Sell your work.
Keep your craft.
We handle the rest.
Everything below is the complete truth about selling on Ateliera. What we require, what we don’t tolerate, what you earn, and when the money hits your account. Read it end to end before you apply.
A short form.
Free to apply.
The application takes about ten minutes. We ask for your name, your primary medium, a short statement about your practice, and three to five images of work you’d like to sell. There’s no fee to apply and we read every one ourselves.
- —Originality. Your voice, your hand. We’re not looking for a style we already represent; we’re looking for something that’s yours.
- —Technical command. Whatever the medium — oil, watercolor, sculpture, photography, mixed — you should know your materials.
- —Consistency. We want to see that the work in front of us is representative, not a one-off.
- —Photography. The images you submit need to accurately represent the work. Bad lighting is fixable; misleading staging is not.
We aim to respond within five business days. If we need more information we’ll ask. If we say no, we’ll tell you why and you’re welcome to reapply with new work after six months.
- — AI-generated images presented as physical or hand-made originals
- — Mass-produced prints or factory-made items sold as original art
- — Plagiarized, traced, or unauthorized reproductions of other artists’ work
- — Stolen works, or work where the applicant doesn’t hold rights
- — Listings with misleading dimensions, materials, or photographs
These aren’t gray areas. We decline these on sight. If verified artists are later found to have violated these rules, accounts are terminated and payouts for any affected sales are reversed.
Real hands.
Real studio.
Once your application is accepted, we ask for three things that prove your practice is real. This protects the collectors buying from you — and the reputation of every other artist on the platform.
A photograph of your work
Taken by you, in your space, with a piece of paper in the frame handwriting your name and the date. This takes two minutes and makes provenance bulletproof from day one.
A photograph of your workspace
Studio, corner of your bedroom, backyard shed — wherever you actually make the work. We want to see where it happens. Nothing fancy required.
A short artist statement
One or two paragraphs. What you make, why you make it, what influences you. This becomes part of your public profile and runs on your artist page. We edit for clarity if needed — your voice stays yours.
Verification documents are stored in private encrypted storage and are only accessed by our review team. They’re never shown publicly, shared, or used for anything other than confirming the authenticity of your practice.
Upload, price,
publish.
The listing flow is intentionally simple. High-resolution photos, accurate dimensions, honest description, your price. Within an hour your work is live on the gallery and visible to collectors worldwide.
High resolution, natural light preferred. Show the full work plus at least one detail shot. Include scale context if dimensions are unusual.
Width, height, depth in centimeters. Include framing if sold framed. If the work is a sculpture or installation, describe how it’s installed.
Medium, year, any relevant context. Be honest about condition if this is an older work. Collectors read these.
You set the price. No floor, no ceiling. That said — if you’re early in your career and aren’t sure what to charge, we’ll soon surface comparable sales in your dashboard (by medium, size, region, and career stage) so you can price with context, not guesswork.
The comparable-sales tool is rolling out alongside our Market Index. Until it’s live, our team is available to discuss pricing directly if you’d like a second opinion.
If you’re listing an edition — prints, photography, small sculpture series — mark the edition size clearly. We track numbered copies through sales so collectors always know which one in the edition they’re buying.
Quote honestly.
Pack well.
When a collector commits to your work, you have five business days to give them a real shipping quote. Once they approve and pay, you have seven business days to ship. Simple rules; strictly enforced.
Collector commits to buy. You’re notified immediately. The clock starts.
You submit a real shipping quote — not a guess. Weigh the piece, measure it packed, get a quote from your carrier. Aramex, DHL, FedEx, local couriers — whatever you trust.
They approve the quote and pay the full amount (artwork + shipping + any customs). Funds land in escrow immediately.
Pack the work properly. Ship it. Enter the tracking number. Photograph the packed parcel on the way out the door — this protects you if damage is disputed.
Collector confirms receipt. Escrow releases. Payment clears into your balance. See the next section.
Missed quotes and late shipments hurt collectors and reflect poorly on every artist on the platform. Repeated lateness results in account suspension. If something genuinely goes wrong — you’re traveling, you’re sick, a carrier is on strike — message support immediately and we’ll work with you.
A public commission.
No hidden fees.
Ateliera’s commission is published. It’s the same for every artist on the platform. It doesn’t change based on how famous you are or how well we know you.
Split applied to the artwork sale price only. Shipping and customs are passed straight through to you and not subject to commission. If you joined without a referring partner, your share is 70% and the partner cut goes to the platform.
- —Funds stay in escrow until the collector confirms receipt, or seven days after delivery is confirmed by the carrier — whichever comes first.
- —Once escrow releases, your earnings appear in your balance. Payouts run weekly on business days.
- —Bank transfers typically settle in 2-3 business days within the region, up to 5 business days internationally.
- —You’re responsible for your own income tax. We provide year-end statements with the data you need.
If a partner referred you to Ateliera, they earn 5% on your first three sales. After that, the partnership becomes optional — you can continue if they’re actively helping, or end it and keep the full 70%. This is designed to reward genuine introductions, not to create a permanent tax on your work.