KripkesManialink

Kripkes Platforms, Inml., doing business as Kripkes Manialink. is a publicly traded Manialink conglomerate. It is the game's leading distributor of in-game resources, including cosmetics such as Skins, Horns and Avatars or Tracks; in addition it provides TrackMania server hosting, advertisement, TrackMania-centered adult content, and more.

Kripkes Manialink was founded on March 26, 2010 by Kripke, a well-known community member. It has grown rapidly by offering a large amount of high-quality resources under the sub-title "No stolen content from other manialinks! 100% kripke production !^^..." and is currently the highest-valued Manialink at over 673,4 million cc as of 2024. Due to its anti-competitive practices and monopolistic position, it has received large amounts of criticism and scrutiny, including the infamous 2016 anti-capitalist protests.

Humble beginnings
At the start of 2010, Manialinks were still relatively new (first being added in update 21.01_03g) and Kripke, an up-and-coming player decided to start a small-scale online TrackMania storefront selling car skins. Having started his TrackMania career in late 2008, he had gotten quite competent at painting skins in the in-game painting tool and was also experimenting creating custom 3D-models and painting them outside the game. He created a simple page with his rudimentary development knowledge and put each skin up for sale for 10 cc (pre-inflation, 83 cc adjusted). After a few months, he was able to afford to start running a few advertisements using the in-game advertising system - ManiaPub. This helped his site get more initial traction and allowed him to expand to his own mods and signs.