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After some fiddling around and testing by a core artist team, the big change is finally here! We are opening the market up for artists to take USD commissions for pet designs and HA artwork.
The new Commissions Platform is where artists are permitted to post ads and make transactions for their USD art services. Want to take commissions? Post your ad there! Want to sell a unique design or a set of designs? Post your ad there! How about PSD uses? Go for it! It's available for the USD sale of any derivative artwork made from Aywas pet bases or HAs.
Unlike the Paintbrushes, which essentially charged a 50% fee for taking USD commissions, use of the Commissions Platform only requires a 15% fee of all finalized receipts. Fee Collection days are on the 1st, 7th, 14th, and 21st of the month. The next fee collection day will be on the 14th due to the timing of this release.
A Knowledge Base article has been released with rules regarding using the Commission Platform and a description of the Fee Collection.
It's only natural that artists will start shifting over from Artist Paintbrushes to accepting commissions through the Commission Platform. As a result, we have raised the Paintbrushes payout to 75% of the original price of the brush (for instance, the Gold Paintbrush, which costs $20, will yield $15 payout).
Paintbrushes will still likely be in use by players who cannot use PayPal accounts themselves, and have to buy brushes from other players with GP or services. But they will yield more now, so they won't be entirely phased out by the Commission Platform.
Please note that this change in payment amount may result in some delays with redeeming Paintbrushes initially. Also, please be aware that the description states that Paintbrush information should be sent to account #15 now.
The Terms of Service has been updated to reflect our new rules regarding USD sale of pet designs under the section "USD Sales of Designs By Artists". In addition, we have decided to add a new site-wide rule:
"You agree that you will not spam or send unsolicited advertisement or commercial messages to players through the PM system."
One final note: these changes (the Commission Platform, especially) are going to be in trial period mode for three months. This is a big change and will undoubtedly have a lot of effect on the economy of the game. We reserve the right to remove the Commissions Platform at any time, but we will make our best effort not to do so before the three month trial period is up so we have time to examine the effect it has.
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Fri Jun 5, 2015 2:03am
- Sharni&Gamzee
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Posted on: Fri Jun 5, 2015 2:43am
I have a few quick questions? :3 One~ If we say commission a gold design but it comes back as over into silver or under into blue, it the artist we commissioned required to fix it? And Two~ If we ask for a few specific things and they ignore them/leave them out, will they be allowed to do that or do they have to follow a commissioners requests? <3
~Sharni
- JAK
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Posted on: Fri Jun 5, 2015 2:46am
EssGee <3> Flora (#36207) You can, but be aware of the predict caps.
Sharni&Starfy (#4917) Commissions should match what you requested, so yes, if they promise a gold then they can't deliver a silver or blue without your permission. As for specificity, you may want to ask the artist in the request if you want to be specific or have it more like a prompt. They're free to accept or deny any request.
- Sharni&Gamzee
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Posted on: Fri Jun 5, 2015 2:48am
Ok, thank you :3
And thank you for this new sparkly feature ^.^ <3
~Sharni
- bd84
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Posted on: Fri Jun 5, 2015 2:53am
Now to wait and hope that my fave artists put up ads!!!! This is excellent and will leave me broke for sure! XD
- SandTiger
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Posted on: Fri Jun 5, 2015 2:59am
YEEEEHAAAAAWWWWW!!! Wow, I can't believe that made me happy enough to emit an entirely uncharacteristic cowboy holler. But it is a truly awesome update.
- Namine + Marluxia
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Posted on: Fri Jun 5, 2015 3:06am
If it was previously agreed with an artist that I have full rights to a psd ((like, I paid them extra to have full selling rights)) am I allowed to sell it for usd, or should I ask the artist specifically for permission to sell it for usd?
---- Marluxia
- Sadistic Kokoro
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Posted on: Fri Jun 5, 2015 3:08am
I wish there was a way to choose between pets and HA items. It might also be noted that PSDs and Colorations for pets would be easier.
- exo
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Posted on: Fri Jun 5, 2015 3:11am
QUESTION.
When artists send in the fees, is it done manually on their end, or by invoice from Explorer Games?
- Gwennafran
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Posted on: Fri Jun 5, 2015 3:15am
⊱Jazmyn⊰ (#1178)
You can filter by tags, so if HA people always make sure to tag their things HA, it should make it possible to search on that. :)
Posted on: Fri Jun 5, 2015 2:37am
Are we allowed to offer breeding predicts through the Commission Platform, as that was something that could previously be purchased with Paintbrushes as well? Or are they through something else now?