TemplateMonster marketplace offers all Authors to participate in the MonsterONE Subscription service and let clients enjoy unlimited downloads of all items they like. As part of MonsterONE Subscription, Authors can upload their digital items to the growing collection of products matching such categories as Graphics, Presentation Templates, WordPress, HTML Templates, Plugins, CMS & eCommerce Templates, Video, and Audio, and earn profit every time users download their items.
Different from the earnings that Authors make from offering exclusive and non-exclusive items in the marketplace, in MonsterONE the net revenue is split between the marketplace and the Authors, bringing each party the net revenue of 50% from every order.
MonsterONE authors can keep track of the number of their digital products’ download in real time using the personal account. Statistics on earned funds appear only at the end of the reporting month. The payouts are scheduled for the first five days of a new month.
In MonsterONE Subscription, Authors’ profit is based on the net revenue from an order, after deducting affiliate and payment processing fees or other incurred costs like refunds, chargebacks, promo discounts, special deals, etc.
For example, the revenue share can be calculated this way:
MonsterONE Authors’ earnings are calculated based on the type of products that subscribers download and Product Value Points. Every product has a value, which is rated in the Product Value Points. The latter are summarized during product downloads and directly affect the Authors’ profit.
For example, User 1 downloaded 1 WordPress theme in a month. This generated the net revenue of $157.20 (after deducting affiliate and payment processing fees or other incurred costs like refunds, chargebacks, promo discounts, and special deals). The monthly net revenue from this download makes up $13.10 (i.e. $157.20 divided by 12 months). The Author’s 50% share of the monthly net revenue is $6.55. The download of 1 WordPress theme has brought 9 points to the Author. Taking into account that is the only item that the User 1 downloaded this month, the percentage of the Author’s item value points is 100%, which results in the total earnings of $6.55.
Now imagine that the User 2 downloaded 1 WordPress theme, 1 Admin theme, and 1 WordPress plugin in a month. The annual net revenue is $227.00, with monthly net revenue of $18.92. The 50% share makes up $9.46. The total item value points for the three downloads that the User 2 completed is 24, but the item value points for the Author’s product is 9, which is 27.50% of the total item value points. This results in $3.55 Author’s total earnings that the downloads of User 2 bring him.
User 3 purchased MonsterONE Subscription but downloaded no products this month, which doesn’t bring any earnings to the Author.
Let’s put it in a table:
User | Net Revenue (annual) | Net Revenue (monthly, i.e. annual net revenue divided by 12) | 50% share (50% of the monthly net revenue) | Total Item Value points | Item Value Points from Your products | Percentage of Item Value Points | Author’s Total Earnings |
1 | $157.20 | $13.10 | $6.55 | 9 | 9 | 100% | $6.55 |
2 | $227.00 | $18.92 | $9.46 | 24 | 9 | 37.50% | $3.55 |
3 | $229.00 | $19.08 | $9.54 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | $0.00 |
$10.10 |
This example demonstrates a few important things about MonsterONE Authors’ earnings:
Product Value Points
type | points |
WordPress Themes | 9 |
WooCommerce Themes | 8 |
Elementor Templates | 6 |
PrestaShop Modules | 7 |
WordPress Plugins | 7 |
Magento Themes | 8 |
OpenCart Templates | 8 |
PrestaShop Themes | 8 |
Shopify Themes | 8 |
VirtueMart Templates | 4 |
PSD Templates | 3 |
Corporate Identity | 3 |
Logo Templates | 3 |
Illustrations | 3 |
PowerPoint Templates | 5 |
Landing Page Templates | 6 |
Website Templates | 7 |
Newsletter Templates | 4 |
Resume Templates | 3 |
Joomla Templates | 8 |
RU HTML Templates | 7 |
After Effects Intros | 3 |
Certificate Templates | 2 |
Social Media | 3 |
Keynote Templates | 5 |
Google Slides | 5 |
Product Mockups | 3 |
Patterns | 3 |
Icon Sets | 3 |
Infographic Elements | 3 |
Fonts | 3 |
Sketch Templates | 3 |
UI Elements | 3 |
Admin Templates | 7 |
Animated Banners | 3 |
Magazine Templates | 2 |
Vector Graphics | 2 |
Stock Music | 4 |
Premiere Pro Templates | 4 |
Final Cut Pro Templates | 4 |
Motion Graphics Templates | 4 |
Stock Video | 3 |
The total amount paid out to MonsterONE Authors is 50% of net revenue. We chose this profit calculation method for MonsterONE Authors because we believe this is the fairest way to divide earning between all Authors. Such an approach has a significant effect on how MonsterONE library will grow over time. Every Author will be rewarded for creating unique and diverse products that will attract and retain customers.
Broadly speaking, such profit calculation method encourages Authors to:
Please note! From February 15, 2024, new Presentations, Graphics, Video, Audio, and 3D products will be automatically added to MonsterONE subscriptions as another way to increase author revenue.