking it to us, we don't need to be at each other's throats over petty bs like grammar. Have yourself a good night and I hope that these changes and others do not affect you personally as a creator. It would kinda suck for you that you wouldn't voice your opinion about it if it did.

@Erieann

Yet you started it and continue with this schooling circus publicly with disregard to my offer to move this to private. My offer still stands. No need to post another reply to me here, but you most certainly can.

@BadCharm Again, please stay on topic and contribute to the conversation that is supposed to be taking place in this particular thread. There is no need to be rude to anyone. This is not the place to call out someone on their grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc. If you wish to do that, you can do that privately. What I said, it was a statement. Not a conversation starter. You know exactly what part of your comment was being rude to someone else. Have yourself a fine day and I look forward to seeing your opinions regarding the topic of this thread if it applies to you.

@Erieann

I’m happy to continue this discussion privately, that if you feel the need to continue.

That said, this isn’t the appropriate place for it, but please, feel free to point out where you felt I was rude in that one sentence:
Please, if you want any adequate reaction, keep your text formatting clean!, and in what language Title Case is a proper form/formatting to address company staff or executives, or anyone else with authority for that matter.

@BadCharm There is no reason to be rude to anyone, especially if there might be a language barrier. Those that are not fluent in certain languages will not understand the correct text format. There are other considerations as well. So, again, there is no need to be rude to people when you don't know their personal situation. It would be best to overlook such things and just respond with your opinions. If you can't do that, then don't respond.

Geee, that's your problem?

Is how I write??

Wow, the Internet really is declining, ~__~

@YutakaSuzuki

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Please, if you want any adequate reaction, keep your text formating clean!

We want every Creator to have a voice. Please continue
to share specific ideas in this thread and on Discord.

--- As Someone Who Is A User & Also Intends To Be A Creator,
---- & Also Has My Own Shop Here Already.

The name is Rod Chang,  CEO of Together Labs, IMVU's parent company

Without Bringing Issues Here, I Wanted To Suggest That A Much
More Comfortable Position On Creators Is Something That Would
Be Nice To Have. I Can't Discuss AI, So I Will Not Do So, But
However, I Lost 2 Accounts From Which I've Paid For, & Do Not
Know Why I'm Getting Such Responses Around It. As A Creator
On The Shops For This Platform, I've Let Sooo Much Over The
Years Slide, & Have Said Nothing. If The Company Wants Somethin
Specifically, Then Might I Add This Idea To Them Specifically?

Grant Us 2 Catalogs; 1 For Our Original Customers, & 1 For Which
Ever You Want Us To Provide On Your Platform, I Am Not Interested
In Conflicts With A Company Vision, & This Can Help Elevate Some
Of The Tension People Have. It Would Actually Be Much Easier On
Many People If The Company Would Address Concerns About An Over
Growth Of Account Deletions, & Also Address Concerns Of The
Classic Client, & It's Overall Use Of Service. I'm Not Anti-Other
Clients Ways For The Service At All, But I Do Have A Concern On
Why The Main Focus Has Been Always Put On A Client, Most Have
Felt Was Just There To Exist, & Most Work, If Not All Work Would
Of Been Focused On New Areas Of IMVU, Such As Next & Mobile & New Desktop.
It Just Did Not Make Much Sense Why Classic Was Heavily Focused On.

I And Many Others Would Like The CEO's Feedback On Many Of These Areas
That Are In Constant Topics So That We Can Cut Back On A Tension Growing
In The Room About Said Subjects. I Would Feel A Really Big Deal Better
Knowing That These Things Are Handled Better. In Knowing This I Would Feel
Less Likely To Close My Shop Up, & More Likely To Promote More People To
Continue Their Shops, & Such. I Also Think This Would Take A Lot Of Tension
Off The IMVU Staff, & Lower Conflicts With Them As Well. I Have Never Been
One Who Wants To Start, Nor Cause, Or Even Be A Problem For Another Individual,
Even If That Is A Company, & Even Though I Don't Expect That Back In Return.
I Do At Least Ask That Individuals / Companies Don't Start Things With Me,
Since I Am Being Extremely Lenient While Others May Not Be On Most Subjects.
I Have Always Felt That My Roll In Any Given Environment Is That I'm Just Simply
Here, Or There, Until I Am Not, & In-Existing Here, Or There, I Am Just Using
A Service Until I Am Not Able To Anymore. However, In About 15 Years Of Service
With IMVU, Somehow IMVU Staff Has Been More Apart Of The Community, In-Which
Unlike The Past Where IMVU Staff Would Be Less Apart Of The Community, & This
Overall Change Has Not Exactly Been Understood By Many People Who Exist Here.

Maybe Some Actual Feedback From The CEO Would Be Nice To Provide On This & These Matters?

As I Said Above About 2 Account Deletions, This Is Becoming A Frequent Topic,
Which Many Other People Are Also Going Through, & Our Understanding Of The Service,
Is Starting To Drift Away From Which This Service Is Being Connected With.

Some Clarity To Lighten Up Some Room Would Ease Some Pressure Here A Bit,
& Also Bring People To Get Back To Creating Again.

That Is All I Have To Say.



Thank You, For Your Time To Come Forwards.

I Agree With Everything That @WickedBrujah Has Said.

& At Deadly Sin,

nowadays whit the future of computing and ai domination soon, you are doing everything wrong,
you should be focusing on improving your platform for the future?

---- You Missed Understand The Purpose Of Companies Around AI.
---- All The One's Getting Ready For It Are Actually Having The Same Problems As IMVU Is Now.
---- All These Companies Are Having Gigantic User / Customer Abuse Problems.

Why Else Did You Think AI Was Going To Come Into The Picture?
-- The Attitudes Of The Companies No Longer Care About User / Customers Quality Service Anymore
---- AI Will Replace Them In The Companies Soon, Soo They Don't Need To Care Anymore
---- That's The Whole Point Why They Have Such Low Quality Standards From The Start
---- The Companies Can Be As Abusive As They Want, It Won't Matter, Their Being Replaced Anyways

This Is Why AI Is Not Liked By So Many People, Is Because It's Being Forced On People,
& The Overall Push For AI Is Not Being Done To Benefit Anyone, But People Like Elon Musk.

You As A Customer / User / Consumer, Is Just Being Told That AI Will Be The Most Amazing
Experience You Ever Had Before In Your Life, When In Reality Your Being Extremely Lied To,
Just Simply, So That Companies Can Avoid The Means To Get It Out There. AI Replaces Them
At The Expense Of You & Your Happiness Is Being Tricked & Entirely Distracted By Pictures,
& Videos While This Change Is Being Made. The Crazy Part Is That Replacing Human People In
All These Conditions Are Not Ending The High Costs Of Living, It's Just Kicking You Out Of It.

------> You Say AI Will Soon Dominate, & It Needs To Be The Best Experience?

I Think You Have Rose Tinted Glasses On, & Have Way Too Much Faith In The Rich 1%
On The Subject Of AI, & You Are Being Way Too Loyal To Allowing Them To Get This
Released. Your Living Conditions Are Getting Way Worst, While Nobody Cares What
Your Life Is Like, Just As Long As They Get AI, & As Long As They Get It, You Can't
Complain, Nor Do Anything About It, Because AI Is Taking Over, & AI Does Not Care
About Feedback On Anything You Provide. This Is The Stage Where Freedom Is Now Over.


Tell Me I Am Wrong?



@Erieann, They Probably Tied Creator Program To A Subscriptive VIP Service,
To Do 2 Things; 1 Being That It Would Avoid The Catalog In The Shop From
Exploding In Like Mass Product Consumption, That Can't Be Moderated In A
Way That's In A Controlled Environment, Which Could Possibly Overflow Their
Bandwidth, Or Data Which They Hold Only So Much Limit On To Store Their Such
Products In. 2 Being That It Would Avoid A Lot Of Other Problems As Well Which
The Store / Shop Can Be Handled Better, Too. So I Entirely Get That All The
Customers Want To Develop, & Create For IMVU, But I Liked It The Way It Was
Before Where You Pay For A 1 Time Subscriptive Fee, & It's Permanently Available.
However, IMVU Staff Has No Longer Been Interested In Allowing That To Continue,
& It's Just What It Is, & I'm Not In To Complain About Why That Ended. My Biggest
Problem Is That VIP Has Not Been Met With Positive Feedback, & The New Plus Features
Have Not Enticed Anyone To Jump Onto VIP Anytime Soon, & Instead It's Drastically
Costed The Company Massive User Cuts In-Which The Creators Have Also Been Driven
Out Of Their Service As Well.

As Many Are Suspecting, With The Way Things Are Going, It Seems As If The Company
Is Just Going Out Of Business. Especially With The Phone Service Shutdown. There
Is No Point In AI Integration At A Point There Is No Longer Anymore Customers To
Provide The Heavy Costing AI To, If All Your Customers Are No Longer There For This
Supposed AI To Meet / Greet / Provide A Service To At All.


Am I Correct?
This Is Just My Opinion, Anyone Can Have A Different One, I Suppose.

Have A Nice Day... =D

"We know changes to earnings can have a real impact". You got that right.

I have been creating for about 15 years now. I am fairly confident i do decent work. My personal sales over the years confirm this. Within the last year alone you put us behind a pay wall just to withdraw our own funds. Now you want to lessen what we make on yet another front. IMVU has gone down hill in every aspect in the last few years. From the time we log into IMVU our mail is CONSTANTLY BOMBARDED with some add trying to get us to buy credits. Believe it or not we ALL know how the game works and are going to buy credits regardless of the CONSTANT spam mail.( It is annoying!)  Also as a creator i hate receiving free items from IMVU. I have to go in and hide them constantly as well seeing as how we can not delete them. CREATORS MADE AND SUSTAIN IMVU. Always have. After 15 years i quit creating months ago after your great idea of making us pay to collect our own money. Forcing us to have VIP just to create and have our shops seen. This month for the first time i decided to stop paying for VIP. Our sales have dropped dramatically over the last few years from the changes you make. If you want to thrive, leave us alone. Go back to the basics of what IMVU Classic was. To me it all started going down hill about the time Imvu studio was trying to be forced on us. Maybe you will ignore us. You don't have to listen to us. But we don't have to create here either. It is a two way street. With all the older established creators leaving. And now new creators having to pay just to try and start a shop. Especially untrained or educated creators. I doubt you will have as many new creators coming in as you have older ones leaving. To be honest i am not sure i will go back to creating at this point. We are tired of it.

im awaiting verification still for the earn moeny program , how long does the process take and whats the criterias now for the earn money program in simple terms!

Are you guys having money issues? i don't see the reason for such drastic change. I totally do not agree whit this changes.

A better proposal needs to be presented. If you having profit issues or you really trying to fix any issues related to high markups, better to make a different approach, limit the price of a derivation based of a percentage of the original derivation, that way you fix markups whiteout capping anything. Even if you take the freedom for the person that derives to put his price, at least they can talk whit the original mesher that can upload a higher price that way custom works are saved.
IMVU, nowadays whit the future of computing and ai domination soon, you are doing everything wrong, you should be focusing on improving your platform for the future, improve the coding add custom body's custom skeletons, ai integrated, so many cool ideias you could be achieving at this point instead of touching what still makes IMVU work, which is the dev community.
Even phones can run videogames now, whit 2k and 4k textures, you are becoming old and outdated, the creativity freedom that you should implement you have done no such thing.
More future proof ideias, instead of grabbing a quick buck, otherwise the golden goose will run our of eggs.