pjz99 posted in the frestuff forum that Sharecg is to be no more,

What are the nuggets on this site that you recommend one should download before they are gone forever?

Dont know if we can post links here but the name of the maker and object must be ok?

/Regards /JonnyBode

If you like airplanes, download everything you can by Neil Wilson and Pedro Caparros!

I have downloaded my own uploads. I have considered reposting these in the Renderosity Freestuff BUT 

- some of that stuff is ridiculously outdated, vintage 2010s, no Superfly materials etc ... Would require extensive updating.

- some of that stuff is even outright "meh" not worth posting anymore.

- some of that stuff was complained about. Especially about the NSFW artwork. 

- some of that stuff used textures downloaded from the internet. Renderosity could get fussy about that. Actually they get fussy about everything.

And my thread in the freestuff forum where I used to post about upcoming freebies has gone "404", actually the whole freestuff forum seems to have gone "404". Maybe it's hidden somewhere.

The freestuff forum is here https://www.renderosity.com/forums/12473/freestuff. Your thread is here https://www.renderosity.com/forums/threads/2817948/darth-js-wip-and-freebies-take-2

I tried to go to Sharecg to check out Darthj, Neil Wilson and Pedro Caparros but no luck, is Sharecg already shut down?

Hope its just temporarily.

Seems to have just gone!

Yes, seems to have been wiped. Time to upload the Archive.org rescue package, then.

The freestuff forum is here https://www.renderosity.com/forums/12473/freestuff. Your thread is here https://www.renderosity.com/forums/threads/2817948/darth-js-wip-and-freebies-take-2

As Sharecg is for sale the one logical site to acquire it is Renderosity. Quite a few of Sharecg freebies were posted in the Renderosity freestuff also.

On the other hand some people used Sharecg because they wanted to avoid Renderosity. They might not be so amused to find their freebies there nevertheless.

And now I can reach the site again, could have been just a warning :-)
Off to check out some nuggets....

IMO it's not a money problem: sharecg leads to "Internet Business System", which leads to ibsys dot com, not something that's going to close from the corresp., website, it looks more like a choice to close any free resources.

Nothing new.

They're not just closing ShareCG, though. They're closing a bunch of their web sites, some of which don't offer free stuff.

"After many years of serving the engineering and design communities through our network of websites — including EDACafe.com, GISCafe.com, MCADCafe.com, AECCafe.com, TechJobsCafe.com, and ShareCG.com — it is with deep regret that we announce the upcoming closure of all platforms due to financial challenges."

I think this is a result of the crash in ad revenue. Traditional web sites are hurting, as people migrate to social media. They're going the way of a lot of other sites. Buzzfeed News, Vice.com, Jezebel. SB Nation cut coverage of many major sports teams. Daily Kos has admitted they're struggling and have had to layoff staff. 

It's becoming very difficult to support a web site on ad revenue.

randym77 posted at 2:32 AM Mon, 7 April 2025 - #4494763

It's becoming very difficult to support a web site on ad revenue.

The world is changing, deeply. And that's not going to stop.

Y-Phil posted at 9:00 AM Mon, 7 April 2025 - #4494769

randym77 posted at 2:32 AM Mon, 7 April 2025 - #4494763

It's becoming very difficult to support a web site on ad revenue.

I think that people are truly sick of ad everywhere, even outdoors in the sky as it seems, and soon in the toilet...

The world is changing, deeply. And that's not going to stop.

Paradigm shifts are often chaotic. Clay Shirky has compared what's happening with what happened after the invention of the printing press. 

Eventually, we'll figure it out. But it takes time, and the transition will be a mess. And no one can predict what the end result will be.

It's gone.  A message there encourages visitors and creators to use Renderh7b but that site does not have Poser content and is mostly for paid content ( which is perfectly fine, they put up what they want) so, yet again, it's a loss and no one cares.

It's gone.  A message there encourages visitors and creators to use Renderh7b but that site does not have Poser content and is mostly for paid content ( which is perfectly fine, they put up what they want) so, yet again, it's a loss and no one cares.

I agree with AmbientShade's comment.  Also, Sharecg.com did sell content at very reasonable prices.

There is no Poser category the way Sharecg had, so forgive me if I didn't scroll past the first two pages to look. It is somehow difficult to look for it, are they tagged as Poser or do I need to know a secret handshake? :)

I just searched Poser under the main Marketplace search bar and it brought up everything with Poser in the title. Then if you look through the catalogs of some of those vendors there is more. Not sure how the tagging system works there but .pz3 shows on some of it. It's also where the Nova and Neo figures got moved to.

Thank you, my search- fu is clearly inferior to yours.

Might just need to ask RenderHub to make a Poser section, considering the fact that sharecg is redirecting people there and working with RH.  The board works just like on sharecg, a member can make a post and has full control, no mess with testers and waiting times for publishing, making it convenient for artists and the ones who share freebies. A poser section might be a positive section for them to have,  it might even make poser a little popular and attract new Interests considering that they have quiet a choice of creators there, could be a win win considering that poser is loosing members every day. 

I was already thinking of asking them as most I made is for Poser the past decades, just have not found the time jet due all of the work with the new DS projects and extended modules that I started last year, to be able to offer assets for both platforms.      

RedPhantom posted at 9:25 PM Thu, 3 April 2025 - #4494694

The freestuff forum is here https://www.renderosity.com/forums/12473/freestuff. Your thread is here https://www.renderosity.com/forums/threads/2817948/darth-js-wip-and-freebies-take-2

I'm glad I wasn't wiped out completely.

Sharecg seems to be gone indeed. That means I can now sell my rare downloads at exorbitant prices. Double those prices for anyone residing in the USA.