Every so often, we like to take a look at what has been a hot topic or popular thread on the marketplace forums. Our forums are the virtual water cooler of the marketplaces which is home to over 500,000 members!

If you’re not already a member of the Envato marketplaces, why not join now? Each marketplace has it’s own thriving forums with plenty of users with similar interests. There’s also no better place to get the feedback of your peers when preparing a new item for the marketplaces other than the marketplace forums. The knowledge our users have continues to surprise me everyday.

Let’s check out some of the notable threads on the forums these past few weeks!

ActiveDen

• Congratulations to our October Community Superstar! Madj is an ActiveDen rockstar with a great talent for making Unity games.
• ActiveDen is currently running a $650 Banner Competition that helps promote ActiveDen files. This is a great way to get exposure and earn some extra income.
• Sam of the ActiveDen forums continues to make progress on his SwfPress product, which allows developers to easily create Flash based WP themes. Check out the forum thread for the latest updates or to ask Sam any questions regarding this.

AudioJungle

• AudioJungle has announced and partially released access to test out the new Item Analytics features. If you’ve ever wanted to see some specific stats on your AudioJungle items, don’t miss the forum announcement!
• Laugh Therapy on AudioJungle. Let this chicken track brighten your day, we dare you not to laugh throughout the entire song!
• The AudioJungle Music Video contest is live and already features some amazing videos from our users and authors. The winner of the contest receives over 5 awesome prizes and the runner up won’t go home empty handed either!

ThemeForest

• ThemeForest has recently welcomed Ivor Padilla to the reviewing team. Ivor is a well known and talented member of the ThemeForest community and we’re glad to have him with us!
• Kailoon wants to play a game. Not in the creepy “Saw” type of way but more in the way of asking buyers their opinions on item features. If you’re a buyer this is a great way to give feedback on items you’d like to see. If you’re an author, take note, this is a great chance to get inside the mind of ThemeForest buyers.
• Attention WP Authors – Mark has announced that there will be some type of item purge for WP items that are running WP 2.6 & 2.7. Please note, if you’re theme support WP 2.8 or higher, this does not apply to you. If you’re running something older than 2.8 then you should update your item!

VideoHive

• Our beloved VideoHive community Moderator and very talented author, Felt_Tips has posted a thread titled “Why do they sell?”. The thread gives insights and possible answers as to why some items tend to sell so well on VideoHive.
• One of our biggest and best “power buyers” explains why VideoHive is one of his favorite sites for stock video footage.
• Mark has announced a small category change regarding backgrounds on VideoHive.

GraphicRiver

• Amanda, the benevolent GraphicRiver site manager, has announced that image preview sets are now enabled on GraphicRiver. If you’re an author, be sure to check it out!
• If you missed them before, Kate AKA pixelnourish has released some awesome Envato Marketplace Buttons for free on the forums. They work great for promoting your items or on your profile page. Thanks Kate!

3dOcean

• While you’re browsing 3dOcean, why not check out what’s new at CgTuts+? Matthias is keeping the thread open with relevant tutorials for aspiring or established 3d authors.
• Animation data has hit 3dOcean! Check out the thread to read all the details.
• Show 3dOcean where you work! WildeMedia has started a popular thread featuring the great workspaces of fellow authors and users.

CodeCanyon

• CodeCanyon is now promoting your items on Snipplr! Jeffrey talks about the details and the move to cross promote items on the CodeCanyon Forums.
• CodeCanyon is also lowering the extended license charge! This means more sales for authors and better values for buyers.

Misc News

• Envato Community Podcast #6 has been released and now covers all things Envato related.
• Lance, site manager of ActiveDen, wants to know if you double dip?
• Marketplace author kramz has released a free and quite stunning Envato wallpaper for anyone to download and display on their desktop.

If you’re not already an active member of our marketplace forums, I invite you to become one today. You won’t find a more talented or nicer community and we have all kinds of prizes and contests that regularly are posted on the forums you don’t want to miss out on!