Week 11: Selling Art Products , Period 3 Kamille Garbutt

Week 11: Selling Art Products

Shutterstock:

1.) What does the company sell? 

-Shutterstock sells Stock Photos, Vectors, Videos, and Music Tracks

2.) How do YOU as a designer sell products through the company website (Basically: What is the sign-up process for artists wanting to sell?)

-Contributing photographers must apply before they are eligible to upload their images. The applicants must submit 10 pictures that are screened for quality and suitability. At least seven pictures must be approved for the contributor account to become active.

3.) How do artists receive payment from product sales?

-Each time an image is downloaded, the photographer receives a flat rate of 25c (with a tiered set of raises as the contributor reaches lifetime earnings of $500, $3,000, and $10,000, respectively)

Zazzle: 

1.) What does the company sell? 

- merchandise (clothing, posters, etc.), or buy merchandise created by other users, as well as use images from participating companies. 

2.) How do YOU as a designer sell products through the company website (Basically: What is the sign-up process for artists wanting to sell?)

- You create an online store, create your own royalty rate on every product, and then sell it.

3.) How do artists receive payment from product sales?

- Users are allowed set the profit they wish to make on each item (Royalty), and they get all the money.

CafePress:

1.) What does the company sell? 

- CafePress.com sells T-shirts, bags, mugs, wall clocks, calendars, and myriad other products.

2.) How do YOU as a designer sell products through the company website (Basically: What is the sign-up process for artists wanting to sell?)

-You create a design, upload the design, and CafePress sells it for you.
3.) How do artists receive payment from product sales?

-You pick the money making option that best fits you.