Clear Vision
if you’re going to be using Paypal as your means of payment, I have been told that you should invoice your customers instead of using Paypal.me. Don’t get me wrong, Paypal.me is very convenient and fast, but one of my recent customers who is also an artist has warned me that if you use paypal.me, people who pay you through it can find out your street address through a payment dispute and then claim that they didn’t receive a physical product when they paid.
If someone is dead set on screwing you over, they can do it in other ways, but if you make it very clear in the Terms and Conditions section of the invoice that the customer is paying for a service that will result in a digital product, then at least they won’t be able to do through this method.
Ciaran has already mentioned it (and has given a decently in-depth response as is), but you can also set up a commissions page right here on Derpibooru. Get some pictures uploaded that you want to use as examples, and then add them along with some descriptions. If you have a very thorough commissions page along with a dedicated commission info sheet, that should be enough.
There isn’t that much else to it, the most important thing is to get started and start producing the best artwork that you can, because word of mouth can be quite a powerful marketing tool. I’d also recommend starting a Twitter account if you haven’t already, as it’s the next best thing after Tumblr’s 2018 purge caused basically everyone to stop using it to follow artists. Derpi is a decent platform for finding and posting art, but it’s not so good for following specific artists, and having a way for any fans of your work to easily follow what you do is quite important.
Petrolhead Artist
First of all, welcome to the site. Derpibooru is a good place to start, however as your audience grows, it is good to start considering posting your art to other sites as well, and maybe some art Discord servers too, however the first thing that I must mention that is very important is this:
What platform would you recommend I sell from? I have a PayPal.me acc’t for payments,
if you’re going to be using Paypal as your means of payment, I have been told that you should invoice your customers instead of using Paypal.me. Don’t get me wrong, Paypal.me is very convenient and fast, but one of my recent customers who is also an artist has warned me that if you use paypal.me, people who pay you through it can find out your street address through a payment dispute and then claim that they didn’t receive a physical product when they paid.
If someone is dead set on screwing you over, they can do it in other ways, but if you make it very clear in the Terms and Conditions section of the invoice that the customer is paying for a service that will result in a digital product, then at least they won’t be able to do through this method.
I’m trying to figure out how best to market and sell my art, and… well, I just don’t know anything about it. I’ve been waiting almost a week now to get a Commissions Shop set up over at MLP Forums, but unfortunately, the guy in charge of that has a ton on his plate right now and I have no idea if or when he’ll get around to setting it up.
Ciaran has already mentioned it (and has given a decently in-depth response as is), but you can also set up a commissions page right here on Derpibooru. Get some pictures uploaded that you want to use as examples, and then add them along with some descriptions. If you have a very thorough commissions page along with a dedicated commission info sheet, that should be enough.
There isn’t that much else to it, the most important thing is to get started and start producing the best artwork that you can, because word of mouth can be quite a powerful marketing tool. I’d also recommend starting a Twitter account if you haven’t already, as it’s the next best thing after Tumblr’s 2018 purge caused basically everyone to stop using it to follow artists. Derpi is a decent platform for finding and posting art, but it’s not so good for following specific artists, and having a way for any fans of your work to easily follow what you do is quite important.