Minecraft Marketplace is an online store that lets users purchase game skins, texture packs, mods, mini games, and other user-created game content for Minecraft. To buy content on this market, users must first exchange their fiat dollars to virtual tokens known as Minecoins. Minecoins are non-refundable and non-transferable, and can be purchased through App Stores or Microsoft account.
Monetizing user-generated content is one of the more profitable areas of Minecraft's business model, generating more than $500 million in revenue in the years since it has launched. Exactly how much of the Minecoin and Marketplace revenue is split with content creators is not publicly known, but—after accounting for 30% take-rates on App Stores—the remainder is [assumed to be in the range of 50% shared with content creators](https://www.destructoid.com/minecraft-is-getting-it
