I know my models have lots of potential. It seams like MakerWorld actually recommends my models to people for the first day and they get lots of views! Bu then the day after, MakerWorld completely stops recommending my models to people. The only way to find them at that point is either on my profile or after searching and scrolling forever. I have shown the average chart of my models.
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Most social media algorithms work on a similar basis:
When something new is posted the algorithm promotes it to an audience. The interaction data this audience has with the new post is collected; this includes clicks, downloads, shares, etc. If the interaction per user is “enough”, then the algorithm then promotes it to a larger audience.
So it’s generally to be expected that when you post something new, it’ll have a spike of interaction from the initial “test” period of promotion. Then afterwards the amount of future promotion is dependent on how the “test” period went.
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that’s something new to learn.
but i guess the algorithm hates me, i get total silence on the 1st day of upload then it goes to market demand phase…if someone need it they will search for it.
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Exactly what Kit_Crafters said, algorithms just promote something new in the beginning to test it out. Etsy works the same way. BTW you have a typo.
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Every algorithm has it’s own quirks and differences, some things that might influence how MakerWorld does it’s initial test promotion are data points of your model post that the algorithm can concretely understand.
For example, if you tagged “fidget” in the model tags the algorithm can’t understand what a fidget toy is, but it can see that “fidget” ranks very highly in the search results so it might push that model more because it thinks it’ll do better based on the tag. Or it might push it more because more users have shown the algorithm that they like fidgets and so the audience the algorithm can push to is larger.
As with other algorithms, the exact details on how it decides to promote won’t be shared, but some MakerWorld employees have shared some tips. One of the tips (I don’t have a link to the comment but it was on this forum) was that having too many tags is a negative aspect and that a handful of tags will do better.
So I guess if you’re looking to have your models do well during the initial test promotion, the best advice I’d give is to make sure your tags are relevant, your description and model name have good keywords, and if you can, to promote it on other platforms.
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thank you for the useful information, i will test the handful number of tags on my next upload.
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Yeah but I just uploaded my new fidget slider and on the first day it only got 150 impressions! I tagged all of the best things with some tags like fidget that had literally 11,000 searches. Of that though it got like 60 views and 4 downloads. But it makes me wonder how some people get thousands of downloads on the first day. Do they promote them on social media?
Cookies would also play a part in what data is shown to other users
Well would there be a way to help with that?
I dont use them or allow them , unless like makerworld only when necessary
The reality is simple - you are just one of thousands of people all posting models. If your stuff isn’t unique, memorable, or doesn’t fill a need, it just sinks into all the other similar models. Even if your stuff is really good, there’s lots of other models competing for attention.
If you want more exposure and eyeballs, the contests are a way to be a bigger fish in a smaller pond. Also, it’s not a race to throw designs at the wall. Are your designs fully thought out and complete? If they weren’t your models, would you want to print your own stuff?
The way to compete with all the common models that are posted is to not compete with them. Find your niche or a unique need.
Probably because they have more interesting models and better thumbnails, there are already hundreds of fidget sliders on makerworld.