Our resources manager allows for creators to sell licenses to products non-exclusively. This article explains many of the pros and cons of offering non-exclusive licenses to your creations rather than being paid by clients for exclusive commissions.
Becoming a resource creator on BuiltByBit is a great opportunity to build a business and an audience. Here are just a few reasons why publishing resources may be right for you:
Being commissioned by clients means that you must work closely with them to ensure they're happy with the final product within the timeframe they specify. Alternatively, releasing resources on BuiltByBit allows creators to create whatever you want, even if you don't have a particular client in mind when publishing. There are no deadlines when creating a resource so you can take as long as you'd like to release your product to the market. Because creating resources doesn't rely on finding a client, you can continue doing what you love and being paid for it even if you don't have anyone commissioning you. Once you make a product and publish it as a resource you can sell it forever, so you could be making significantly more money per hour when accounting for all future sales.
Unlike with most commissions, once you publish a resource you retain full ownership rights over your product. You can control how your product can and cannot be used. For example, you may wish to specify that licenses to plugins can only be used on a single server and cannot be transferred between people if the server is sold. Importantly, BuiltByBit takes no ownership stake in your product; your product is completely yours and you can change it or remove it from our platform whenever you'd like. We avoid introducing arbitrary limitations like other platforms have, such as a maximum price limit of $20 per resource, and instead provide as much control to creators. Click here to read more about how we compare to other marketplaces.
Every new creation that you publish is a new asset for your business, increasing its value and your total revenue. Many of our largest creators have created businesses generating thousands of dollars of revenue each month from sales and eventually being able to resell the rights to their resources to others for a large sum.
Unfortunately, it is very common for freelancers to finalise a commission, only to have the client back out or chargeback. In these cases, publishing the product as an BuiltByBit resource is a great way to recoup some money or release the product as free as a marketing tool. Another situation where you may have unused assets sitting around is with tests and experimentations that were successful but weren't made for any particular buyer.
If you're struggling to find clients for your freelancing business then releasing resources is likely a great opportunity to build a solid reputation and customer base. Many creators find that offering purely freelance services or resource products does not work as well for them as offering both in conjunction with each other. Creators who release high-quality resources become recognised by customers. Offering resources for free can be great for building a portfolio or as a lead magnet to find people to hire you, and so they create a powerful synergy.
Creating resources is an excellent way for freelancers to transition to business owners, learning the skills necessary to maximise profits. These skills, of course, translate well to any career and can become impressive career prospects to mention on your CV. A few skills that creators learn through publishing resources on BuiltByBit include:
Additionally, working without strict deadlines and limitations allows for much more rapid improvement when you can work on the most challenging and interesting topics.
Our resource manager makes selling products super easy
All of the benefits we've listed sound great on paper, but if it's difficult to offer products non-exclusively then it would be impractical to do at scale. Luckily, BuiltByBit's resource manager is specifically designed for this purpose. We have many custom features and tools specifically for creators on BuiltByBit A full list of features and benefits of our resources manager for creators can be found here.