Best Cubebrush Alternative for Selling 3D Assets in 2026 — Keep 100% of Every Sale

Cubebrush vs Proofly — At a Glance

What is Cubebrush?

Cubebrush (cubebrush.co) is an online marketplace originally launched for game artists, concept designers, and digital illustrators. It hosts digital assets across multiple categories: 3D models (typically in FBX, OBJ, or Blender format), textures and PBR material packs, 2D concept art reference sheets, Photoshop and Procreate brush packs, and video tutorials.

Its audience skews toward game developers, indie studios, and concept artists who need ready-to-use game assets. The platform has built up a catalogue of thousands of assets and an established buyer community in the game-art niche.

The key limitation for creators who sell 3D models is the commission model: Cubebrush retains 30% of every sale. At the same time, it does not offer an in-browser 3D viewer (buyers purchase based on screenshots), and there is no per-buyer tracking of downloads — meaning a pirated copy cannot be traced back to the specific buyer who shared it.

How Much Does Cubebrush's 30% Cut Cost You?

Thirty percent sounds abstract until you calculate it across a full year of sales. Here is what that commission gap looks like in dollar terms at common price points, comparing Cubebrush (30% platform cut) with Proofly (0% platform cut — buyer pays a flat ~$1 fee, you keep 100% of the listed price):

3D Viewer: Proofly vs Cubebrush

On Cubebrush, buyers purchase based entirely on static images, screenshots, or rendered previews the seller provides. There is no way to orbit the model, inspect topology, check mesh quality, or view the asset in wireframe before buying. This creates friction for buyers of 3D models specifically — a potential source of refund requests and buyer hesitation.

A buyer who can orbit and inspect your model in the browser before purchasing has far more confidence in the quality of what they are buying — which means fewer refund requests, more conversions, and better reviews for sellers.

Piracy Protection: HiddenMark™ vs Nothing

3D model piracy is widespread. Downloaded FBX or OBJ files can be re-uploaded to free repositories, shared in Discord servers, or sold on competing platforms within hours of a legitimate purchase. Without a way to trace which buyer shared a file, you have no legal ground to stand on and no way to send a DMCA notice to the correct party.

Cubebrush offers no solution for this. Once a file is purchased and downloaded, the platform has no mechanism to trace leaks back to a specific buyer.

HiddenMark works by altering vertex positions in the 3D mesh by amounts below the threshold of visual perception — the change is invisible to both the human eye and standard slicer previews, but detectable by the Proofly verification system. The code is unique to each purchase transaction, so the leak traces back to exactly one buyer.

Who Benefits Most from Switching to Proofly?

When Cubebrush Still Makes Sense

Cubebrush has an established audience of game developers, indie studios, and concept artists who specifically browse its catalogue for ready-to-use game assets. If most of your catalogue is:

• 2D concept art reference sheets or character sheets
• Photoshop brushes, Procreate brush packs, or texture atlases
• FBX/OBJ game-engine assets that need to land in a Unity or Unreal workflow
• Tutorial videos or courses aimed at game artists

— then Cubebrush's existing audience may convert better for you than building a new audience on Proofly from scratch. The right strategy for most 3D model creators is to keep Cubebrush listings live while running Proofly in parallel — capturing both audiences without giving up the commission-free earnings on Proofly.

Dual-Listing Strategy: Use Both Platforms

The most efficient approach for most creators is not to abandon Cubebrush entirely — it's to add Proofly as a second revenue stream where you keep 100%, and use Cubebrush's traffic as a top-of-funnel.

1. 1

   List your top models on Proofly at the same price

   Your Proofly listing earns you 100% of the listed price. Your Cubebrush listing earns you 70%. Both can live simultaneously — no exclusivity conflict.

2. 2

   Link to your Proofly shop from your Cubebrush profile

   Add your Proofly creator URL to your Cubebrush bio. Buyers who want a better preview experience or who find piracy protection valuable will follow the link.

3. 3

   Enable HiddenMark™ on Proofly models

   Proofly buyers get a per-buyer fingerprinted download — a feature Cubebrush cannot match. This is a genuine selling point you can highlight in your listing description.

4. 4

   Use Proofly analytics to understand your buyers

   Proofly's analytics show view counts, conversion rates, funnel stages, and which models perform best — giving you data to improve listings on both platforms.

5. 5

   Shift promotion to Proofly as your audience grows

   As your Proofly follower count and repeat-buyer base grow, directing new social promotion there returns more revenue per post — because you keep 100% of every sale it drives.

How to Move Your Models to Proofly

Migrating a listing from Cubebrush to Proofly takes about 10–20 minutes per model.

1. 1

   Create a free Proofly account

   Sign up at proofly.store — it's free. Connect Stripe for payouts (takes 5 minutes — you'll need your bank details or a debit card to receive transfers).

2. 2

   Download your original files from Cubebrush

   Grab the original STL, FBX, OBJ, GLB, or ZIP files from wherever you store your originals — not the sold copies. You need the clean source files to upload to Proofly.

3. 3

   Upload to Proofly

   Use the Proofly upload flow: drag in your files, add your title, description, tags, and preview images. Set the same price as Cubebrush — your buyers on Proofly pay $1 extra as a buyer fee, but you keep the full listed amount.

4. 4

   Enable HiddenMark™ on each listing

   Toggle HiddenMark on during upload. Proofly will embed a unique steganographic fingerprint into each STL download, linked to the buyer's transaction ID. If the file leaks, you can identify who shared it.

5. 5

   Add your Proofly link everywhere

   Update your Cubebrush profile, ArtStation, Instagram bio, and any link-in-bio tool with your Proofly creator URL. Cross-promotion is the fastest way to build a Proofly audience from your existing follower base.

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