Doesn’t have magnets or bearings. Not near complicated enough to be exclusive.
Add some stuff from Maker parts and doodadds and try again.
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It has foam stickers, nailed it!
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Here’s an idea for encouaging creators to be more judicial when deciding which model(s) to submit to MW for consideration into the program: Dividing the increased chance of exposure (such as being showcased or showing up in searches) among accounts, not by models, that are in the program. So each account has a certain probability to show up, and this probablity is shared by all the models in the account. If an acccount has less number of models in the program, each model will have more exposure. If an account has lots of models, each model will have less exposure.
If a creator believes tthat none of their current models can reap substantial benefit from being in the program, then they may choose to wait until they have created a model or models good enough to take fuller advantage of entering the program.
This will also avoid the potential issue of having a few creators getting most of the increased exposure while the rest gets little.
That just incentivizes creating new accounts for every upload.
Shielded by the Maker’s Supply item I reckon 
Who knew joining an exclusive program can turn out to be so worrisome 
That would also mean those designers that produce many great and worthy designers would get the same total share of exposure as a user with only one decent model.
Great for the little guy, terrible for someone who put in significant effort.
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Reading through the thread it’s clear that the EMP rollout is very messy, the friday launch rushed, the guidelines very subjective and punishment for not meeting them too severe (especially for honest creators simply asking to be taken out after more info came out and to not lose more).
I hope that MW fixes all the issues and gives points back to those unfairly punished. It would be fair to simply convert all “exclusive” points to normal points and as expressed by many people here it would be acceptable to ding the 25% bonus. This is a pilot run and it’s punishing beta-testers.
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@MakerWorld FAIL?
Dear Generic User,
Thank you for your response.
If you find some models that do not align with the criteria for the exclusive program, please report them and our relevant colleagues will review them.
Due to the large number of models, this may take some time. We kindly ask for your patience during this process.
Thank you for your time and patience in this matter.
I refuse to waste my time with MW reports any longer.
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I received one of those today.
Makes me all excited to be part of the solution.
Erm, of course it doesn’t.
Let me help out. Here’s are some lists they can get started on: Generative 3D Model - MakerWorld and Search:hueforge - MakerWorld
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Sure, the multiple-account problem can affect here, too. But there have been enough motives for scammers to set up these accounts from the begining. Having one more motive may not make much difference. It’s also possible that they won’t use alternative accounts on this because entering the program attracts extra scrutiny.
I assume all PrintMon models are excluded from the Exclusive program.
It’s not a perfect solution, but here’s why I thought it’s worthwhile to put the idea out for discussion.
- It helps the implementation logistically. If the program uses the submit-to-inclusion approach, some creators may submit all models in their account. If there are enough people doing this, it will take many months for MW reviewers to complete the review.
Incentivizing each creator to submit only a few of their best models will make it possible to implement while ensuriing the quality of the models at the same time.
- Even though at first glance this may put down highly successful designers too much, in reality it won’t happen. More exposure only means more impressions. Highly successful designers already have models that are featured and get lots of exposure before the program. Even if some small guys get some more exposure by entering the program, it will not substantially change the balance of power between them. And highly successful designers will have better conversions (from impressions to views, and from views to downloads) due to herd mentality of the users. In the end, popular models will still reap the most rewards just like they do under the boost system that was meant to level the playing field for niche models.
However, I do see one potential big concern for this approach: What if most creators only submit one model (their best)?. If that happens, the quality of the models will be great, but there may not be enough number of models in the program.
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I just noticed my model was reported.
So there are several models that do need to be removed, but they pick that one?
Holy, well, I’d love to know the thinking and who did it.
This is true if this disastrous rollout.
This does not equal high quality models.
Many small users have excellent models that took a significant amount of time to design, prototype, test, print, artwork and content creation. All worthy of being called premium.
They would be penalised as they have yet to garner that high traffic already discovered designers benefit from.
I think the problem here is two end goals were sought by BL, only one was promoted at launch, the second slowly snuck in with increasing penalisation.
They wanted to lock people into the MW site for a minimum of 90 days and give them a a small benefit in return.
They also wanted to create a group of premium models and promote those.
This sounds like two different aims which they royally screwed up by trying to think they were the same.
Until they work out what they want from this melting point of rubbish and stop blaming the victims of their failure to enumerate their rules before enforcing them this will remain the shower it is.
These are two objectives which will be solved when they are decoupled from each other. Any other sticking plasters are just that.
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Time to celebrate! My point totals are back to positive.
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I’m 30 away from a card and holding my breath.
Do you mean one card available to spend in the sale or your next card and you have multiple to spend in the same?
I have just the one.
Here are two more ideas on the implementation of the Exclusive program. They do not stipulate equal MW exposure based on account as the idea previously proposed.
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Limit submission of models to maximum of, say 5, models per account. All models that are accepted into the program will have equal probability of expore. @MakerWorld will have a better idea on what the maximum number should be after analyzing their own data. This appoach is simple to implement, and the number of models that needed to be reviewed will be manageable.
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@MakerWorld sets a criteria for qualification and then invites models that meet the threshold to participate in the program. As an example, the threshold can be: Any model that has >= 50 downloads AND a download conversion rate (# of downloads / # of views) >= 2.0%. Models that meet the threshold will be automatically sent an invite to participate, or the list of models are first sent to MW reviewers to check for pontential frauds such as self-download, bot-download, download trading, or using external pay-for-download service, etc, before invitations are sent out.
The good things about this approach are: 1) The threshold is an objective number. This avoids relying on the subjective nature of reviewers’ judgement. 2) Easy for MW to plan and budget on. MW can adjust the threshold to get the desired number of models in the program. 3) Manual reviews, if any, is only limited to checking for potential fraudulent activities.
The not-so-good thing: Models that are selected into the program have already achieved a certain popularity before entering the program. Giving those even more exposure can widen the gap between the reward rich and the reward poor, model-wise.
What do you think?