{"id":3526,"date":"2022-04-14T17:04:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T17:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/?p=3526"},"modified":"2025-12-30T08:37:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:37:25","slug":"facebook-wants-50-percent-commission-on-metaverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/facebook-wants-50-percent-commission-on-metaverse\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook wants 50 percent commission on metaverse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Critics have recently scrutinized <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/tag\/apple-news-and-content\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"72\">Apple&#8217;s<\/a><\/em><\/strong> commission structure, and now Facebook, under its new identity Meta, has unveiled its commission rates within the virtual universe it&#8217;s forging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The company is proposing a substantial 47.5% commission on transactions conducted in the metaverse, with this rate excluding additional taxes.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a press release at the close of October, <strong>Mark Zuckerberg<\/strong>, the founder and CEO of Facebook, now Meta, emphasized the company&#8217;s pivot towards the metaverse as its future trajectory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Meta-has-filed-a-patent-for-sponsored-skins-on-Metaverse-1-1024x575.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Meta-has-filed-a-patent-for-sponsored-skins-on-Metaverse-1-1024x575.webp 1024w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Meta-has-filed-a-patent-for-sponsored-skins-on-Metaverse-1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Meta-has-filed-a-patent-for-sponsored-skins-on-Metaverse-1-768x431.webp 768w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Meta-has-filed-a-patent-for-sponsored-skins-on-Metaverse-1-390x220.webp 390w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Meta-has-filed-a-patent-for-sponsored-skins-on-Metaverse-1.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Coinciding with this shift, the overarching company name was rebranded as Meta. Zuckerberg not only disclosed the metaverse commission but also outlined revenue-generating avenues within Horizon Worlds, the virtual universe curated by Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Of note is the breakdown of the commission structure, with Facebook aiming for 30% on hardware and an additional 17.5% on platform transactions.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook executives argue that these rates are reasonable and competitive. Vivek Sharma, a senior executive at Horizons, affirmed the competitiveness of this commission rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that this move by Meta comes after <strong>Mark Zuckerberg<\/strong> previously took aim at Apple&#8217;s App Store commission, criticizing the 30% rate. Zuckerberg had promised that Facebook would address and potentially alter this situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You may also like this content<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Critics have recently scrutinized Apple&#8217;s commission structure, and now Facebook, under its new identity Meta, has unveiled its commission rates within the virtual universe it&#8217;s forging. The company is proposing a substantial 47.5% commission on transactions conducted in the metaverse, with this rate excluding additional taxes. 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