Is allowed to create my own version of the Unity Asset Store on my website?

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Hi guys,

I want to make a shop on my website for my assets as a marketing strategy. But, I’m allowed to do such thing?

Thanks!

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You are allowed to sell your assets at any store front so why wouldnt it be ok?

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Yes, unless you mean literally copying the asset store including branding, design etc. In which case no.

But can you make your own store on your own page with your own design? Absolutely.

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There are already several companies that sell their products both on the Asset Store and on their own websites.

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Can you share it (by PM if you aren’t allowed to do it here).

Actually, I would like to do it, but I don’t know if it will be effective, I need to connect it in a way that if somebody buys an asset on my store it will be available on the Unity Asset Store (and vice-versa, but it’s easier).

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You will not be able to build a system where people can buy the asset from your store but it be available for download and updates through the Unity Asset Store. If they buy it from your own store, you’ll need to provide a means for downloading and updating it yourself.

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No that isnt possible. You can however put asset store widgets I think on your page, which will simply mean the asset store page for your asset can be viewed as a preview + clickable url on your page.

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Some examples that I just happen to remember off the top of my head are:
Mr. Necturus:
http://mr-necturus.com/store/
https://assetstore.unity.com/publishers/290

Protofactor:
https://protofactor.biz/
https://assetstore.unity.com/publishers/265

People who use Unity will generally want to buy something on the Asset Store if it’s available there, but these companies also have storefronts outside of the Asset Store because they want to sell to a wider market.

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The Asset Store publisher terms also require that you sell the asset for the same amount. You can’t undercut the prices on the Asset Store.

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One thing to note is exposure, can you guarantee exposure via your website. Seems a little bit redundant except for maybe a benefit in that your own store won’t take a unity cut ???

The easiest way to do this would probably use wordpress with a digital e-commerce plugin like woocommerce imo.

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Hmm, asset store is always cheaper than cgitrader, turbosquid etc.

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Sorry, I didn’t understand (I’m Spanish) what means exposure?

I already thought on this: https://www.opencart.com/ (I will host it on a subdomain)

Thanks! Can you attach the part where Unity Asset Store exposes this? (I was thinking to offer a 5% discount as one of my marketing strategies, well, at least I have one remaining strategy: I can skip the two weeks validation process )

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Thanks! In my case I will use it as a marketing strategy (maybe some products can be used by a wider public)

Yes, I know this fact, but I’m not interested on this. Thanks anyway!

Yes, I know that I will need to create a system to import assets into the Editor once a client buy a product, another one to verify payments, etc etc.

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Exposure means google rankings if you like. Opencart looks decent enough, never used it. A lot of people just use wordpress with a custom theme and woocommerce. Of course there are lots of e-commerce shops out there including making your own with the payment gateway of your choice.

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Personally, I won’t use WooComerce (in my case I was running jekyll on Github, and I spend a month of work developing my blog), so OpenCart is a better option for me.

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Just thought I’d add this.

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To be honest it all depends on how customized you want your site to look. If I wanted to go the full distance, I would roll out my own solution but that isn’t for everyone.

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Asset Store Submission Guidelines 2.7.b:

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I spent too much time making my blog, so I can’t afford this way.

Thanks!!