r/ArtMarketingTalk

Hello,

I have been doing art for almost my whole life, and began getting serious with it over ten years ago, with beginning commissions and selling original pieces. For the longest time, I had the best luck with using Instagram for engagement and securing new clients and people genuinely interested in buying my art. But for the last couple of years, I have seen a heavy decline due to reels being the main focus, and artists, like myself, who just want to post their art and not themselves. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions to some alternatives to post their art, secure some commissions, or sell their original pieces, other than social media.

So want to start taking commissions this year but I'm unsure if I should use artistree for it or just create invoices straight from paypal.

I think my main thing is that since artistree charges the customer a small fee separate from price if it would put people off from commissioning me. The money would go in to my paypal anyway so I don't know if its worth using it.