- Sold between 10 000 and 50 000 dollars
- Exclusive Author
- Referred between 100 and 199 users
- Bought between 10 and 49 items
- Has been a member for 3-4 years
Don’t get me wrong guys, I do not mean to be sceptical, but…
- Europe
- Exclusive Author
- Has been a member for 1-2 years
- Microlancer Beta Tester
- Most Wanted Bounty Winner
- Sold between 1 000 and 5 000 dollars
I think it’s funny. 
- Exclusive Author
- Sold between 1 000 and 5 000 dollars
- Has been a member for 3-4 years
- Europe
- Microlancer Beta Tester
- Bought between 1 and 9 items
- Referred between 1 and 9 users
Actually, that’s pretty interesting. I’m curious myself, if something like this has any impact on future sales.
- Has been a member for 4-5 years
- Sold between 50 000 and 100 000 dollars
- Exclusive Author
- Bought between 10 and 49 items
- Poland
- Referred between 10 and 49 users
Sure it has, it makes your item stand out, and seeing how crowded the marketplaces are recently it’s a big thing. Look at it this way – you browse the first page of WordPress themes and see all of them with 0 sales and no stars, but then there is this one with couple of sales and five shiny stars next to it. It stands out.
Lots of good files do not sell very well just because they are buried very quickly and don’t have enough exposure. Some authors abuse the rating system and, with no investment, do nasty things like that to gain some more exposure.
- Bought between 10 and 49 items
- Exclusive Author
- Has been a member for 2-3 years
- Referred between 1 and 9 users
- Sold between 5 000 and 10 000 dollars
- Vietnam
I see 10 sales have 1 stars. If 3 sales have 3 stars . I think this is friendly buyer of author who bought another items .
- Sold between 5 000 and 10 000 dollars
- Referred between 10 and 49 users
- Bought between 10 and 49 items
- Has been a member for 4-5 years
- Exclusive Author
- Microlancer Beta Tester
Seems “fishy” to me seeing as my oldest WP theme has 57 purchases and 7 ratings.
I also notice my CodeCanyon items are rated far more than my ThemeForest ones.
- Exclusive Author
- Has been a member for 0-1 years
too dramatic live
- Microlancer Beta Tester
- Most Wanted Bounty Winner
- Referred between 1 and 9 users
- Exclusive Author
- Has been a member for 1-2 years
- Sold between 10 000 and 50 000 dollars
I read in previous threads here that some authors maybe buy his own items to get more sales fast and get a good rating with a few sales from the begining. Is tricky but I guess works for them.
- Community Superstar
- Item was Featured
- Author was Featured
- Has been a member for 5-6 years
- Won a Competition
- Sold between 50 000 and 100 000 dollars
- Bought between 10 and 49 items
- Referred between 50 and 99 users
- Europe
Yeah, that is a strategy to ensure your item starts with a good rating. It’s kinda bad to wait for 3 user ratings and start with a low rating from the beginning.
That can happen because the users are not required to post reviews, to define the good or bad rating they give.
- Sold between 250 000 and 1 000 000 dollars
- Community Moderator
- Author was Featured
- Item was Featured
- Bought between 50 and 99 items
- Referred between 1000 and 1999 users
- Has been a member for 3-4 years
- Repeatedly Helped protect Envato Marketplaces against copyright violations
It’s well known that some authors purchase their own products and rate them to bolster sales. Most of us agree that this is a dishonest practice and therefore don’t do it, but since there is no real way to prevent authors from doing this, some will continue to do so. I don’t know that Envato has even stated explicitly that this is not allowed, since such a rule would be virtually unenforceable.
It’s unfortunate, but that’s the state of things. I expect discussing it further will do more harm than good.
Same thing happens on Amazon.
