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Feedback/Opinion request: Artconomy
10 months ago
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TLDR: Have you used Artconomy before (either as an artist or a commissioner)? What did you think about it?
Post election, one of my goals was to diversify payment processors more (https://www.furaffinity.net/view/58776730/). I currently accept payment for commissions via Paypal invoice and Subscribestar. Paypal has much lower fees but is.. well.. you know. Paypal. Subscribestar has much higher fees but allows critters to pay without giving me their email address or (occasionally, I can't figure out how Paypal decides what information to share) their real name. And there's much less danger of Subscribestar getting mad at me for drawing NSFW and randomly closing my account <3
At some point soon I'll be trying out Itch.io, which will allow for a lot of interesting projects, but won't be a good fit for commissions and still uses Paypal (or Payoneer) for payouts.
Now I'm looking at Artconomy as well. It's an escrow service, meaning that when a commission gets placed, Artconomy holds the payment until the commission is done. It's billed as a way to make commissions safer for both commissioners and artists, but the important part of that to me is that Artconomy takes payments via normal credit cards but (like Subscribestar) does artist payouts via bank transfers - meaning a Paypal ban wouldn't affect my ability to take commissions on there.
I don't plan to remove any payment options - this would strictly be another option alongside Paypal and Subscribestar. But I'm trying to find feedback on the platform - to figure out how much usage it has, how accessible it is, and what experiences both artists and commissioners have had on the site.
If you've used Artconomy and have thoughts about the site, please let me know! <3
Post election, one of my goals was to diversify payment processors more (https://www.furaffinity.net/view/58776730/). I currently accept payment for commissions via Paypal invoice and Subscribestar. Paypal has much lower fees but is.. well.. you know. Paypal. Subscribestar has much higher fees but allows critters to pay without giving me their email address or (occasionally, I can't figure out how Paypal decides what information to share) their real name. And there's much less danger of Subscribestar getting mad at me for drawing NSFW and randomly closing my account <3
At some point soon I'll be trying out Itch.io, which will allow for a lot of interesting projects, but won't be a good fit for commissions and still uses Paypal (or Payoneer) for payouts.
Now I'm looking at Artconomy as well. It's an escrow service, meaning that when a commission gets placed, Artconomy holds the payment until the commission is done. It's billed as a way to make commissions safer for both commissioners and artists, but the important part of that to me is that Artconomy takes payments via normal credit cards but (like Subscribestar) does artist payouts via bank transfers - meaning a Paypal ban wouldn't affect my ability to take commissions on there.
I don't plan to remove any payment options - this would strictly be another option alongside Paypal and Subscribestar. But I'm trying to find feedback on the platform - to figure out how much usage it has, how accessible it is, and what experiences both artists and commissioners have had on the site.
If you've used Artconomy and have thoughts about the site, please let me know! <3
Artconomy, I heard from the website before, but friends told me they are not full furry friendly, and not all SFW & NSFW are allowed, cause it counts as porn.