"I wasn't interested in signing an exclusive contract and giving up half my prof...

mootothemax · on Jan 3, 2011

Do all of the marketplaces really demand exclusive contracts?

Not all of them, but often the payout then drops to an even more outrageous amount. For example, ThemeForest pay out 25% for non-exclusive themes:

http://themeforest.net/wiki/account/money-account/payment-ra...

swombat · on Jan 3, 2011

Maybe there's a market opportunity for a theme marketplace that takes a cut closer to the apple-like levels without requiring exclusivity (à la Apple)...

chaosmachine · on Jan 3, 2011

They don't, but their cut is even more obscene if you aren't willing to do it.