Superhive: Difference between revisions

}}''Superhive (formerly Blender Market) is a digital storefront focused on assets and extensions for the open-source 3D computer graphics software Blender. It was launched in 2014 by Autotroph.''

Due to the fact it is exclusively a Blender marketplace all add-ons must be licensed under the GPLv3<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-03-21 |title=Extension Licenses |url=https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/advanced/extensions/licenses.html}}</ref>  

Superhive makes money from every purchase of digital products on the platform and from creator subscription.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=How to Select a Creator Subscription |url=https://support.superhivemarket.com/article/162-how-to-select-a-creator-subscription}}</ref> The amount made by the creator vary based on the subscription level of the creator.

On March 18th Superhive sent an email telling creators that all products on the platform will be sold as a one time purchase plus 12 months of support and updates. This changes existing lifetime Licenses and limits the updates and guaranteed support to a one year period. Now, updates for new and previous purchases of Licenses will be unavailable after the support period ends. This changes the terms and conditions for anyone who previously bought the product believing that this would be a lifetime product with updates. It's important to note that Blender updates quite often (about a major version every year) and in the process a lot of add-ons are broken, so they receive compatibility patches for newer Blender versions. To get more updates, you have to pay 50% of the initial add-on cost to the platform and creator. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-03-20 |title=Support Periods Overview/Summary |url=https://public.3.basecamp.com/p/K44w2fSvEUR3DjXCLfeVhqSY |archive-url=http://archive.today/Vh0lW |archive-date=2026-03-21}}</ref> This, in essence, turns any previous or future purchase into a subscription.