I’m looking for advice on how to grow my Blender addon to the scale of popular tools like Flip Fluids or even larger. Marketing has been a challenge for me, and I’d love some guidance to help expand my audience and improve visibility.
Your link does not take us to your addon (I had to for search it)
Try this one:
I do not really use many addons (no comercial ones), this does sound interesting but I think you need to provide some examples of what the addon is capable of.
The explanations in the “about” on Blendermarket sort of leaves me with more questions than a good Idea of the addon.
One thing I would recomend is starting a thread on Blender Artists to promote your addon – not just a link to Blendermarket – a thread introducing the addon with Explanations and examples of what it is capable of.
Examples of standard benchmark files would be good, with before and after timings + render results so that people can see what it is capable of.
it also has a module with photon based rendering allowing for much more realism just set ALL light bounces to max when you install Yphoto addon (pro version) and filter glossy to 0)
sounds interesting does this help caustics? Again more explanation and examples would be good.
In general the more you can show and explain about the addon the more likely people will try it.
Marketing is all about showing off. (Take a look at “flip fluids” website to see what I mean!)
Does your add-on have a web site? (not the patreon one!)
The video you link on BM of a grey cube floating over a plain does not really count as a demo real, I would recommend something more impressive.
Also in the fac it says
Yes, Cycles Y is compatible with Blender 2.80 and above. For the best experience, we recommend using the latest stable release. In some cases 4.2 may experience some issues.
official release is now 4.3, 4.2 is LTS you should update soon
Anyway just my thoughts good luck with your addon.
DNorman made a lot of points that I agree with, so I won’t retype them all.
But I will add this, regarding your description on blender market: it reads like a long sales pitch that’s targeting users who basically don’t know anything about rendering in cycles.
For one example: you mention your addon takes advantage of multiple processors… almost as if this is an advantage that your addon offers, which default cycles doesn’t have.
You’ve not shown any real number comparison beyond a vague “up to 5 times faster.” No A/B renderings shown.
So, only a basic beginner would be swayed by the marketing. And most of those people aren’t quick to spend $35 in the first place.
(And, definitely be aware of what link you should be using to share the listing.)