FiveM Tebex Monetization: Build a Store That Funds Your City

Answer first, as of July 2026: you may sell perks tied to your own community, through Tebex only, and you may not sell chance, cash-out, in-game currency, Rockstar's own content, or anyone else's IP. The binding texts are the Creator Platform License Agreement (served from fivem.net/terms, last updated January 12, 2026), the Tebex Acceptable Use Policy, and Rockstar's Roleplay Server Policy, which the PLA incorporates. What follows is our reading, not legal advice; the texts are short, read the current versions before you publish a package.

Prohibited by the PLA (section 3.1): real-money gambling and any cash-out mechanic; loot boxes, gacha, and other chance-based purchases, even when bought with in-game currency; selling in-game virtual currency for real money; selling Rockstar-created content (built-in vehicles, weapons, and other Virtual Items); operating for or with a third-party brand, including in-game ads and sponsorships; crypto and NFTs; and aggregating or reselling other creators' content.

Prohibited by Tebex (AUP and Tebex's IP documentation): anything convertible to real money, cash-prize and play-to-earn setups, real-world brand content including logo-stripped lookalike vehicles and weapons, and packages that deliver nothing (packages that do deliver perks 'should not be described as donations').

Allowed in practice: custom cosmetics and vehicles you hold rights to, convenience such as queue priority (Tebex's own policy calls 'on-server perks or ranks' acceptable), recognition, and memberships. Two requirements almost every store misses: the storefront must identify the operator with a valid contact email, and it must carry a conspicuous disclaimer that the server is not approved, sponsored, or endorsed by Rockstar Games (PLA 2.3).

The full sourced breakdown, including what enforcement looks like when stores guess wrong, is in FiveM monetization rules: what you can and cannot sell. Page-by-page store checks live in the Tebex store review checklist, and creator-side pricing in how to price FiveM scripts on Tebex.

Safe and effective: cosmetics (vehicle skins, clothing, housing decor), convenience (extra garage slots, queue priority within reason), recognition (supporter tags, credits, Discord roles), and access to cosmetic content drops.

Avoid: weapons or stats for money, exclusive moneymaking jobs, pay-to-skip progression, and anything you would not print on the join screen. Pay-to-win revenue spikes once, then bleeds your population, retention data is unambiguous about this.

Tebex is the official payment platform for Cfx.re and FiveM. It handles hosted checkout, payment methods, and creator payouts, and it is the standard for both server supporter stores and creators selling scripts.

The Cfx Marketplace is not a separate payment system or a Tebex alternative. It is a discovery layer inside the FiveM client that showcases creators and their assets, and checkout still runs through Tebex underneath. So you do not choose one over the other: you sell through Tebex, and the Marketplace gives creators native in-client visibility on top of it. For a server monetizing its own community, set up a clean Tebex store; if you also create and sell scripts, getting listed in the Cfx Marketplace adds discovery without changing how you get paid. Keep monetization to cosmetics and convenience either way, since Rockstar and Cfx.re enforce commercial-use rules.

Stores fail from clutter more than from pricing. Three rungs cover every buyer type: an impulse rung ($5–10, one cosmetic, zero deliberation), a supporter rung ($10–20/month, a bundle of conveniences + recognition that reads as 'I fund this city'), and an anchor rung ($50–100 one-time, a founders-style pack whose job is partly to make the middle rung feel cheap). Resist a fourth rung until the first three convert.

Name packages like products ('Midnight Collector Pack'), not like tiers ('VIP 2'). Price-anchor deliberately: the $79 pack exists so the $19 looks reasonable. Bundle at a visible 25–40% discount versus buying items separately, and say so on the package page. Run sales at most three or four windows a year, perpetual discounts train players to never pay full price.

Conversion is a trust problem: show exactly what each package contains (screenshots beat prose), state delivery time ('instant via Tebex'), publish a refund stance you can honor, and answer store tickets within a day. A pinned #store channel in Discord with real answers outsells any banner. Chargebacks drop when buyers can find you.

Total store revenue is a vanity metric. Watch average order value, repeat purchase rate, revenue per active player, and attach rate on new drops (what share of online players buy within a week of a cosmetic release). Repeat purchase rate is the single best health indicator: it tells you whether you built a store or a tip jar.