Intake freezes: when a program stops taking new sellers

Programs that are live for existing members but closed or limited to newcomers, with the registry's recorded terms and where the same work sells today.

Canva Element Creators (closed to new applications since 2025)

• Terms recorded: template creators still earn from a monthly royalty pool; element applications closed (official via search).
• Open alternatives: Vecteezy's Pro program splits subscriber revenue 50% and its Free program pays $5 per 1,000 downloads for vectors and photos and $10 per 1,000 for videos (official); Creative Market pays 50% of list price (official via search). See [stock and creative assets](../category/11.html).

Noun Project (select creators only, waitlist)

• Terms recorded: 60% of each single icon purchase and 40% of subscription and API revenue by download share, paid by PayPal once earnings reach $25; uploads limited to select creators with a waitlist (official).
• Open alternatives: the same Vecteezy and Creative Market terms above.

Cambly (limiting new tutor acceptance)

• Terms recorded: $0.17 per minute, $0.20 on Cambly Kids, weekly pay, no degree required, intake currently limited (official).
• Open alternatives: italki, whose commission rose from 15% to 21% (secondary); Wyzant, which keeps 25% and scales down with volume (secondary). See [courses and tutoring](../category/12.html).

Figma paid files, Notion affiliates, Epidemic Sound

Each has its own playbook: [Figma](figma-community-files.html), [Notion affiliates](notion-affiliates.html), [Epidemic Sound](epidemic-sound.html).

The pattern

Intake freezes precede closures often enough to treat one as a signal: Coda paused new Pack sellers before publishing a new model, Figma stopped approving paid-file sellers, Epidemic Sound paused artists. The registry's [what changed](../changes.html) page records each freeze with its date.