Icon creators, with Icons8, earn more than all other icon marketplaces combined*
How do we know it’s profitable?
We beta-tested it for 2 years. Here’s are sample earnings from one participant:
Icons8 | Marketplace #1 | Marketplace #2 | Marketplace #3 | Marketplace #4 | Marketplace #5 | |
January 2019 | $382 | $211 | $279 | $80 | $101 | $4 |
February 2019 | $358 | $179 | $356 | $70 | $106 | $31 |
March 2019 | $497 | $159 | $485 | $65 | $107 | $17 |
April 2019 | $665 | $327 | $248 | $125 | $144 | $49 |
May 2019 | $795 | $167 | $374 | $195 | $243 | $344 |
June 2019 | $784 | $210 | $301 | $88 | $181 | $186 |
July 2019 | $826 | $201 | $266 | $64 | $149 | $0 |
August 2019 | $402 | $189 | $610 | $59 | $171 | $0 |
September 2019 | $172 | $126 | $200 | $43 | $165 | $110 |
October 2019 | $176 | $319 | $203 | $48 | $158 | $0 |
November 2019 | $189 | $72 | $241 | $48 | $145 | $0 |
December 2019 | $217 | $75 | $537 | $101 | $116 | $140 |
$5469 | $2241 | $4203 | $987 | $1794 | $633 |
Avoid pain
How do we know your pains? In part, because we are icon designers.
Also, we were researching icon designers for 3 years.
Here's what we discovered from numerous interviews.
Also, we were researching icon designers for 3 years.
Here's what we discovered from numerous interviews.
Pain #1
Tagging
“I try to outsource it to freelancers for $100. Then I try to don't look into the result.”
Sergey Kokota
Painkiller #1
We tag
You give it to us, and we upload it. We're used to it: we've been tagging our own icons for years.
How?
It's a combination of:
It's a combination of:
- • A technology called approximate image matching
- • Crowd sourcing
- • Internal tagging team
Pain #2
Stealing
“Once an icon pack becomes popular, the knockoffs appear. Sometimes, they add only a single dot to create a different SVG file.”
Iconjam
Painkiller #2
We police
We don't accept similar-looking icons, stolen or not.
How?
We've developed a technology called Visual Hash to compare each new icon against existing ones.
Pain #3
No sales
“We get numerous offers to publish our icons on another new website. They offer millions,
but in fact, we get $67... over 3 years. True story!”
but in fact, we get $67... over 3 years. True story!”
Icons8
Painkiller #3
We limit competition
We don't accept visually similar styles.
How?
Visual Hash, which allows us to fight against copycats, also lets us compare similar-looking icons.
How does it work?
Sign up, and we'll ask for your icons: either on another website or attached as a zip file.