{"id":16033,"date":"2026-05-18T18:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/envato-just-killed-exclusivity-my-thoughts-after-10-years-on-codecanyon\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T18:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:00:03","slug":"envato-just-killed-exclusivity-my-thoughts-after-10-years-on-codecanyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/envato-just-killed-exclusivity-my-thoughts-after-10-years-on-codecanyon\/","title":{"rendered":"Envato Just Killed Exclusivity &#8211; My Thoughts After 10+ Years on CodeCanyon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RTi_M8toXT4?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Envato just announced a massive change.<\/p>\n<p>Starting July 1, 2026, the old exclusivity model is gone. All authors move to a flat 50% revenue share, and exclusive vs non-exclusive accounts disappear entirely.<\/p>\n<p>As someone who sold on CodeCanyon for over a decade, I wanted to share my honest thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>CodeCanyon changed my life. It helped me build CodeRevolution, go full-time, and support my family. So this video is not an attack on Envato.<\/p>\n<p>But let\u2019s be honest &#8211; the marketplace world has changed a lot.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, I break down what Envato\u2019s announcement actually means, why this happened, what it says about CodeCanyon\u2019s future, and why creators should never depend entirely on a single platform.<\/p>\n<p>Is this finally freedom for authors?<\/p>\n<p>Or the final sign that the old marketplace era is over?<\/p>\n<p>Would love to hear what other authors think.<\/p>\n<p>#Envato #CodeCanyon #ThemeForest #WordPress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Envato just announced a massive change. Starting July 1, 2026, the old exclusivity model is gone. All authors move to a flat 50% revenue share, and exclusive vs non-exclusive accounts disappear entirely. As someone who sold on CodeCanyon for over a decade, I wanted to share my honest thoughts. CodeCanyon changed my life. It helped<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wp"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}