How do designer royalties work on Printlooper?

What triggers a royalty payment?

Designers earn a royalty when a customer buys a product that uses their published file. The royalty is a percentage of the retail price the seller set, not a slice of the seller's margin after costs. Printlooper calculates the designer share, collects it from the seller as part of order settlement, and transfers it to the designer through Stripe Connect after the order ships.

You do not negotiate royalties per seller in the marketplace flow. Rates follow your designer subscription plan at the time the seller publishes.

What are the base royalty rates?

Published designer tiers pay 6% on Free, 9% on Basic, and 12% on Pro of retail price. Upgrading your plan increases the base rate for newly published product versions; it does not retroactively rewrite snapshots on listings already live.

Royalties are separate from Printlooper subscription fees. The subscription unlocks upload limits, payout speed, analytics, and marketplace visibility; the royalty percentage is what you earn per qualifying sale.

What is a royalty snapshot?

When a seller publishes a product, Printlooper records the royalty percentage, PSL version, and file version together as a snapshot. Orders fulfilled against that listing honor the snapshotted rate even if you later change plans, upload a new file version, or adjust listing metadata.

New orders after a republish use the latest snapshot. This protects sellers from surprise cost swings mid-campaign and protects designers from having past sales repriced downward after the fact.

If you delist a design, termination is prospective: already-paid orders continue through fulfillment under their original snapshot terms.

How do storefront sales differ from marketplace listings?

Designers who run their own Printlooper storefronts act as sellers for those transactions and follow seller fee schedules for storefront orders, including storefront fee percentages and transaction fees on applicable tiers. Marketplace royalties described here apply when independent sellers list your files in the shared catalog.

In both cases, raw files stay protected under the PSL, buyers and unrelated sellers never receive downloadable meshes.

If you operate both roles, keep storefront pricing and marketplace royalties separate in your planning: storefront revenue uses seller economics, while passive income from other merchants listing your designs uses the royalty schedule on this page.