Envato says goodbye to Flash and ActiveDen

On September 21, one of the largest players in digital content sales Envato announced the closure of its ActiveDen project, whose specialization is Macromedia Adobe Flash and everything related to it.

Here is what they write in the company's blog :

As you all know, we work in a very mobile and fast-growing industry.

Technology comes and goes, and our survival depends on whether we keep up with changes to satisfy our customers.
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We also need to focus on where we can have the greatest impact, so as to maximize opportunities for creatives.

Therefore, today, against this background, we announce the closure of ActiveDen (this is the part that sells Flash to the uninitiated).

This is a big deal, not only for our authors, customers and partners, but for the entire Envato community. ActiveDen was the first brick in Envato's creative ecosystem and its success paved the way for the market and the products that followed.

Fast forward to 9 years ago in 2006. Collis was the author of Flash files who earned a modest income on the iStockphoto websites. Together with our co-founders Cyan and Jun, he saw an opportunity for a specialized Flash market and community.

Soon after, ActiveDen was born.



Now the market has moved away from Flash, for several reasons (including HTML5). After much thought, we decided it was the right time to say goodbye.

Retirement ActiveDen will be held in the coming months and includes the following main steps:

September 21, 2015: announcement of the upcoming closing
October 21, 2015: authors will no longer be able to place files
November 2016: ActiveDen will be completely turned off. Buyers will no longer be able to purchase new files or upload existing purchases; authors will also no longer be able to access their files. Make sure you uploaded your files before this date!