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You guys asked for it XD so here it is. I hope it helps someone XD I tried to be as thorough as possible :3See above for a USD to Point conversion calculator for your convenience :3 Provided by *charfade be sure to drop them a thank you!
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I don't have an issue with pricing, though I've been told by family and friends that I underprice what I offer. My problem is actually GETTING commissions. I don't have a large following on deviantart or any other platform, I never have. In two years since opening up for commissions, despite advertising and improvements in my own skill, I have had 2 commissions, both of which were completed within one week of hire. I don't ever expect some sort of "magic method" to gaining clients or a larger following, but I'm sort of at a loss as to how to really turn this (art) into a living. What else could be done? What am I currently doing that could be done better? (Some things I've learned now after reading this guide will be implemented, too).Β
The minimum wage argument is a great one, too, but my locations min-wage has gone up significantly due to recent law changes and I don't feel it fair to charge $12 for my sketches when I don't, personally, feel confident enough in them to be worth that. So, I dunno. I want this pursuit to be successful. I know I've improved significantly over the years, I know I can make a living on this...but how do you even get your foot in the door to GET those clients that others don't seem to have any problem getting?
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Don't go by the minimum wage, the minimum wage is absolutely unjust. You are worth more than disgustingly low wages, and so is your art.Β
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Question: In section 3 'set your prices' you say that you should never drop your pay below hourly minimum wage ($6/7 per hour), but then you say that you would charge $6 for 2 hours of work. Why?
Oh, and what does it mean to have an image flatted?
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yeah uh,,,, how exactly do you deliver the commission?? like confirm it and then get your points hhh
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I just found this - thanks so much for the info!
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thank you so much for this, i've been looking for a helpful guide for a whileΒ
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awesome - thank you a lot for putting this together
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No one will commission me because my anatomy sucks. But I don't have time to practice, I need points...
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What are you talking about your art is wonderful.Β
My anatomy also sucks but I still will put commissions tho.Β
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that's a very old cringey comment from over a year ago Β xD
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Thanks for such a good guide !
I still have some questions left and hope you can answer them (:
1. When requesting money via paypal, do I have to enter the e-mail adress of customers (like for example: MariaHubert@googlemail.com) or is there some specific e-mail that paypal creates for every user?
2. The currency I use is EUR, so do I have to name my prices in USD? If yes, does paypal convert the money I recieved in USD to EUR ?
3. How do I know how much the paypal fee is and is it the responsibility of the customer or of me to pay this fee?
I hope you can understand what I mean, and sorry for bombarding you with so many questions (':
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i don't know about number 3, but for number 1. for as long as I know paypal will notify every transaction thats happening to YOUR email (your email that you use to make the paypal account). and for no.2 yes you can convert the USD to EUR in paypal. Hope this helps
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I have a question since I don't have a Paypal account can I let people know that I will only except points?
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you can specify the commission by calling it "Point Commission"
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Ok thank you! Oh one more question if you don't mind: What advice you would recommend for someone using points and determining prices for the first timeΒ I know I don't want it too cheap or too expensiveΒ but I'm not sure what price to offer.
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Decide your price in USD or your local currency first then try the points to usd calculator 
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I understand Thank you!
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I'm new to these stuffs so.. I have a lil tiny bit question..
In the commission box, do I set the actual commish payment or what?
dA is saying stuffs n I don't really get it - @
This might be lowkey but I hope peeps can send help! QAQ
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This is extremely helpful and I follow appreciate you doing thisΒ
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I have a question, when someone commissions you does deviantart take points out of their account to pay you automatically or do you ask to for the person to manually pay you? Im new to commissions and idk if i've been payed in some circumstances. I've been commissioned by the same person a few times and they think that when im done deviantart pays me from their account. idk if this is true so I came here. It would help alot if you could help me out, Thanks!
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I'm a paranoid person, so I was wondering how safe is Paypal?
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pretty safe, ive been using it for years and i've never had a problem
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Ok, thanks for the info~<3
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hi so i uhm just finished a commission on here but i dont know how to deliver it still?? i accepted their request and it said points have been deducted from them but i dont have the points and i dont know how to go about sending it to them. this tutorial helped me through all the other steps haha
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Thank you so much! It helped me a lot!
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I have a question, though. Do we have to physically give the finished commission to the commissioner (via print, mail, etch.) or is an email of the finished digital art okay?
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Generally if they ask for a physical copy, that's when you'd actually send it, but otherwise as long as you specify that it's digital (I guess unless they pay extra for shipping?) People usually don't have a problem with an emailed copy.
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Oh okay okay. Thank you a bunch!
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I was looking up a guide of the sorts for starting commissions, and I'm glad to say your guide has been very very helpful for me. Β Thank you for taking the time to make this! Β
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I am currently only doing sketch headshot commissions, i haven't been here for very long, but i do need the points. I decided my commissions are 100
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How do we advertise that we are doing commissions?Β
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This definitely gives me a better idea on how to approach this. Thank you for taking the time to post this.
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Oh, this is really helpful! I hope I will make comissions one day with this tutorial! Thank you very much for that!
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This was a very detailed and helpful post, thank you so much! I will definitely save this for when I really start to do my commissioning!
One question I do have is how do you deal with bad references? Like is someone sends you a picture of the OC they want you to draw, but its confusing whats-what, or the coloring is way off etc. Do you tell them you can't do it?
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Sketch out the commission, then show the sketch to the commissioner, if they do not like it or think it is inaccurate, ask them what they want you to change and the try your best to change it. I had this problem a while ago with someone, i had commissioned them to draw My character (Not describing it, to graphic) And they ended up drawing something completely different. I complained, i really didn't want to hurt their feelings, but i wasn't about to pay for something i didn't ask for. So i told them as nicely as possible, they apologized and started working on what i had asked for, they showed me the sketch and i gave them a bit more info. Eventually i got what i was paying for, i payed, and we both came out of this situation satisfied. Hope this helps in some way!
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This was so helpful! Thank you for putting this up!
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