Meta to claim nearly half of creators' metaverse sales - Reuters
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Meta Platforms (FB
+0.6%) will take nearly half of sales of digital goods and services that creators sell inside of its "metaverse" platform Horizon Worlds, Reuters reports.
On Monday the company said it was testing monetization tools for the metaverse, allowing creators to sell virtual items and effects on the platform and launching a goal-oriented bonus program for the group. That raised questions of how Meta would make money on the effort.

Through a hefty cut, it turns out. Meta will charge creators about 47.5% on the sales in Horizon Worlds.
That's made up of the 30% fee for sales made through Meta Quest Store, and another 17.5% as Horizon platform fees, Reuters notes.
It's upset a number of creators particularly given Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg's on-the-record criticism of Apple's 30% App Store fees.