- United Kingdom
- Exclusive Author
- Sold between 1 000 and 5 000 dollars
- Author was Featured
- Won a Competition
- Referred between 100 and 199 users
- Author had a Free File of the Month
- Bought between 10 and 49 items
- Interviewed on the Envato Notes blog
CRSDesign said
quickandeasy saidLol. So does a member of staff nominate you for it, or does it just come automatic? Is there any GR authors that have elite status. I’ve noticed a lot of theme forest guys do
JRChild saidCreate badass items.
Just wondering – what are the criteria for becoming an elite author?
You just have to sell a certain amount of $. Look at the top authors list for GR elite authors.
i’m part of the 20% 
- Microlancer Beta Tester
- Sold between 10 000 and 50 000 dollars
- Interviewed on the Envato Notes blog
- Most Wanted Bounty Winner
- Repeatedly Helped protect Envato Marketplaces against copyright violations
- Exclusive Author
- Has been a member for 3-4 years
- United States
- Referred between 1 and 9 users
I am a part of the 20% too…
Who needs a day job when we have envato 
graphicmind said
CRSDesign saidOnce you’ve sold $75 000 +
quickandeasy saidLol. So does a member of staff nominate you for it, or does it just come automatic? Is there any GR authors that have elite status. I’ve noticed a lot of theme forest guys do
JRChild saidCreate badass items.
Just wondering – what are the criteria for becoming an elite author?
That’s quite a bit of money for selling templates… I really regret why the hell I didn’t do anything when I registered back in early 2009… probably because I think those files I made for companies won’t be able to sell, seems I am totally wrong
I hope I can go back in time
Doh!
I do this for fun, thnx God I do not depend on this…
today i’am in 80%. but keep trying to become 20% part. making badass item , keep updating, stay consistent, make a goal list, who knows that time will come true. >.<
I belong to the 80% group…and as soon as I reach the 20%...I want to get the money but stay in the 80%...something like a promotion…work 8 hours, receive 16! eheheheheh=)
Hm… i think that 80:20 should be change around 60:40. There is a lot of talented and hard-working authors. I think this ratio could be expandable if we would get payed just only the 20% of those items which just goes into the swamp. If you say that, other sites are also suffering from this problem, i have to say categorical no. Its not truth. I’ was searching and “try to steal” items from other sites. And its impossible… You might say, maybe because im not an expert in that, right. But then what makes me easy to find numerous possibilites to download illegally the items from here but other sites just no way to snatch anything?
Well, I literally just joined the community here. I now work full time for myself as a freelance graphic and web designer, so I am definetly in that 80% catagory.
I hope to make and publish some great content for users here on Graphicriver. 
