I came across a site called Imagekind which allows artists, designers and illustrators to sell prints of their designs online with no initial outlay. I know cafepress and similar sites offer the ability to customise a lot of different items but this site seems to specialise in prints and offers buyers the opportunity to have the prints framed for which the artist also receives a commission.
Designers can have a free account which allows them to upload a maximum of 24 images (you can pay to upload more). You then choose how much you want to mark up your print price (your commission). You then market your site – perhaps with a link from your design blog, images can also be found through a search on Imagekind itself.
I haven’t tried the service but would love to hear from anyone that has.
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Hi Tara,
There’s a typo in your post title. ‘you’ should be ‘your’.
I hope you’re well, and feel free to delete this comment.
thanks David. Doh did it again! more haste less speed
No worries Tara. You might want to change your post slug too, but that’s not as important.
Hi Tara,
I’ve used a bunch of these different kinds of sites (not this one in particular). They’re great for the occational gift or promotional item but I have yet to make anything more than beer money in return.
If you are out there and doing it I’d love to learn how you made it happen. Did you do a special promo on your own site to advertise or did you use their site to promote? How did you get your submission noticed? Were you a featured artist?
Best
Bob
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I can see that this would be great for people who can do the beautiful illustration/photo blend. I’d say that style is more art than design (in fact, they actually changed the title of the showcase from graphic designers to illustrators!), but those with really good Photoshop skills could make some money off this site! Don’t think I’m brave enough to upload anything yet… hehe
Looks like an excellent service. Great find Tara!
The site sounds like a really good idea. The bad part though is if your stuff isn’t perfect no one will want it lol. Tough for people to star out, ya know?
I’ve seen this site and I wanted to know about the print quality. Has anyone seen the prints? if so I’d love to hear about it.
I’ve just signed up today to give it a go with the free account. Will be interesting to see how it goes. My Imagekind Art Gallery is currently being loaded up if anyone is interested!
Thanks for the info, I’ve been looking for online sources for standard media artists, such as acrylics and pastels.
This one is great Tara, thank you for sharing it with us. I have friends you are looking for this kind of site and luckily, I bumped into your article. I will be sharing it with them so they can start their thing. Thank you very much.
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I am glad it helped.
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Tara
Thanks for sharing this. I’ve been using just cafepress but have been looking for an alternative. I will try this one out.