Designer makes $100k in six days selling icons for iOS 14
A designer has shared his story of how selling icons for iOS 14 managed to net him a profit of more than $100,000 in under a week.
As it turns out, customizing the iOS 14 Home Screen can be a lucrative endeavor if you've got an eye for design. On September 20, Twitter user and designer Traf tweeted out a set of icons he'd designed for his iOS 14 home screen. The tweet gained instant attention.
After noticing the hype, Traf quickly designed a set of icons in his style, packaged them, and then uploaded them for sale. Through a combination of luck and skill, the icons caught on -- 3,626 individual sales worked out to a profit of $101,528 in just six days.
Of course, the success was the culmination of cultivating skills over nearly a decade. Traf tells the story of how in 2013, when jailbreaking was considered trendy, he made $17 selling iOS icons online. Through this process, he learned the value of creating something with obvious effort put into it, and selling it at a reasonable price.
The story is a good read, especially if you're interested in digital content creation. If you'd like to score Traf's icons, they're available at his icon page for $28.
In the event that you'd like to try your hand at designing your own icons, we have a guide that shows you how to customize your Home Screen in iOS 14. If you're not planning on selling the icons, we've got some great resources for customizing your Home Screen using ready-made graphics.
As it turns out, customizing the iOS 14 Home Screen can be a lucrative endeavor if you've got an eye for design. On September 20, Twitter user and designer Traf tweeted out a set of icons he'd designed for his iOS 14 home screen. The tweet gained instant attention.
Current iOS 14 home screen setup. pic.twitter.com/gtFjRnMkq7
-- Traf (@traf)
After noticing the hype, Traf quickly designed a set of icons in his style, packaged them, and then uploaded them for sale. Through a combination of luck and skill, the icons caught on -- 3,626 individual sales worked out to a profit of $101,528 in just six days.
Of course, the success was the culmination of cultivating skills over nearly a decade. Traf tells the story of how in 2013, when jailbreaking was considered trendy, he made $17 selling iOS icons online. Through this process, he learned the value of creating something with obvious effort put into it, and selling it at a reasonable price.
The story is a good read, especially if you're interested in digital content creation. If you'd like to score Traf's icons, they're available at his icon page for $28.
In the event that you'd like to try your hand at designing your own icons, we have a guide that shows you how to customize your Home Screen in iOS 14. If you're not planning on selling the icons, we've got some great resources for customizing your Home Screen using ready-made graphics.
Comments
Wonder how much the Widgetsmith dude is making.
Yeah Apple is totally greedy. Maybe they shouldn't have invented the iPhone. This guy could have been a janitor instead of getting ripped off.
"maybe you haven't heard the news lately."
Yeah this site should refer to tech news sites.
Ok that's how I read it but these custom icons without needing to jailbreak is all news to me.
Should Apple hire this guy?
And even if he did have to pay 30%, 70% of something is better than 100% of nothing. The developer gets access to countless customers all thanks to Apple’s hard work,
The only greedy person here is you.
It's very rare that anyone trips and faceplants this hard on their very first post.
Nicely done.
Obviously, getting a nice set of icons and images involves finding images done by artists, else-wise you can get a mish-mash of poor art, some good art, basically a mess, which can be seen on 90% of customized computer screens for decades running.
As for your “cue the haters” comment... sigh. Stop making tech forums look like a cult.
It’s perfectly acceptable for an individual to choose that look if they want it, but this specific product isn’t something that would inspire my confidence in hiring.