Het there everyone, Teronsuke here (or that other name you see me post under ;) )
We know a lot of artists and vendors woke up today to some very unexpected news. Whether you had one product affected or hundreds, losing a marketplace you've invested years into is never easy.
I'm not here to criticize RenderHub or speculate on why they made the decision they did. Today isn't about that. Today is simply about letting everyone affected know that if you're looking for another place to create, share, or sell your work, you're welcome here.
For our Artists out there:
ARTIST STUDIO:
Renderotica (as well as our SFW site CGbytes) offers what we call an "Artist Studio" it is your personal hub here, where you can customize, add blogs, images, polls, and even a micro chat type of thing. The Artist Studio was originally envisioned by former owner Andrew ("EhJay") as a miniature creative hub for every member, almost like giving everyone their own little DeviantArt page inside the community." and was built and implemented by Aaron our head programmer that Ehjay personally brought in years ago.
You can checkout your Artist Studio by clicking on ACCOUNT / ARTIST STUDIO (there MAY still be some pretty cool tutorials on how to use everything there floating around, I made a bunch years back, but honestly do not know if they are still active right now, if not I'll try to find my org copies and get them back up ASAP!.
GALLERY
On top of that you have access to the Gallery system where standard members are able to upload 5 images per day, all images can get comments, ratings etc.
You can visit the gallery either by clicking on the GALLERY tab at the top of any page OR to submit your own images to the gallery simply click on ACCOUNT/GALLERY SUBMISSIONS
MEMBER ROLES:
I mentioned "standard members" because we actually have diff types of members here, when you first start uploading to the gallery and or your Artist Studio you're a "Member", after some time, we review all members and if your artwork is good, you follow the site TOS and you upload regularly then we bump you up to a "Premiere Artist" and with that comes a nice new title under your name and the ability to upload more then 5 images per day. After that, more time passes and we review our "Premiere Artists" you could be bumped up to a "Featured Premiere Artist" and this is the stage where you can actually make some money from your uploads!
Featured Premiere Artists submit images to special Premiere Gallery sections and you'll earn points for each unique view your images in those galleries get, you can then either spend those points during checkout OR request payouts once you have enough points.
PROMO GROUP:
Last but not least, one of the community projects I'm most proud of, we run an "in house" Promo Group for our vendors where every 2 weeks (excluding holidays) we offer our promo group members access to 6 products from our catalog, you pick which you want to work with, render and submit at least 1 image and the product is yours to keep for free, your images then go onto the product pages of the products you rendered, as well as our various social media pages. (Access to the promo group is limited and on an invite only basis, if you'd like to be considered for a future invite please free to PM me.
For our Vendors / Content Artists out there:
ARTIST STUDIO:
As explained above, you also have access to your own "Artist studio" where your customers can follow you, read your announcements, see your special promos and more.
PROMOTIONS:
This might be one of my favorite things we offer to ALL vendors, and it's something I personally wish ALL marketplaces would do, but, we offer multiple different ways that we promote your products to our community, and MORE methods will be coming in the future once everything is back up and running fully, here's a little breakdown of what we currently offer to help your products reach the most eyeballs possible:
MAIN CATALOG PAGES:
This is your very first promotion for your new release, and depending on our release queue should give you at least a few days on the main page of the catalog, we try our best to not flood the store with new releases everyday so that everyone can get a chance to be seen on the main store page.
SITE BLOG POSTS:
Mon, Wed and Fri we spotlight a number of recent releases on our "Recent Official Posts" section, these can be seen on both the main page of the sites as well as on the COMMUNITY tab, each blog features your main product promo, text about your product and a link to it's store page.
SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS:
Throughout the week we post multiple posts across our social media platforms to promote both our artist's renders as well as our Content Artist's products, I will also be creating a community social media project in the future more info about that will be posted in the Vendor forums.
NEWSLETTERS / EMAILS:
Each week, one or more emails get sent out to our userbase that promote newly released products, flashback products, group products and more.
TOP ROCKER BANNERS:
Each week we rotate out a number of banners that appear at the top of our main page, these spots are open to ALL vendors no matter how big or small you are, as long as you submit the proper banners with your product submissions AND follow the TOS for them your product will eventually land in that spot for a week!
PROMO GROUP RENDERS:
As mentioned above, every 2 weeks we take 6 products from our catalog and offer them to our promo group members to create promotional artistic renders of your products, those images get placed on your product pages, our social media pages and our galleries, this is a great tool for those vendors who are stronger at producing products instead of promos, and in some cases, we can even put vendors together with members of our promo group to help craft your main product page promos, if you need help all you need to do is ask us!
There's also more coming in the future once we get our NSFW processing back up and running fully, so all I can say is... stay tuned for more !
PRODUCT TESTING:
Every product submitted goes through two independent testers before release. That means fewer support tickets, happier customers, and fewer surprises after launch.
SET YOU OWN SALES & COUPONS:
We give YOU control of how and when your products go on sale, you can set the discount for all or some of your products, make the sale 5% - 50% off, start, stop, pause etc, it's YOUR products so YOU are in control!
Honestly the list goes on, if you'd like more information on becoming a vendor, or moving a partial or full product catalog over please feel free to PM me.
Last but certainly not least....
Members:
Just like our artists and content artists you too get access to your own Artist Studio, follow your favorite creators, get alerts when they post updates, images or new products, add products you wish to buy later to your wishlist and more! Both of our stores are fully PCI certified meaning your data is safe, and your buying experience is as well. we have multiple forums where you can chat with other members, artists and content artists, and we have a monthly membership you can buy called "Premiere Advantage" that gives you some cool perks and helps support your favorite content creators here.
So, whether you're an artist, vendor, or simply someone looking for a creative community, welcome.
We know today was frustrating for a lot of people. We're glad you're here, and we hope you'll make yourself at home.
There are a lot of exciting things on the horizon, so thank you for your patience while we finish getting everything back into full swing. We can't wait to show you what's next.
Edited by user Tuesday, July 7, 2026 10:24:02 PM(UTC)
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