Please, add an initial cost to publish on FAB

[Maciek_Leto]

@eatmylazer

Adding fees left and right won’t solve any problem

Do you say the same to the government about taxes? One goal of taxes and fees is to encourage certain behavior and discourage other behavior.
Steam has many garbage games not because the $100 publication fee does not work, but because it is so low that even school kids can afford it. Without the $100 fee, every Roblox hobby project would be instantly uploaded to Steam.

@eatmylazer

Why not letting all AI crap in their own category so they can have fun posting useless trash?

That’s great , but we need to fight against AI garbage on many fronts. And against low-quality asset spam too. An initial nominal fee is a barrier for both of them.

@eatmylazer

Any fees added to the seller will just be directly repassed to the end customer.

Not true for a small nominal fee. It is nothing compared to what it costs to develop a full-fledged functional good quality asset. Let alone the hardware, software, electricity costs.

@eatmylazer

when a fee is not enforced in every other major marketplace in the same way, you’re just making your service unnecessarily expansive and unattractive.

FAB should indeed be unattractive for AI or low-quality assets. Such sellers should go to corresponding shops - that have no AI vetting and QA control - and drown among similar AI and LQ assets.
FAB is big enough and has some UE monopoly to not rely on those sellers.

@PeaceSells

$10 one-time publication fee isn’t even worth the time to calculate the price increase per selling unit

Indeed.
As a buyer, I would be glad to not scroll through hundreds of AI or low-quality assets to find great assets.
As a seller, I would be glad to not lose sales to AI spammers or to low-quality asset competitors that beat me in quantity and stick in “Newest released” forever. They both push down the work of HQ asset creators in “Newest” and reduce our visibility.