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Pling.com is for creators who want to publish their products and get compensated for their creations. On the user side Pling is for people who want to discover new apps, artwork, books, music and videos and like to support the platform via a monthly or yearly subscription for various sections.

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There is no additional fee for the platform. There is only the paypal fee and taxes.
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For Creators

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Contributors to any part of the Pling platform get a compensation each time their contribution/product is downloaded or media is viewed, based on certain criteria. Valid download-clicks or mediaviews are converted into monetary value based on the following terms:

Payout = valid Downloads/Mediaviews * Category-Factor * 1 $-cent,

where each product category is valued by a so-called “Category-Factor”.

You can see the value of each category in the list below.

Valid Downloads and Mediaviews are determined by various factors, e.g. double clicks on the same product are neglected. The maximum payout for each section is limited by the funds avialable each month. Based on the actual amount of content and downloads, we may adjust these values at any time. For the full terms, please see our Payout Terms & Conditions.

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Category Factor
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DSP56300
Osirus Skins
1
No
Virus C
1
No
Virus B
1
No
UI Concepts
Desktop Concepts
1
No
Application Concepts
1
No
Linux/Unix Desktops
Window Managers
Compiz
Cubecaps
1
No
Skydomes
1
No
Compiz Themes
1
No
KWin (Plasma 5)
Kwin Switching Layouts
1
No
Kwin Scripts
1
No
Kwin Effects
1
No
Beryl/Emerald Themes
1
No
deKorator Themes
1
No
Metacity Themes
1
No
FVWM Themes
1
No
Ice-WM Themes
1
No
Pek-WM Themes
1
No
Openbox Themes
1
No
Fluxbox Themes
1
No
Window-Maker Themes
1
No
KDE 3.x Window Decorations
1
No
Sawfish Themes
1
No
KWin (Plasma 6)
KWin Effects
1
No
KWin Scripts
1
No
Kwin Switching Layouts
1
No
Tutorials and Scripts
1
No
Desktop Themes
XFCE/XFWM4 Themes
1
Yes
Cinnamon Themes
1
No
Enlightenment
E Animated Backgrounds
1
No
E Enlightenment Backgrounds
1
No
E Modules
1
No
Enlightenment Themes
1
No
E Entrance Themes
1
No
Gnome/GTK
Gnome 2 Splash Screens
1
No
GTK1 Themes
1
No
GTK2 Themes
1
Yes
GTK3/4 Themes
1
Yes
Gnome Shell Themes
1
Yes
Gnome 2 Color Schemes
1
No
Various Gnome Theming
1
No
QtCurve
1
No
Kvantum
1
No
Be-Shell/Bespin
1
No
LXQt Themes
1
No
KDE
KDE Plasma
Plasma Window Decorations
1
No
KDE 4 Splashscreens
1
No
Plasma Color Schemes
1
No
Global Themes (Plasma 5)
1
No
Plasma Themes
1
Yes
Application Styles
1
No
Plasma Splashscreens
1
No
Plasma 6 Splashscreens
1
No
Various Plasma Theming
1
No
Plasma 6 Window Decorations
1
No
Global Themes (Plasma 6)
1
No
KDE 3 Themes
KDE 3.x Splash Screens
1
No
KDE 3 Color Schemes
1
No
KDE 3.5 Themes
1
No
KDE 3 Domino Styles
1
No
KDE 3.0-3.4 Themes
1
No
KDE 2 Themes
1
No
Various KDE 1.-4. Styles
1
No
QSvgStyles
1
No
Desktop Extensions
Launchers
GnoMenu Skins
1
No
Kbfx Startmenu
1
No
Docks
Plank Themes
1
No
DockbarX Themes
1
No
AWN Themes
1
No
Cairo-Dock Themes
1
No
Docky Themes
1
No
Kicker Panel
1
No
KXDocker
1
No
tint2
1
No
Latte Dock
Latte Layouts
1
No
Latte Indicators
1
No
Various Stuff
1
No
Karamba & Superkaramba
1
No
Conky
1
No
GKrellM
1
No
Cairo Clock
1
No
Cinnamon Extensions
Cinnamon Applets
1
No
Cinnamon Desklets
1
No
Cinnamon Extensions
1
No
KDE Plasma Extensions
System Monitor Applets
Sysmon Applet Presets
1
No
Sysmon Applet Designs
1
No
Various Plasma 5 Improvements
1
No
Various Plasma 6 Improvements
1
No
Plasma 5 Extensions
Plasma 5 Applets
1
No
Plasma 5 Menus
1
No
Plasma 5 Clocks
1
No
Plasma 5 Multimedia
1
No
Plasma 5 Weather
1
No
Plasma 5 Monitoring
1
No
Plasma 5 Calendars
1
No
Plasma 6 Extensions
Plasma 6 Applets
1
No
Plasma 6 Calendars
1
No
Plasma 6 Clocks
1
No
Plasma 6 Menus
1
No
Plasma 6 Monitoring
1
No
Plasma 6 Multimedia
1
No
Plasma 6 Weather
1
No
Plasma 5 Wallpaper Plugins
1
No
Plasma 6 Wallpaper Plugins
1
No
Plasma 4 Extensions
1
No
Plasma Comic Sources
1
No
Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements
1
No
Various KDE Stuff
1
No
Panon Shaders
1
No
System Monitor 6 Applets
Sysmon 6 Applet Designs
1
No
Gnome
Various Gnome Stuff
1
No
Gnome Extensions
1
No
Amor Themes
1
No
Screenshots
Unity Screenshots
0.1
No
Cinnamon Screenshots
0.1
No
KDE Plasma Screenshots
0.1
No
XFCE Screenshots
0.1
No
Gnome Screenshots
0.1
No
Window-Manager Screenshots
0.1
No
Mate Screenshots
0.1
No
Deepin Screenshots
0.1
No
Budgie Screenshots
0.1
No
Fluxbox Screenshots
0.1
No
LXQt/LXDE Screenshots
0.1
No
IceWM Screenshots
0.1
No
Enlightenment Screenshots
0.1
No
Elementary Screenshots
0.1
No
Openbox Screenshots
0.1
No
Fonts
1
No
System Sounds
1
No
Screensavers
1
No
Boot and Splashscreens
GRUB Themes
1
No
Plymouth Themes
1
No
Usplash Themes
1
No
XSplash Themes
1
No
Splashy Themes
1
No
GFXBoot
1
No
Bootsplash Various
1
No
Cursors
1
No
Login Managers
LightDM Themes
1
No
MDM Themes
1
No
SDDM Login Themes
1
No
KDM4 Themes
1
No
GDM Themes
1
No
KDM3 Themes
1
No
SLiM
1
Yes
Icons
Single Icon/Logo
1
No
Icon Sub-Sets
1
Yes
Full Icon Themes
1
Yes
Emoticons
1
No
App Addons
OpenOffice
OpenOffice Splash Screens
1
No
KDE Game-Addons
KAtomic Levels
1
No
Khangman
1
No
Kanagram
1
No
KWordQuiz
1
No
Knights Themes
1
No
KBlocks Themes
1
No
KDiamonds Themes
1
No
KGoldrunner Themes
1
No
KsirK Themes
1
No
KSnakeDuel Themes
1
No
KSudoku Games
1
No
KPatience
KPat Decks
1
No
KPat Themes
1
No
Kigo
Kigo Themes
1
No
Kigo Games
1
No
VLC
VLC Skins
1
No
VLC Internet Channels
1
No
VLC Extensions
1
No
VLC Playlist Parsers
1
No
VLC Plugins
1
No
VLC Other
1
No
Krita
Krita Color Profiles
1
No
Krita Templates
1
No
Krita Resource Bundles
1
No
Gimp
Gimp Brushes
1
No
Gimp Patterns
1
No
Gimp Palettes
1
No
Gimp Splashes
1
No
Gimp Themes
1
No
LibreOffice
LO Splash Screens
1
No
Clipart Galleries
1
No
LO Extensions
Color Palettes
1
No
General Extensions
1
No
Math Extensions
1
No
Base Extensions
1
No
Writer Extensions
1
No
Calc Extensions
1
No
Impress Extensions
1
No
ODF Templates
ODF Presentations
1
No
ODF Spreadsheets
1
No
ODF Text Templates
1
No
Dictionaries
1
No
Documentation
1
No
Scribus Templates
1
No
Inkscape Templates
1
No
XMMS Skins
1
No
SMPlayer/MPlayer
1
No
Noatun Skins
1
No
Thunderbird Themes
1
No
Chrome/Chromium
1
No
Telegram Themes
1
No
KDE App-Addons
QCH Documentation Files
1
No
Kdenlive
Kdenlive Library Clips
1
No
Kdenlive Lumas
1
No
Kdenlive Export Profiles
1
No
Kdenlive Title Templates
1
No
Kdenlive Keyboard Schemes
1
No
Kdenlive Color Look-Up Tables
1
No
Kdenlive Effect Templates
1
No
Kdenlive Project Files
1
No
Kontact/PIM
KOrganizer Calendars
1
No
KNotes Printing Themes
1
No
KMail Header Themes
1
No
KAdressbook Themes
1
No
Script Sieve
1
No
Akonadi Email Providers
1
No
KDevelop
KDevelop File Templates
1
No
KDevelop App Templates
1
No
Amarok
Amarok 2.x Scripts
1
No
Amarok 1.x Scripts
1
No
Amarok Themes
1
No
Skrooge
Skrooge Report Templates
1
No
Skrooge Quote Sources
1
No
Parley
Parley Vocabulary Files
1
No
Parley Themes
1
No
Krusader
Krusader Colormaps
1
No
Krusader User Actions
1
No
Krusader JS Extensions
1
No
Simon Speech
Simon Base Models
1
No
Simon Scenarios
1
No
Simon Dictionaries
1
No
Plasma Public Transport Timetables
1
No
Yakuake Skins
1
No
KTextEditor Snippets
1
No
Dolphin Service Menus
1
No
Kopete Styles
1
No
KStars Data
1
No
KTurtle Scripts
1
No
Marble Maps
1
No
Okteta Structure Definitions
1
No
K3b Themes
1
No
Konversation Nicklist Themes
1
No
System Monitor Tabs (old ksysguard)
1
No
Konsole Color Schemes
1
No
Kate
1
No
Digikam
1
No
Konqueror
1
Yes
Alkimia Online Quotes
1
No
AmarokFS
1
No
Falkon
Falkon Extensions
1
No
Falkon Themes
1
No
Tellico
Tellico Scripts
1
No
Tellico Templates
1
No
Krunner Plugins
System Runners
1
No
Web Runners
1
No
App Runners
1
No
Elisa
Radio Sources
1
No
System Monitor Pages (new)
1
No
Cantor
Cantor Examples
Cantor (Maxima)
1
No
Cantor (Sage)
1
No
Cantor (KAlgebra)
1
No
Cantor (Qalculate)
1
No
Cantor (Python)
1
No
Cantor (Scilab)
1
No
Cantor (Octave)
1
No
Cantor (R)
1
No
Cantor (Lua)
1
No
Cantor (Julia)
1
No
Cantor Documentation
Cantor Documentation (Maxima)
1
No
Cantor Documentation (Sage)
1
No
Cantor Documentation (KAlgebra)
1
No
Cantor Documentation (Qalculate)
1
No
Cantor Documentation (Python)
1
No
Cantor Documentation (Scilab)
1
No
Cantor Documentation (Octave)
1
No
Cantor Documentation (R)
1
No
Cantor Documentation (Lua)
1
No
Cantor Documentation (Julia)
1
No
Codevis
1
No
Gnome App-Addons
Gedit Color Schemes
1
No
Nautilus Scripts
1
No
Aisleriot
1
Yes
GMusicbrowser Layouts
1
No
Pidgin
1
No
Kirocker
1
No
Mixxx Skins
1
No
aMSN
1
No
Opera
1
No
VIM
1
No
Covergloobus
1
No
Steam Skins
1
No
Geany
1
No
Various Addons
1
No
Audacious
1
No
Mycroft Skills
Entertainment
1
No
Configuration
1
No
Information
1
No
Productivity
1
No
Organizational
1
No
Firefox
Firefox Themes
1
No
Firefox Extensions
1
No
Art (Images/Drawings/Illustrations)
Cliparts
1
No
3D Renderings
1
No
Stock Images
1
No
Animations
1
No
Drawings/Paintings
1
No
Various Artwork
1
No
Fractals
1
No
CD/DVD Labels
1
No
Apps
Games
Various Games
1
No
Tactics & Strategy
1
No
Card
1
No
Board
1
No
Arcade
1
No
Emulation
1
No
Chess
1
No
Jump N Run
1
No
Shoot em up
1
No
Shooter
1
No
Racing
1
No
Programming
Database
1
No
Developers Apps
1
No
IDEs
1
No
System & Tools
Various Qt Stuff
Qt Tools
1
No
Qt Components
1
No
Qt Widgets
1
No
IoT
1
No
System Tools (NOT OS or ROMS)
1
No
Utilities
1
No
Network
1
No
Security
1
No
System Monitoring
1
No
Terminal Apps
1
No
Virtualization
1
No
File Management
1
No
Audio
Audio Apps
1
No
Audioplayers
1
No
Music Production
1
No
Radio Apps
1
No
MP3 Taggers
1
No
Audio Extractors/Converters
1
No
DJ Apps
1
No
Office
Telephony
1
No
Office Apps
1
No
Financial
1
No
Groupware
1
No
Text Editors
1
No
Notes
1
No
PDF Software
1
No
Ebook Software
1
No
Printing
1
No
Video
Video Apps
1
No
Video Players
1
No
Video Editors
1
No
Video Converters
1
No
TV & Streaming
1
No
Video Codecs
1
No
Webcam & Monitoring
1
No
Screen Recorders
1
No
Internet
Crypto
1
No
Browser
1
No
Email
1
No
Chat & Messenging
1
No
Internet Apps
1
No
P2P & Torrent
1
No
VPN
1
No
FTP
1
No
Graphics
Graphic Apps
1
No
3D Graphics
1
No
Image Viewers
1
No
Vector Graphics
1
No
Screenshot Tools
1
No
Education
Science
1
No
Education Apps
1
No
E-Learning
1
No
Wallpapers
Space
1
No
OS specific Wallpapers
Wallpapers Deepin
1
No
Wallpapers Mint
1
No
Wallpapers Ubuntu
1
No
Wallpapers Kubuntu
1
No
Wallpapers SUSE
1
No
Wallpapers Arch
1
No
Wallpapers Fedora
1
No
Wallpapers Mandriva
1
No
Wallpapers Gentoo
1
No
Wallpapers Frugalware
1
No
Wallpapers KDE Plasma
1
No
Wallpapers Gnome
1
No
Wallpapers XFCE/Xubuntu
1
No
Wallpapers Debian
1
No
Wallpapers Manjaro
1
No
Wallpapers Firefox
1
No
Wallpapers Windows
1
No
Wallpapers OSX/Apple
1
No
Wallpapers BSD
1
No
Wallpapers PCLinuxOS
1
No
Wallpapers Mageia
1
No
Wallpapers MATE
1
No
Wallpapers Linux/Tux
1
No
Wallpapers Solus
1
No
Wallpapers GNU
1
No
Wallpapers Zorin
1
No
Wallpapers LXQt/LXDE
1
No
Wallpapers elementary
1
No
Wallpapers Slackware
1
No
Wallpapers Raspberry
1
No
Wallpapers BigLinux
1
No
Wallpaper Other
1
No
Abstract
1
No
Animals
1
No
Nature
1
No
People
1
No
Buildings
1
No
Landscapes
1
No
Mountains
1
No
Beaches and Oceans
1
No
Bridges
1
No
Manga and Anime
1
No
Cars
1
No
Food
1
No
Technology
1
No
Comics
Comics
1
No
Distros
0.1
No
Phone OS & Apps
Phone Apps
1
Yes
Phone Themes
1
No
Phone ROMS
1
Yes
Phone Kernels
1
Yes
Phone Mods/Firmwares
1
Yes
Phone Wallpapers
Linux
1
No
Abstract
1
No
Ubuntu Touch
1
No
Sailfish OS
1
No
Plasma Mobile Wallpapers
1
No
Android
1
No
Nature
1
No
PMOS
1
No
Phosh
1
No
Pinephone
1
No
Phone Utilities
1
No
Music
Electronic & Dance
1
No
Rock
1
No
Pop
1
No
R&B Soul
1
No
Alternative
1
No
Rap & HipHop
1
No
Reggae & Funk
1
No
Country
1
No
House & Trance
1
No
Ambient
1
No
Samples
Loops & Beats
1
No
Sound FX
1
No
Listings
1
No
Rankings
1
No
Books & other texts
Sci-Fi
1
No
Fantasy
1
No
History
1
No
Thriller
1
No
Videos
Animated
1
No
Screencasts & Tutorials
1
No
Music
1
No
Documentaries
1
No
Video-Blogs
1
No
Comedy
1
No
Video-Wallpapers
1
No
Plasma Mobile Widgets
1
Yes
Plasma Mobile Global Themes
1
No
Audio & Music Production
Zynthbox Resources
Sketches
1
No
Plugin Layouts
1
No
Zynthbox Apps
1
No
Playground Modules
1
No
Zynthbox Themes
1
No
Sketchpads
1
No
Soundfonts (SFZ/SF2)
1
No
Prophet Rev2
1
No
Drumkits
1
No
Quantum/Iridium
1
No
V-Synth
1
No
ASR-10
1
No
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