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Update on Commission Stuff
6 years ago
(Edit: For those of you who are just finding this journal, the commission window has already passed! There was like... 12 inquiries in 30 mins haha)
I'll be done with most of my freelance work this weekend so I'll be back to taking some regular commissions soon! Probably sometime next week. But there are a couple of important changes I'll be making.
First off, NEW EMAIL! I'm gonna be using seyumeiarts@gmail.com SOLELY for private commissions from now on, and retired my old outdated one, draggincat@gmail.com. This way I can keep all my commission inquiries in one place, keep tabs on them easier and they wont get lost with all my other messages. I'm probably only gonna use the draggincat one for like alt accounts or a spam dumpster lol.
Commissions will be FCFS as usual, though instead of reserving your slot through comments, you'll just need to email me (at the new email of course). I get notified of emails right away while I'm on my comp or phone so I figured this would be a better way instead of having to check back on multiple sites for comments. You don't need to decide on what you want right away when sending the email btw! Just let me know that you're interested. :'D I'll send you the commission forms after you've secured your spot.
There also wont be a fixed number of slots, I'll just take as many as I am able. Once I think I have enough people, I'll close commissions by deleting my announcement.
Heres my commission site for reference! https://seyumeicommissions.weebly.com/ I cleaned up the site a little bit by taking off the snowy animation and background that apparently looked really terrible on mobile lol
There are two important changes I did make to my TOS though!
The first one is regarding response times. I've had a long time issue with customers 'ghosting', meaning when I contact them or ask them a question (after they've expressed interest in getting a commission) they just stop answering for some unknown reason. This is something that has always bothered me because it delays my work and keeps me wondering if the client still wants the commission, while I could be working on someone elses commission in the meantime. This problem was why I was reluctant to do waitlists again, since ghosting was common there. Therefore I cut down holding slots for a week to 3 days. If I do not hear from a client within 3 days before the payment period, I will send them a warning that thier spot will be given up, and after 2 days without any response from that, I will take them off the queue. Keep in mind that this doesn't apply after I've received payment, though fast responses are always appreciated!
The second one might disappoint some people, but I have to get rid of the 'see sketch before payment' option. The reason why is because sometimes (but not often!) people will run off with my premade sketch for free. This has happened about 4 times now. Normally what I try to do prevent this is by making the sketch as messy/unfinished as possible, but apparently some people are satisfied with just having that? I guess if you don't have to pay anything its a good deal. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The reason why I had this option in the first place was because I understood being weary about giving a large sum of money to an artist you've never worked with before, so I had this option available so people could feel more secure (keep in mind that invoices do protect you pretty well though). But now I can't risk not getting paid for my time anymore, so I have to remove this payment option for my protection. For those of you who've chosen this option before and went through with the payment fine, thank you for that and I apologize that this won't be available anymore.
Sorry if I sound kinda peeved over these things, but I'm trying to get a bit more strict with my rules. I feel like my leniency in the past has gotten me taken advantage of, so I just want to come up with the best streamlined system I can that makes you (the client) and me both happy.
But yeah thats about it! Just thought I'd keep those who are waiting for me to open updated :'D
I'll be done with most of my freelance work this weekend so I'll be back to taking some regular commissions soon! Probably sometime next week. But there are a couple of important changes I'll be making.
First off, NEW EMAIL! I'm gonna be using seyumeiarts@gmail.com SOLELY for private commissions from now on, and retired my old outdated one, draggincat@gmail.com. This way I can keep all my commission inquiries in one place, keep tabs on them easier and they wont get lost with all my other messages. I'm probably only gonna use the draggincat one for like alt accounts or a spam dumpster lol.
Commissions will be FCFS as usual, though instead of reserving your slot through comments, you'll just need to email me (at the new email of course). I get notified of emails right away while I'm on my comp or phone so I figured this would be a better way instead of having to check back on multiple sites for comments. You don't need to decide on what you want right away when sending the email btw! Just let me know that you're interested. :'D I'll send you the commission forms after you've secured your spot.
There also wont be a fixed number of slots, I'll just take as many as I am able. Once I think I have enough people, I'll close commissions by deleting my announcement.
Heres my commission site for reference! https://seyumeicommissions.weebly.com/ I cleaned up the site a little bit by taking off the snowy animation and background that apparently looked really terrible on mobile lol
There are two important changes I did make to my TOS though!
The first one is regarding response times. I've had a long time issue with customers 'ghosting', meaning when I contact them or ask them a question (after they've expressed interest in getting a commission) they just stop answering for some unknown reason. This is something that has always bothered me because it delays my work and keeps me wondering if the client still wants the commission, while I could be working on someone elses commission in the meantime. This problem was why I was reluctant to do waitlists again, since ghosting was common there. Therefore I cut down holding slots for a week to 3 days. If I do not hear from a client within 3 days before the payment period, I will send them a warning that thier spot will be given up, and after 2 days without any response from that, I will take them off the queue. Keep in mind that this doesn't apply after I've received payment, though fast responses are always appreciated!
The second one might disappoint some people, but I have to get rid of the 'see sketch before payment' option. The reason why is because sometimes (but not often!) people will run off with my premade sketch for free. This has happened about 4 times now. Normally what I try to do prevent this is by making the sketch as messy/unfinished as possible, but apparently some people are satisfied with just having that? I guess if you don't have to pay anything its a good deal. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The reason why I had this option in the first place was because I understood being weary about giving a large sum of money to an artist you've never worked with before, so I had this option available so people could feel more secure (keep in mind that invoices do protect you pretty well though). But now I can't risk not getting paid for my time anymore, so I have to remove this payment option for my protection. For those of you who've chosen this option before and went through with the payment fine, thank you for that and I apologize that this won't be available anymore.
Sorry if I sound kinda peeved over these things, but I'm trying to get a bit more strict with my rules. I feel like my leniency in the past has gotten me taken advantage of, so I just want to come up with the best streamlined system I can that makes you (the client) and me both happy.
But yeah thats about it! Just thought I'd keep those who are waiting for me to open updated :'D
It is totally fine if you demand payment beforehand as an artist draggin. There is nothing wrong about that!
Do your thing. Your fans/customers that love your work wont run away im convinced!
I usually assume the people who ran away either lost interest or realized they didnt have the money to pay. But it is really rude to just leave me hanging like that. Like, all they have to do is just let me know and everything will be peachy. No hard feelings or anything.
As for the people who ran off with sketches, well, they're just scammers, plain and simple |D
Oh well, good to see an update from ya, have been really hoping to commission you again sometime!
Glad to hear that though! I'll look forward to it! ^^
Although, I just closed my coms today xD (the window only lasted for about 30 mins though haha)