Prints
If you have premium membership this doesn't happen, but shipping and what not is a fair bit of effort for a crap piece of art.
Furthermore, my opinion on what is and isn't 'crap' shouldn't be the end-all be-all of a possible print service. If someone wants to sell it, and someone else wants to buy it, they should have that ability, the same as everyone else.
maiden-light on September 10th, 2008 at 3:21:22 AM
Yet another reason to dislike DeviantART. It becomes more corporatized every time I browse.Deleted User on December 6th, 2009 at 9:35:38 PM
I disagree. Sorry, but if you are not paying DA a cent, and they are spending money on you, outside of normal server and hosting costs for a dodge piece of art, that is not very good...If you have premium membership this doesn't happen, but shipping and what not is a fair bit of effort for a crap piece of art.
Brian on December 7th, 2009 at 7:36:42 AM
The effort is justified and paid for in that scenario, though. dA doesn't spend a cent outside of the hosting cost for that art. The fact of the matter is a shopper pays for the art, then pays shipping on top of that, and a good chunk of the revenue (the last time I looked, it was something like half of it) goes to dA in the end. I think that's pretty ridiculous from the publisher's point of view. I can understand and respect the need to generate enough money through pay services to keep a site active, but raping the top 2% by taking half of their money isn't really the way I'd like to do it.Furthermore, my opinion on what is and isn't 'crap' shouldn't be the end-all be-all of a possible print service. If someone wants to sell it, and someone else wants to buy it, they should have that ability, the same as everyone else.
Shadowfire on December 31st, 1969 at 5:00:00 PM
I know this is a long time in coming (if it is ever implemented), but I think it would be neat of people could buy prints if they wanted to. I understand that the site will get a cut of the money for hosting the art and transaction.My main gripe about DeviantArt is that they (quality control) could decided whether or not to allow someone to sell a piece of artwork--even after someone has put in an order for a print of that work.
"Prints submitted using the Standard Prints Service will not be reviewed by Quality Control until a purchase attempt has been made. If the image should fail inspection, the buyer will be notified and the order canceled."
Is this standard practice in any art gallery?