Everything in this guide comes from the app’s code. If something doesn’t match what happens when you try it, the code wins: let us know and we’ll fix the guide.
1. What a cosmetic is #
A cosmetic is an image that changes how you look to everyone: the background of your profile card, the strip next to your name, the ring around your avatar. What you equip is saved to your account, so people see it on every server you join.
Each person wears one of each type at a time. The ones you make go on the Market, where anyone can find them.
2. The four types #
| Type | Where it shows | Image | Transparency | Up to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profile Card | The background of the profile card | 720 × 960 (3:4) | Not needed | 8 MB |
| Banner | One strip for the sidebar, Active Now and the friends list | 2400 × 160 | Not needed | 8 MB |
| Avatar Edge | A ring around the avatar | Exactly 256 × 256 | The center must be transparent | 4 MB |
| Frame | A frame over the profile card | 720 × 960 (3:4) | The center must be transparent | 8 MB |
The Avatar Edge sits pixel by pixel on top of the avatar, which is why it only accepts that exact size.
3. Prepare your image #
- PNG or JPG. Use PNG if your cosmetic needs transparency (Avatar Edge and Frame).
- Still images only. Animated GIFs or WebP aren’t accepted.
- Use the size in the table. A bigger image is scaled down to fit. One with another proportion gets cropped, and a small one looks blurry on high-resolution screens. NEXUS tells you which case yours is as soon as you pick it.
- Leave the center transparent on Avatar Edges and Frames, or they’d cover the avatar or the card. The preview shows it.
Every image goes through our image checker, on a separate machine, and is rebuilt pixel by pixel as a clean PNG before it’s saved. Transparency is kept.
4. Before you publish #
- A NEXUS account with a verified email.
- To sell it: two-step verification turned on (Settings → Account).
- Up to 10 publications a day.
- Names like NEXUS or ZENISO are reserved for the team.
5. Publish it, step by step #
- Open the Market and tap Creator Panel. It’s also in the Market’s Cosmetics section.
- Tap New cosmetic.
- Type: Profile Card, Banner, Avatar Edge or Frame.
- Image: pick your file. NEXUS checks its size, proportion and weight right away, with the same rules as our checker, and the preview shows it where it will really appear: the sidebar, Active Now, the friends list and the profile card.
- Details: a name (1 to 80 characters), and Free or a price in Nexus Coins (100 coins = 1 USD).
- Confirm it’s your original work (no characters, logos or brands of others) and that you have the right to publish it.
- Tap Send to review.
Pick the price carefully: today it can’t be changed after you publish.
6. The review #
The team reviews every cosmetic before it appears in the Market. You follow it in Your publications, in the Creator Panel: In review, Approved or Rejected. If it’s rejected, the reviewer’s note shows next to it.
We check that it’s your own work, with no characters, logos or brands of others, and that it follows the NEXUS rules.
7. Update a cosmetic #
In Your publications, New version uploads a new image for an approved cosmetic. It goes through review too, and until it’s approved, everyone keeps seeing the current one. If you send another version while one is still in review, the newer one replaces it.
8. Sell it and get paid #
- Prices are in Nexus Coins: 100 coins = 1 USD.
- Free cosmetics can be equipped by anyone. Buying one with a price needs a NEXUS membership (from $1 a month) and coins.
- You get 80% of the coins of every sale. They’re held for 30 days, because a buyer’s chargeback undoes the sale. After that you can spend them, or ask us to pay you through PayPal, under the conditions we show you when you ask.
- Any taxes on what you earn are yours to handle.
Your creator showcase (name, bio and up to 5 links) is what people see next to your cosmetics. You edit it on the left of the Creator Panel.
9. Checklist #
- PNG or JPG, at the size in the table (Avatar Edge: exactly 256 × 256).
- Not animated.
- Transparent center on Avatar Edges and Frames.
- Your own art: no characters, logos or brands of others.
- A verified email, and two-step verification if you’re selling it.
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