One of the most common questions we get from users is why they should upload their original artwork to PigSpigot. After all, we’re making money off of their creations. But we’re also allowing artists to earn cash, publicity and feedback on their creations.
Here’s why The Pig thinks this is a symbiotic relationship:
1) Cash Money: If your card does well, you get scrilla. When your card sells more than 1000 printed copies, we’ll send you $500. Not bad.
2) Creative Commons: When you upload a design to PigSpigot, you still own it. You can still sell t-shirts, posters, or any other form of artwork featuring the same designs that we publicize on your PigSpigot cards.
3) Publicity: Each card you design has a direct link to your MyPig page on PigSpigot, where you can tell perspective customers about your work and link to your website. Plus, you can use PigSpigot to easily share and promote your work to friends, family and potential customers.
4) Feedback: When you upload a card design to PigSpigot, you get feedback, both in the form of comments on your cards and rankings within the site.
If you’re not an artist, many of the above apply, but here’s a recap of why you’d want to upload a design to PigSpigot:
1)PigSpigot makes it easy and cheap to share your great greeting card creations with friends and family. It’s fun to see your idea become a card that brightens someone else’s day.
2)Get feedback on your hobby from other PigSpigot users and make $500 cash if your design goes viral.
This site lives and breathes because of you, Piglets, so we thank you. Of course, we’re always open to your suggestions for improvement – except if you suggest The Pig jump off the Brooklyn bridge. The Pig’s mom taught him better than that.
Jenni
I think you’d have a much more successful service if you offered some kind of percentage to your artists… personally I don’t think it’s fair for you to make $4000 from selling my card to only offer me $100 “bonus”. As an avid Working Fail reader, I have to bring up that doing free work for exposure rarely tends to be worth while.
David
Hey Jenni
Sorry for any confusion — we pay $500 for cards that sell 1000 copies or more!
Jenni
Hi David,
Okay but that still means you’re making $4000 and I’m only making $500. That’s kind of beat.
Josh
Hey Jenny, thanks for replying. One important point: revenue and earnings are two different beasts. As PigSpigot grows and becomes more successful, we always want to make sure artists enjoy that prosperity along with us! But surely – none of our artists will find this to be their sole source of income… because of creative commons licensing they can use this as one of many avenues to share their work. We hope you think about participating! thanks again and if you have any questions write us at thepig@PigSpigot.com
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