Q&A - Artists

How do I upload my work?

You can upload your artwork here through Google Forms

Can I submit multiple works?

Yes, there is no limit to how many items you can submit per collection.

What do I need to sell on LYP ?

When you upload a file to LYP, there are only 2 things you need to manage:

1. Creating your artwork and preparing it correctly.

2. Uploading it: creating a name, year, description and setting your base price.

We take care of everything else: printing, framing, website, packaging, delivery, payments, customer service and refunds.

You can concentrate on doing what you love and spreading the word about your work.

To earn as much as possible, spend some time promoting the listing to your network. We’ve put some top tips below:

What can I do to promote my work?

Here are some of our top tips for promoting your work on our platform:

  • Tell your friends your work is available to buy on Loud Youth Projects.
  • Use your social media channels - use stories and posts to announce your piece launching in the collection
  • Tag @loudyouthprojects in your posts, stories and reels
  • Let your followers know when it is the last chance to buy. e.g. There’s only 4 days left to purchase my piece on @loudyouthprojects
  • Add a link to your listing in your social media bios
  • Email - if you have an email database then email your customers.

What sizes do you offer?

We currently offer prints and framed prints in:

Rectangle

A1; A2; A3; A4 (in portrait and landscape)

30x40cm (12x16in); 30x45cm (12x18in); 40x50cm (16x20in); 40x60cm (16x24in); 60x80cm (24x32in); 70x100cm (28x40in)

Square

30x30cm (12x12in); 40x40cm (15.7x15.7in); 50x50cm (20x20in); 70x70cm (28x28in)

How should I prepare my artwork?

It’s important that your artwork is prepared in the right way, to meet our printers specifications, and ensure the best print results.

See our requirements below:

1. JPEG or TIFF files for printing your drop shipping orders

For this reason you should upload files that are high res, ideally 300 dpi and sized to your largest required print size.

2. To meet quality standards, ensure that the file size adheres to the following dimensions.

Rectangle

Small: 3507px x 4960px

Medium: 6000px x 8400px

Large: 7016px x 9933px

X-Large: 8400px x 12000px

Square:

Small: 3600px by 3600px

Medium: 6000px by 6000px

Large: 8400px by 8400px

3. We only print and frame A-sizes, 50x70cm (20x28in), 70x100cm (28x40in) and square, so please provide artwork with an A-size or square aspect ratio.

4. If you prefer your work to have a border, you must add this to the file itself. We don’t currently offer mounting with our framing

How do I get paid?

At the end of each month, we will pay you your share of the profit within 14 working days.

We currently only pay artists using Paypal and we pay in GBP

Please make sure you give your Paypal email in your submission form or through email.

How much do I get paid?

What we pay you relates to the prices we set and how many pieces you sell in the month.

We pay our artists 50% of the proceeds after production and fulfilment (framed or unframed)

Our costs include VAT/GST/taxes, printing & framing, packaging, fulfilment, payment processing, customer service, refunds, web hosting & development and marketing.

How do discounts work?

When selling on LYP you agree to participate in discounts. So if a customer uses a 10% discount code for their order, both our sales revenue and your commission on that sale will be reduced 10%. We don’t regularly run promotions on our site.

Will you use my images?

We will use your artwork on our social media, website, email and other marketing channels. You can read more about this in our terms for artists.

Can I have a name or signature on my prints?

Digital Signatures give us the option of adding a signature to the print products to give a more genuine experience to the buyer. We recommend the adding of signatures.

The signature will also appear on the digital signed certificates of authenticity (COAs) for the prints. Files must be received in SVG format. We can work with you to prepare SVG files if you are not aware on how to create them.

Alternatively, we recommend that you include a digital signature to your art file directly. This would be done before uploading the image file to us.

How do I customise my branding?

Custom Letters

You can you include a custom insert, letter to buyer or thank you note with your our sales orders.

You can upload an A4 sized PDF file of your own design and we will print this with the order.

One (1) inset/letter is assigned per print variant. If a customer orders multiple prints with the same letter, we will include a single letter in the package.

This is a good opportunity to personalise and let customers know how to contact you on social media.

How do you make sure the print quality is good?

We have carefully selected our printing and framing partners to ensure consistent quality. If on a rare occasion a customer is dissatisfied with the quality, we can organise a replacement or a refund.

How do I contact LYP?

You can email us at vishal@loudyouthprojects.com and we normally respond within 24 hours