Hello there!

I can't say I speak from any long term experience with you directly, only came across your work yesterday while searching for commission openings.

Speaking from a customer viewpoint, the hourly pricing is a bit intimidating at first glance. Unless you're an artist, you don't have much of a framework to go on as far as how long a piece takes. It seems easy to just ask for a quote, but just getting to that point is usually the biggest hurdle because it involves the fear of the social interaction afterwards, worrying you will be quoted a price that's beyond your budget and you will feel like you wasted both of your time or feel pressured to accept it, even if no external pressure is being applied.

I think the simplest solution to that would be to include examples of works and their time to completion in the pricing, so people have a rough estimate of what they would be looking at.

Hope that helps!

I can see it seems bit intimidating with hourly price. I been getting a few feedback saying the same so i will probably have to change that in the future. I thought having hourly pay would be better for people who want to commission very specific things that might be hard to get into a category. But i see what you mean.

I have since updated the form and give a few samples that make it easier also not that asking for a quote is completely free and the quote price is final.

thank for the feedback!

1. Your commission post has no impression of prices
2. When the customer does get an impression of prices, it's hourly, which is usually much less desirable than actually being able to know outright how much a pic will cost unless it's on the cheap end, which you aren't
3. You opened on tuesday, probably the day this site is most dead


I personally would go for one if the prices were lower

I'm sorry if the pricing are confusing. I tried to make it more obvious but maybe i need to think of another way of making it more upfront. Also with hourly pay i thought it would open up more freedom for the customers to commission basically anything they wanted but maybe that is not for everyone and some prefer to have categories to choose from. When it comes to my prices this is the lowest i can go or else its not even profitable. Taxes in Sweden is 34% and then a 25 % VAT on top of that so basically i keep less then half of what i sell for so i can go any lower.

Thank you for your feedback i hope this cleared up some stuff. I will take having set price into consideration in the future.

In regards to the form, the layout and information displayed in it is totally fine.

I do agree with a point that was made that the hourly pricing can look intimidating to a commissioner when many other artists do flat price sheet. That being said, you are very up front in your form that asking for a Quote is totally free, which I think is great. In your previous Journal, you mentioned that the Quoted price is final, but I don't see that mentioned in the form if this is still true. If this is still applicable, leaving that out of the form may give the impression that there could be a "surprise" bill at the end. I think the examples you do provide are helpful as guidance. People just need to be more okay with asking for a Quote.

In regards to prices, you've already lowered them since opening the form, and you know how much your time is worth. I saw a similar situation with another artist where they finally started taking commissions after a long while and it did take some time for people to "rediscover" them as someone to commission. Eventually their openings grew shorter because of increased demand. And while there may be "cheaper" artists out there, it sometimes shows with a lack of professionalism or even getting the artwork at all (speaking from experience).

I've updated the form. The quote price is final. I sorry if that wasn't clear i hope this solves that confusion. I did lower my prices slightly for more even number but also because i didn't get many request at all but i feel this prices seems more worth for both me and my customers. I will be very clear about my opening and "if" i need to close it down temporarily to catch up with my commissions. I'm sad to hear that you have experienced that. I'm simply just one person doing this and i try my best to make sure everyone gets their commission but i also think it's very important to remember that I'm not taking payed for anything until the commission is completely done.

Thanks for your feedback.