We’re excited to announce that we’re rapidly approaching Envato’s 6th year in operation! And what a blast the past 6 years have been. From humble beginnings in 2006, we’ve rapidly grown into a community of more than 1.8 million Marketplace members, educated millions of visitors to the Tuts+ blogs for free, launched our premium education platform, helped freelancers earn a living and improve their skills and so much more.

Though we would be nothing without our amazing community, which is why we want to give back on our birthday.

I’m excited to announce that on August the 20th we will be launching our annual Birthday Bundle, containing more than $500 worth of the best files the Marketplaces have to offer, for only $20! Not only do we want to celebrate by making the Birthday Bundle available to everyone, but from Monday the 27th of August until Friday the 31st of August we will be setting every author’s commission rate to 70%!!

There’s never been a better time to be a member of the Envato Marketplaces. If you’re not already a member of our community, I encourage you to take a look at what we have to offer!

Today we celebrate a significant milestone: our first marketplace file to gross over $500,000. That’s half a million dollars! And who’s celebrating most? Elite author internq7.
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It’s another day and another milestone for the Marketplace community! We are very excited to announce that this week, our newest Marketplace: PhotoDune, soared past the considerable milestone of having more than 1,000,000 images available on the site!

Collis Ta’eed, Envato’s CEO had this to say about the number:

When we set out to create PhotoDune, our intention was always to build a viable option for purchasing photos for our existing buying community. A big part of that goal is having enough depth for buyers to find what they need. While there’s nothing specifically magic about a million photos, it feels like a solid indicator that our library is getting to a good size.

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Kriesi is the first Envato author to reach Power Elite level! Kriesi has been a member of the Envato community for 3 years, in that time he has amassed a following of 4,088 community members and almost 32,000 sales! He is the most successful author on the Marketplaces to date and the first to reach Power Elite status. A huge congratulations to Kriesi for crossing this milestone and for leading the way for future authors. Kriesi’s amazing achievements show that it is possible to not only make money off the Envato Marketplaces but to do what you love, get paid well and enjoy it as a full time job. Read after the break for an in-depth interview with Kriesi!

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For the second time in only 2 months the Marketplace monthly earnings record has been broken.

Envato would like to extend a congratulations to popular Elite author Peerapong for demolishing the previously held monthly Marketplace sales record of $47,000  in withdrawable earnings made in one month.
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