Currently, the Sketchfab Store exclusively accepts PayPal for buying or selling 3D models. We hope to offer alternative payment services in the future.
The amount you take home for each model sale depends on your total model price. The Sketchfab fee is 30% of the model sale. The PayPal fee depends on your location:
- Selling from within the US: 2.9% + 30 cents
- Selling from outside the US: 4.4% + a few cents
For example, if you sell a $100 model from within the US, Sketchfab will receive $30 (30% of $100) and PayPal will receive $3.20 (2.9% of $100 plus $0.30). You'll receive the remaining balance = $66.80.
We will notify you ahead of time, giving you time to prepare your own marketing and benefit from these campaigns as much as possible.
Sketchfab can on its sole discretion decide to apply a discount on the license fee paid by the buyer. In such a scenario, and unless otherwise stated explicitly by Sketchfab to the contributor, the cost shall apply equally to Sketchfab’s commission and seller’s revenue.
How do I link my PayPal account?
Before you connect your PayPal account, you'll need to be approved as a Sketchfab seller. Once you're approved, you can link your PayPal account by clicking the button under your Account Settings and following the PayPal prompts.
You may see "Waiting for PayPal verification" in your Account Settings. You should receive an email from Sketchfab shortly after that, verifying your PayPal Business account is verified and linked. This usually takes just a few minutes, but may take up to an hour.
If you'd like to change or disconnect your PayPal account after going through this process, you can do so by clicking the Unlink button in your Account Settings.
Where can I review my model sales?
In addition to receiving an email notification when you sell a model or models through the Sketchfab Store, you can find a record of your sales by hovering over your profile picture in the top-right corner of any page and clicking Sales.
When will I get paid?
You'll be automatically notified by PayPal via email as soon as you make a successful sale. Plus, your funds will be immediately available in your PayPal Business account.
PayPal email confirmations will come from service@paypal.com. For more details, you'll want to log in to your PayPal account.
How do I get invoices or tax data?
PayPal takes care of issuing W9s and 1099s forms when necessary. For more details, you'll want to log in to your PayPal account.
What currencies are supported?
Currently, only United States Dollars (USD) is supported when buying and selling 3D models on Sketchfab. You can still buy and sell models in countries outside the US, however, there will be a conversion in terms of currency before it reaches your PayPal account.
Can we ask for donations?
Sketchfab allows donation links, such as Patreon or directly to your PayPal account, on your user profile, but not on your model page(s).
Any donations links must be clearly labeled as such so as not to cause any confusion about what users may or may not receive in return for their payment.
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Private Paypal account owners.
Mind if you don't have registered businees and upgrade your personal paypal account to business account you will be requested for verification from Paypal. If you will not proove you have registered company your Paypal account will be probably blocked/suspended until you send document you simply don't have. It's just what i was told on Paypal call center. Selling models on Sketchfab is brilliant idea but I think it would be fair to warn people with individual accounts for help them avoid some potentially trouble with PayPal :) regards
It depends on the country you live in. In the US, for example, an individual can upgrade to a "Business" account without any kind of legal registration. In Russia, however, a legal business registration of some kind is required.
Perhaps you should warn users who live outside US that one click may freeze their money on Paypal eventually ... :)
We're still gathering information and plan to release it soon. Even PayPal themselves do not have a complete list of what is required in which countries...
Hellow...I am cgmekamono. I live in Japan. Please help me about paypal link. I got a business account for paypal today and pressed button on "link your paypal account" from may page.... but just login to paypal and go to paypal's site. The page "agreeing to PayPal's User Agreement as well as giving the proper permissions to Sketchfab "does not appear. I tried it for 6 hours but I can not solve it so please tell me if you have a good idea. Thank you....
Hi @cgmekamono, I'm sorry to share that PayPal has confirmed that Japan is not currently supported to connect to the Sketchfab Store using PayPal for Marketplaces. We're working hard to find a payment alternative so users like you can sell too. Stay tuned!
Thank you for your quick reply. Thank you for clarifying the cause.
I will keep posting works to Sketchfab , so I am waiting for the day when sale becomes possible.
Thank you.
To Bart
I got an email saying "now support PayPal Personal accounts!". Thank you very much. However, if I return the business account of paypal to personal account, it seems that it can not do business again, so I will wait for Sketchfab's new payment system. If it will takes long time ,I may return paypal to personal.... Thank you very much.
I"m not glad. I cannot use paypal. I am in China.
@xiezhong Would you mind writing to our team through the Help Center here: https://help.sketchfab.com/hc/en-us/requests/new We'd be glad to investigate this further for you.
To Bart
Today I downgraded paypal business to premier. I pressed the "link your paypal account "button on sketchfab but it failed to link due to internal server error.
In the mail from Bart, "we now also support PayPal Personal accounts" is written, but personal account is only shopping. In Japan I need to be a premier account to receive sales.
So I will use sketchfab alternative instead of paypal.
Bart wrote in the mail "If you are not able to use PayPal, please let us know - we're working on alternatives.
Please tell me the way to be alternatives..... Thank you...
@cgmekamono Sorry about that. It's an issue on PayPal's side. They are investigating. I'm creating a support ticket for you and we'll follow up with any news.
Thank you for giving me a quick reply.
I will wait for Sketchfab's correspondence. Thank you very much..
Hi
I live in Japan now.
As cgmekamono-San said, I could not complete the link with Paypal Business account.
I am waiting for your improvement.
Thank you!
To Bart
Bart's email says "We now also support PayPal Personal accounts"
But Japanese paypal has no personal account casual selling. I searched casual selling in Japan paypal site, but did not hit.....
It looks like Japan is not supported by this PayPal tool yet. We will be looking for a solution!
Thank you very much!
I got an email from Bart ,saying "you recently signed up for starting a store on Sketchfab. We messaged you about this several times, but to date you did not complete the process yet."
1 I tried link in paypal business in March but just moved to paypa 's page and link did not complete.
2 I downgraded to paypal premium and tried it, but I could not link.
3 There is no casual selling system of paypal personal in Japan.
Is there anyone who lives in Japan and has completed the process of Sketchfab store?
@cgmekamono My apologies, I made a note in our email system that you're located in Japan, so you should no longer receive these updates because PayPal/Sketchfab on-boarding is not currently available in your country yet. We'll keep you posted about the alternative payments.
Thank you for your quick reply!
Accept Bitcoins, please. That will be awesome!
Hi Fabio,
You would like buyers to be able to purchase models using Bitcoins, or you want Bitcoins as a seller payout method?
Hi James, thanks for your reply.
I want to sell my products with Bitcoins and i'll love to pay with that too. I don't want to give money to the banks as much as possible.
Understood! I'll add this to our feature request tracker.
Great! I'll be aware. :)
Well PayPal isn't available in my country. Do you plan to implement Visa/MasterCard payments?
@rewq Currently, you can use your credit/debit card (with a PayPal Guest account) to make a purchase (if the seller has a PayPal Business account). If you're looking to sell, PayPal is currently our only payout option although we are looking into alternatives for the future.
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