Antonio Riveras

When buying elements on the river you see alot of different categories, with items ranging from business cards to backgrounds for the web. When designing these kind of elements you have to consider who is buying it and not only design something that you think is pretty.

My thing is trying to figure what kind of graphics a programmer would want to buy…

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Graphic River is a great market, sure. But the competition is getting tight, more and more creative artists are starting to upload outstanding work for all you programmers out there. Selling is a competition and it’s important for you to know just how to gain first place, and sell well on Graphic River.

Look at what’s popular

Take a look around the gallery and see what’s popular and selling the most. Pick something you’re familiar with, don’t try to exceed in something you don’t have a clue about.

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If you could buy graphics for your web site, not entire site templates…Would you? Some people might find this strange, but it’s actually a great market for those who don’t have the necessary design skills but come with an arsenal packed with programming and coding skills.

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I just got my jQuery Headers approved for sale on Graphic River. These headers come in 3 different colors and include a live demo!
You can purchase this item here for only $2.00!

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That’s right, I’m aiming for the big win. All I had to do was to create my own collection of 30 items and adding the link in the comments of the post. My collection is called ”Programmers Dream” and consists mainly of web elements such as menus and buttons. Some FlashDen items were added but mainly items from Graphic River.

If you’re interested in seeing my bookmarked collection don’t hesitate to check it out here.

Today Envato opens up their biggest competition yet! An awesome chance to win $3500 to spend on the ultimate creative set-up. All you have to do is create a collection of your favourite items from the 5 different Envato marketplaces.

You do this by bookmarking the items you want and then post a link on the blog post. Simple enough, read more about it here.

Recently, people have been uploading graphics for the web with ”examples” or ”bonuses” consisting of XHTML/CSS files. For example, someone uploaded a tabbed menu for the web with the XHTML/CSS along with it.

Some members of Graphic River objected to this, arguing that it will become a trend or standard and the people not being able to create the code with the graphics won’t be able to sell as much as the one with the code.
You can read it here.

The author DreamWarrior makes a good point here. Nevertheless, I still believe that a marketplace should be competetive and evolve as the users help the site grow. Users who create their web items with XHTML/CSS should be able to upload it. Although they shouldn’t be ”awarded” something for it, the price should still be the same as the regular graphics without the code. Fortunately, they are…

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I believe that Graphic River is a great place to earn som extra money. If you have enough items uploaded I believe that you can have a good passive income reaching up to $100-$200 per month.

But there are alot of items on the river, currently 747 graphics, 347 design templates and 770 vectors plus much more.

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