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Skinner reward proposal #2

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Skinner reward proposal #2

from WinCustomize Forums

Okay, how about this concept for rewarding skinners:

WinCustomize starts running regular contests in which the top 10 skins in terms of downloads by users who are also subscribers get a percentage of the revenue we receive from new subscriptions.  It would be done for only certain sections so that we could highlight a given section for that period (and we could even have multiple sections featured in a given time).

So at the end of the 3 months, we would tally the # of downloads that were done by subsribers (best way to avoid download stuffing since it's hard to "stuff the ballot" that way).

So the top skin would get something like $200. Second place $150, third $100. Fourth $50. Fifth $25. Sixth through 10th $20. This would depend on the # of subscribers of course but it would be in this ballpark.

A given skin author could make the top 5 skins though and collect it all. So it would favor quality skins and quantity. 

So let's say we started the first one in January and focused it on WindowBlinds and Iconpackager. The following one might focus on DesktopX and CursorXP. And so forth.

What do you guys think?

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Reply #51 from WinCustomize Forums Top

ack, talk about not being mozilla frinedly editor. Let's try that again.

 Okay here is what we've decided to do.

1st: No contest will satisfy everyone. Some people need to recognize that in the real world that perfect is the enemy of good.

2nd: We are going to hold a WindowBlinds test contest that will begin probably next week and end in early December (first Tuesday in December probably). It will be based on downloads of individual skins. IF someone were to make a bunch of incredible skins, they could walk away with several of the top 10 prizes.

3rd: Any skinner can participate.

4th: Only original skins will count. I.e. Longhorn skins or ports will not be counted.

5th: The rankings will be dtermined by # of WC Subscriber downloads. They're the ones paying the bill on this so their favorites will determine it.

6th: A portion of new subscriptions in that time will be set aside to be split amongst the winners. Based on September's new subscriptions that means around $500 to be split amongst the top 10 (probably most of that amongst the top 3, we'll decide the exact splitting shortly).

7th: If this goes well, this will be an on-going thing where we highlight different sections at different months - sometimes doing multiple ones. 8th: Our goal here is to encourage people to subscribe to the site, encourage more good quality skins to be made, and have some fun.

Reply #52 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Now THAT's a plan! Sounds very cool Frogboy, am very much looking foward to it! I really do need to learn how to use Photoshop...I always miss out on all the fun.
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Reply #54 from WinCustomize Forums Top
in the real world that perfect is the enemy of good.

And yet it seems you've found the middle ground between perfect and good............. which is excellent!

Reply #56 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm excited.

Moist!
Reply #57 from WinCustomize Forums Top
(Now, where did I put that Longhorn_Aero_OSX_Luna_BeOS_KDE skin I was tinkering with...)

Reply #58 from WinCustomize Forums Top
lol sounds like a plan... maybe i will find the time to start again? lol. this time i will tinker with WB methinks...
Reply #59 from WinCustomize Forums Top

essorant - !

Reply #60 from WinCustomize Forums Top
essorant....I have one of those semewhere...[for Litestep]...
Reply #61 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Darn it essorant, that was my skin idea.I was going to call it AeroLunaLonghorn Splash.


Now, I have to work on my second choice skin.
Reply #62 from WinCustomize Forums Top
AeroLunaLonghorn Splash


Shucks, it was going to be a very different skin too. Since it was part Luna, I didn't have to skin half of it. Since it was part Aero, nothing had to be really visible. And since it was part Longhorn, I didn't have to worry about the bugs. Because, it was bound to have them. I already had it half finished too. Oh well..hmm maybe thats not too different from most of the stuff here.
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Reply #63 from WinCustomize Forums Top
MacWinAeroTosh XP!!

Sounds incredible Brad...good idea's happening there. This is gonna be awesome....I've got 2 WB's almost ready to go. (read: nowhere even close, but I'll get them done ASAP anyways )
Reply #64 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Now here's an idea - I want to see someone do a multi-OS skin. Something with aspects of all those OSs. I think a prize should be given for the best, usable bits-of-existing-OSs skin!

Maybe a booby-prize - a year's subscription to Farmer's Weekly or something..

(of couse, no-one would ever use it...)