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Not surprisingly, the domain name TurboSquid.com was available. When I asked five different people about the name, three of them liked it a lot, one of them hated it, but came around, and one hated it, but remembered it. That's the sign of a good brand. And it was more passionate than Media-Exchange.com."
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caused catastrophic flooding and prompted the evacuation of nearly 500,000 city residents, including all of TurboSquid's New
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In August 2009, TurboSquid implemented the SquidGuild, a loyalty program that pays higher royalties to artists who post their 3D models exclusively at TurboSquid. In 2011, the registered membership has crossed the 2.3 million mark, and the number of contributing artists has passed 20,000. In that
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in the United States, is most known for brokering the sale of 3D models in return for a percentage of the sales. As of 2019, TurboSquid has over 800,000 3D models in its library. Turbosquid also has over 130,000 other products available, such as texture maps.
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for television commercials from 1994 to 2000. During that time the pair began researching ways to sell or license unused 3D models. They officially began software development of a marketplace in 1999 under the brand iPublish.
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