Cheap price is a danger flag for me.
I actually don’t want free stuff to pollute the store, the reason being, it’s very difficult to confirm if you are violating copyright by using the item.
External stores such as sketchfab, cgtrader etc… are full of copyright infringing stuff in the PAID section, the free section I don’t touch unless it’s from a university or an artist I know from unity/unreal marketplace. For example many downloadable animals and people are directly ripped from game content and put up as free cc0 items, some of this content is probably sold on the site too.
Recently I had cause to test what happens to someone on sketchfab for repeated copyright violations on the SAME seller. Models were at the $5 and $20 price mark.
I want confidence that what I buy on here is legitimate, I prefer what I buy I can actually use in my game and not 6 months down the line have to rip out and replace due to seller being a thief.
Though I don’t really know why the stuff on here costs more than on the unity marketplace, I’m guessing either limited marketshare or percentage cut, I suppose there are a few quirks on import like multiple bones, bone naming etc… to convert from one to the other adding to the workload.[/SIZE]