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VoxPop Games was co-founded in 2019 by Charles Fang Yu and Marc Anthony Rodriguez in ], ]. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-11-06 |title=Gamification of Life: A Journey from SBU to Silicon Valley {{!}} Marc Anthony Rodriguez {{!}} TEDxSBU |url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/15291 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Expert Speakers – PG Connects Toronto |url=https://www.pgconnects.com/toronto/expert-speakers/ |access-date=2022-06-16 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=University |first=Stony Brook |title=Stony Brook 40 Under Forty |url=https://www.stonybrook.edu/40underforty/2022/people/marc-anthony-rodriguez |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=www.stonybrook.edu}}</ref> VoxPop subsequently joined the F50 Elevate Accelerator, becoming part of its first cohort in Fall 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=F50 Elevate Cohort 1 |url=https://f50.io/elevate/cohort-1/ |access-date=19-9-22 |website=F50.io}}</ref> VoxPop Games was co-founded in 2019 by Charles Fang Yu and Marc Anthony Rodriguez in ], ]. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-11-06 |title=Gamification of Life: A Journey from SBU to Silicon Valley {{!}} Marc Anthony Rodriguez {{!}} TEDxSBU |url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/15291 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Expert Speakers – PG Connects Toronto |url=https://www.pgconnects.com/toronto/expert-speakers/ |access-date=2022-06-16 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=University |first=Stony Brook |title=Stony Brook 40 Under Forty |url=https://www.stonybrook.edu/40underforty/2022/people/marc-anthony-rodriguez |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=www.stonybrook.edu}}</ref> VoxPop subsequently joined the F50 Elevate Accelerator, becoming part of its first cohort in Fall 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=F50 Elevate Cohort 1 |url=https://f50.io/elevate/cohort-1/ |access-date=19-9-22 |website=F50.io}}</ref>


In July 2020, the company entered a public beta release and launched it's proprietary ] distribution application client.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yu |first=Charles |date=31-7-2020 |title=VoxPop Launches Its Open Beta! |url=https://www.voxpopgames.net/post/voxpop-launches-it-s-open-beta |access-date=19-9-22}}</ref> The VoxPop platform's profit-sharing system was designed to allow a developer-determined percentage of each sale to be automatically distributed to users who seeded files or promoted sales. VoxPop's stated intention was for this profit-sharing to help independent game developers run influencer campaigns.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> <ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=LeBlanc |first=Wesley |date=2022-02-17 |title=Weaponeer, A Game Developed By A 17-Year-Old That You Can Play With One Hand, Is Out Today |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/02/14/weaponeer-a-game-developed-by-a-17-year-old-that-you-can-play-with-one-hand-is-out-today |url-status=live |access-date=2022-02-17 |website=Game Informer |language=en}}</ref> However, VoxPop CEO Charles Yu also made statements indicating that the model was implemented to reduce the company's overhead costs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=VoxPop: P2P Distribution and Marketing via Profit Sharing |url=https://amt-lab.org/podcasts-interviews/2020/7/the-voxpop-games-model-peer-to-peer-digital-distribution-and-influencer-marketing-via-profit-sharing |access-date=2022-04-05 |website=AMT Lab @ CMU |language=en-US}}</ref> In July 2020, the company entered a public beta release and launched it's proprietary ] distribution application client.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yu |first=Charles |date=31-7-2020 |title=VoxPop Launches Its Open Beta! |url=https://www.voxpopgames.net/post/voxpop-launches-it-s-open-beta |access-date=19-9-22}}</ref> The VoxPop platform's profit-sharing system was designed to allow a developer-determined percentage of each sale to be automatically distributed to users who seeded files or promoted sales. VoxPop's stated intention was for this profit-sharing to help independent game developers run influencer campaigns.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> <ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=LeBlanc |first=Wesley |date=2022-02-17 |title=Weaponeer, A Game Developed By A 17-Year-Old That You Can Play With One Hand, Is Out Today |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/02/14/weaponeer-a-game-developed-by-a-17-year-old-that-you-can-play-with-one-hand-is-out-today |url-status=live |access-date=2022-02-17 |website=Game Informer |language=en}}</ref> However, VoxPop CEO Charles Yu also made statements indicating that the model was implemented to reduce the company's overhead costs.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=VoxPop: P2P Distribution and Marketing via Profit Sharing |url=https://amt-lab.org/podcasts-interviews/2020/7/the-voxpop-games-model-peer-to-peer-digital-distribution-and-influencer-marketing-via-profit-sharing |access-date=2022-04-05 |website=AMT Lab @ CMU |language=en-US}}</ref>


In July 2022, both Yu and Rodriguez spoke at ] Toronto, both representing VoxPop on two separate panels.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martinez |first=Adriana |last2=Executive |first2=Marketing |title=Explore the latest developments in PC, console, XR and more at Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto! |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/79002/were-going-beyond-mobile-this-july-at-pocket-gamer-connects-toronto/ |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=pocketgamer.biz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Martinez |first=Adriana |last2=Executive |first2=Marketing |title=Learn how to survive and thrive as an indie developer from the experts at Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto! |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/79103/learn-how-to-survive-and-thrive-as-an-indie-developer-from-the-experts-at-pocket-gamer-connects-toronto/ |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=pocketgamer.biz}}</ref> In July 2022, both Yu and Rodriguez spoke at ] Toronto, both representing VoxPop on two separate panels.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martinez |first=Adriana |last2=Executive |first2=Marketing |title=Explore the latest developments in PC, console, XR and more at Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto! |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/79002/were-going-beyond-mobile-this-july-at-pocket-gamer-connects-toronto/ |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=pocketgamer.biz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Martinez |first=Adriana |last2=Executive |first2=Marketing |title=Learn how to survive and thrive as an indie developer from the experts at Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto! |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/79103/learn-how-to-survive-and-thrive-as-an-indie-developer-from-the-experts-at-pocket-gamer-connects-toronto/ |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=pocketgamer.biz}}</ref>
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VoxPop Games has partnered with various ], including Rogue Games, ], and Graffiti Games.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |date=2021-02-09 |title=VoxPop Games Looks to 2022 and Beyond by Partnering with Graffiti Games |url=https://www.gamespress.com/VoxPop-Games-Looks-to-2022-and-Beyond-by-Partnering-with-Graffiti-Game |url-status=live |website=Gamespress.com}}</ref> <ref>{{Citation |title=Charles Yu and Marc Anthony Rodriguez {{!}} VoxPop Games |date=2022-05-12 |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/2B1pPF3k7hT0rjdx8FeNPK |language=en |access-date=2022-05-12}}</ref> VoxPop has also worked with non-profit organizations, such as the ].<ref name=":4" /> VoxPop Games has partnered with various ], including Rogue Games, ], and Graffiti Games.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |date=2021-02-09 |title=VoxPop Games Looks to 2022 and Beyond by Partnering with Graffiti Games |url=https://www.gamespress.com/VoxPop-Games-Looks-to-2022-and-Beyond-by-Partnering-with-Graffiti-Game |url-status=live |website=Gamespress.com}}</ref> <ref>{{Citation |title=Charles Yu and Marc Anthony Rodriguez {{!}} VoxPop Games |date=2022-05-12 |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/2B1pPF3k7hT0rjdx8FeNPK |language=en |access-date=2022-05-12}}</ref> VoxPop has also worked with non-profit organizations, such as the ].<ref name=":4" />


== Revenue == == Profit-Sharing ==


The ] can charge money for the games they release onto the ] application. By default, the site earns an operational partnership revenue, a ''15%'' cut from each game's sale, but the ] and/or ] can choose how much money they would like to allocate out as ]<nowiki/>s (labeled by the application as "''<u>Pop Share</u>"'') with an initial developer and publisher recommendation of ''3% to start'' from each game sold.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-16 |title=VoxPop Games: Empowering Developers & Creators - All Ages of Geek |url=https://allagesofgeek.com/this-just-in/voxpop-games-empowering-developers-creators/ |access-date=2022-06-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> With the exception of free games, all sales on the VoxPop platform set aside a percentage of each sale for user incentives. Also known internally as "Pop Share," this incentive is primarily earned when users successfully ] to purchase them.<ref name=":1" /> So long as the chosen value falls between the site's minimum and maximum, developers may freely set the Profit-Sharing rate to whatever they wish. Raising incentive payouts has been proposed as a method for driving participation from online ].<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-16 |title=VoxPop Games: Empowering Developers & Creators - All Ages of Geek |url=https://allagesofgeek.com/this-just-in/voxpop-games-empowering-developers-creators/ |access-date=2022-06-24 |language=en-US}}</ref>


Developers have the power contractually and can set the lowest price for the game (including free), and the customer can pay and receive passive monetary compensation from recommending their owned games to their friends & cohorts. If they are a ] or ] they can utilize the tools within the ] to earn passive income from advocating to their viewers to purchase games using their VoxPop Games storefront external link (akin to ] or Ko-Fi) Developers have the power contractually and can set the lowest price for the game (including free), and the customer can pay and receive passive monetary compensation from recommending their owned games to their friends & cohorts. If they are a ] or ] they can utilize the tools within the ] to earn passive income from advocating to their viewers to purchase games using their VoxPop Games storefront external link (akin to ] or Ko-Fi)

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American game distribution platform

VoxPop Games, Inc. (stylized as VoxPop) is an American peer-to-peer, profit-sharing, games distribution platform. They primarily host indie games. VoxPop operates using a profit-sharing business model, intended to help developers leverage their future earnings to run infleuncer campaigns. VoxPop Games was co-founded by Charles Fang Yu and Marc Anthony Rodriguez in 2019.

File:VoxPop Games Logo 2022.png
Type of site Video games, Game demos, Game Marketing
Available in English
Owner Privately Held
URL https://www.voxpopgames.net/
Commercial Yes; E-Commerce, Video Game Store
Current status Online
License Proprietary software
Type Content delivery, Digital rights management
Platform Microsoft Windows

In September 2022, VoxPop Games announced the creation of the indie game development fund. Gamed funded through VoxPop would be released exclusively to the VoxPop platform for a period of time.

Overview

VoxPop Games was co-founded in 2019 by Charles Fang Yu and Marc Anthony Rodriguez in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. VoxPop subsequently joined the F50 Elevate Accelerator, becoming part of its first cohort in Fall 2019.

In July 2020, the company entered a public beta release and launched it's proprietary peer-to-peer distribution application client. The VoxPop platform's profit-sharing system was designed to allow a developer-determined percentage of each sale to be automatically distributed to users who seeded files or promoted sales. VoxPop's stated intention was for this profit-sharing to help independent game developers run influencer campaigns. However, VoxPop CEO Charles Yu also made statements indicating that the model was implemented to reduce the company's overhead costs.

In July 2022, both Yu and Rodriguez spoke at Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto, both representing VoxPop on two separate panels.

In September 2022, the company announced a new indie games fund, alongside ex-Rockstar Games VP of Product Development, Jeronimo Barrera, as Chairman of Advisory Board. At this time, VoxPop had over 300 games in its catalogue. Several of these games were published under the "Made for VoxPop" label, indicating that they had exclusive content.

VoxPop Games has partnered with various independent publishers, including Rogue Games, Fulqrum Publishing, and Graffiti Games. VoxPop has also worked with non-profit organizations, such as the AbleGamers Foundation.

Profit-Sharing

With the exception of free games, all sales on the VoxPop platform set aside a percentage of each sale for user incentives. Also known internally as "Pop Share," this incentive is primarily earned when users successfully recommend others to purchase them. So long as the chosen value falls between the site's minimum and maximum, developers may freely set the Profit-Sharing rate to whatever they wish. Raising incentive payouts has been proposed as a method for driving participation from online content creators.

Developers have the power contractually and can set the lowest price for the game (including free), and the customer can pay and receive passive monetary compensation from recommending their owned games to their friends & cohorts. If they are a social media influencer or game streamer they can utilize the tools within the client application to earn passive income from advocating to their viewers to purchase games using their VoxPop Games storefront external link (akin to Pateron or Ko-Fi)

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  3. ^ Carter, Justin (19-9-22). "Indie storefront VoxPop Games launches indie game fund". Game Developer. Retrieved 19-9-22. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)
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  9. ^ "VoxPop: P2P Distribution and Marketing via Profit Sharing". AMT Lab @ CMU. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
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