Correction: Since publishing this video some issues have been resolved. - It's much harder to take high quality images from the site. - You also get customer information (on the shipping label).

@ervacidreira9438

11 ай бұрын

so your complaints and other´s worked out. Nice to herad it,they replayed me when i had doubts about if i just sell POD style art,once i got no money to print them by my own.

First of all, they do share the buyer's information. When I sell something on the site they send me a shipping label with the buyer's name and address! Second of all, none of my images are available as "prints." They already are original prints (etchings). If someone wanted to "steal" an image they're not getting anything like the original. Besides, this is a problem for any artist with a website.

Good Video. I have been on Saatchi for over a year. I should have known everything you mentioned, but thought of none of it when I started to list my work. Glad I came across your video and had it open my eyes! Thaks :)

Every artist faces this, all art needs to be uploaded, isn't it, for selling. And I have suffered many times when other artists have actually tampered and copied my art and uploaded on the same platform of another online art gallery, what can we do! We can't sit with our paintings,we have to show them, so finally letting go of all fears and continuing to make art and post art!

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

Fear is definitely not a good idea indeed for artists. It's good that you point that out. But some platforms are more vulnerable others so choose your platforms wisely.

@theredpilgrim

3 жыл бұрын

@@PsycosisIncarnated yep you are so right,but then where is the time to do this neverending tussle,of course platforms and galleries are.mucj strong than individual artist. And then choice of spending our life in creative pursuit or lawsuit, sooo just letting karma take care

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

ps: No not every artist faces this because you don't have to do this. 1920x1920 or whatever it was is waaaay bigger then necessary for online consumption which enables hackers to use it for print potential while not adding anything to the viewing experience. The right approach should've been to make the images much smaller (use 'lesser' quality images) while presenting them on their website.

@theredpilgrim

2 жыл бұрын

@@driesketels I finally took the decision to let go of my favourite art gallery, I think so much freedom comes when you are on your own and your art, All the Best to You Dries Ketels!

Hi Dries, I am very glad you brought this subject up and gave us a good insight of what is what. For one, I have always long suspected the up and downloading of images, meaning being able to be stolen. The other thing that has kept me thinking is, these online galleries take a good percentage of the commission, as do the real galleries. Saatchi takes 35%, as you mentioned and others take 50% even. The difference usually is, real galleries then take everything on themselves, whilst the online ones put the onus and responsibilities on the artist. Thanks for the rest of the information. All the best Zeal.

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely something to say about that indeed. How much of the work are they taking on themselves for the percentage they ask is where all the money is indeed. You got it.

Thank You dries, i sell on Saatchi for 5 years now...i didn't realize that, so thank you again...

Love your videos. Great points raised here.

I enjoy watching your videos. I am not an artist, but the information you provide is interesting. I do like art and appreciate that you are trying to help others. 👍

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

why you made this video but you actually are selling on saatchi art? did you change your opinion,?

This video has been VERY informative. You gained a sub!!👍🏻 A request though. Will it be possible for you to make a vid about offline art galleries ? I am more interested in selling my art in offline galleries rather than online . What will be the pros and cons ?

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

Those are def. coming... Ps: Also... I already have some videos on traditional art galleries up on KZread.

Thank you for your video : very helpful and i will no longer waste my time with all these art platforms

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help Brigitte. You got this. Good luck

@Nonowness

Жыл бұрын

Total nonsense. I sell extremely well on Saatchi art, now after 2 Years they have started promoting my work in catalogs, in features, ect. They do all the difficult paperwork with taxes for you. I am extremely satisfied with Saatchi. This guy is just putting out lies. Most of what he is claiming is not true. I for example know all my buyers, Saatchi even gave the contact details to me.

You are very paranoid . 1) limited edition prints have to be signed by the artist. 2) when you sell a painting you are given the name & address of the buyer. Hence you do have their details to communicate. 3) it doesnt matter who owns the online platform. 4 ) galleries are not as good as a platform. I know as have been selling art since 1969.

@kateby6042

2 жыл бұрын

How many artworks do you sell per month on Saatchi?

@Moodboard39

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly! This guy a idiot.lol. He act like he never heard of copyrighted infringement

I once saw a photo I posted on social media printed on a t-shirt being worn by a person in another country I visited. I didn't get a chance to ask the person where the shirt was from because I was inside a train. That same image was digitally altered (looked like basic vectoring) by a street artist which he used for his promotion materials in a solo exhibit held a hotel I stayed in years later. Neither was done with my consent or knowledge. I have stopped being bullish about anything related to online. I was sharing below 1900 pixels wide. Beware, my friends, the thieves can steal from anywhere. The hard work is worth it, don't be afraid to go slow.

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

It's very nice to share your experience. it's sad to hear but at the same time, I'm confident that you have just helped a couple of people in the comment section today.

Good information in regards to the pitfalls...be careful, you could be labeled a contrarian 😂 but it is true, the legwork to sell on your own website is hard and time consuming, many hats have to be worn and a lot of them a creative person won't want to wear as it takes away from the creating process BUT the alternative (i.e. gallery ,other platform) is always the middleman, and it's ok, as long as he likes to eat and you dont mind that he makes up the menu price and keeps the menu most of the time 😂 it's a choice....a hard one...

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

Again just a wonderfully insightful comment. Lovely

@checkitoutwithcarmella-t1526

3 жыл бұрын

Why would anyone be labeled for sharing their experience. I thought 'facts' were presented well. I am in middle of trying to figure out if I should go ahead on saatchi, my paintings sit there now for days waiting for my data to be processed. But I am worried too about not being able to communicate with customers. Any ideas on ArtPal?

@oliverhojas

2 жыл бұрын

@@checkitoutwithcarmella-t1526 ArtPal is not good in my opinion. My plan is to sell a few you on Saatchi, but still keep selling others on my own

It's a shame Saatchi, being the company they are, do not have some protection for artists in relation to this.

just getting around to this, but man i looked at some of the art being sold and im shocked some of this garbage is being priced so high

Very good info, and it IS a big problem.

You promote Etsy, I suppose people could still do the same thing there, or even copy the work behind you. The previous video you say how you sell on Saatchi, bit confusing. Did you yourself take this up with Saatchi, about what people can do, as you explain here?

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure what you mean did you yourself take this up with Saatchi??? And not sure what you mean with Etsy... I don't promote Etsy... And yes you can still sell on Saatchi even though they have some downsides as well.

Thanks for sharing! It was very useful and just in time for me.

Thank you Dries Kettel. 😊

My thinking is that, should the current managers of saatchi online are asked to drop the brand name, it wouldn't be extremely difficult to do extensive publicity of a new brand name. Such publicity would simply mention what has happened and promise even much improved services for the collectors and the artists. Thanks for the video.

Weird! I was thinking about selling on Saatchi art today!

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

Totally meant to be :)

@rhyst124

3 жыл бұрын

still do it

@gregtegreg

3 жыл бұрын

Do it!

@raymarsh4620

3 жыл бұрын

If anything goes wrong then technically you have been warned.

Hi, are there any artists from Spain who sell on Saatchi? Tell me how to write down a VAT number without registering an autonomo, because sales are not stable?

Thank you for sharing your insights with this gallery. When you mention the ownership of Saatchi Gallery its probably managed by a shell company, a method normally used in business. However the idea of not having your own website is really short changing yourself as youre always the puppet of someone else's good will and policies. Better to be your own master than someone's servant

I love your accent and fast speaking. Also very informative. Thanks!

@driesketels

9 ай бұрын

So nice of you

well can't you water mark your images? Once you watermark the image it's unusable for others unless they buy directly from the Artist

And how do you copy right your work then? Digital art or paper/ canvas that you upload ?

If we take your advice and sell on Saatchi, do you have a video on best practice on that platform?

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

Yes there's a video titled how to sell art on Saatchi art. kzread.info/dash/bejne/pX9tt6mQc5Coe7A.html

Very informative video. Thank you, Dries. Who knew?

Legit paranoia here. The only way to not have your art stolen online is to never put it online. All reward requires a level of risk. If you don't put your art out there it is a guarantee that NO ONE will ever buy it. I've been a commercial artist for 20 years, I've seen folks rip off my work. While they are doing that I'm a step ahead creating something new. This guy has another video where he tells you how to sell on the same website and how to make $8500 a month on instagram. If I were making that a month I certainly wouldn't be wasting my time posting videos on youtube.

@Moodboard39

2 жыл бұрын

Stupid people take advantage of making videos for views and money.Yt fault creating this platform

@Moodboard39

2 жыл бұрын

Is called lawsuit! Saatchi can be sued

I once had a Saatchi account about 10 years ago. All of my work is digital, such as photographs and digital illustrations. After 2 years at Saatchi with no sales I deleted my art and closed my account. I have had more luck selling thru stock photo agencies, such as Robert Harding, Cavan, and Adobe Stock. They only display small versions and watermark the images to make it harder for thieves to copy them. But those types of agencies are not for painters or sculptors who make physical material artwork. Stock agencies only work with digital media.

Thank you !!! I have immediately deleted my artworks on Saatchi… but maybe it’s too late already.

@driesketels

Жыл бұрын

Well that is a very very strong decision that has some risk connected to it as well. In the end you don't want to limit your growth because of an ethical fear or some other fear so be careful. Don't take anything that people are saying online, including myself too literal, there's always some kind of loss of information when you try to express something in a KZread video... You cannot cover everything. But that said, do put your up for sale online in some place. Good luck, you deserve success. You got this.

Hi! Could anyone tell me how to delete my items from Saatchi ? I am trying to delete but it says "Problems deleting art work" WTF????

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

It will be on there forever... You will never be able to delete it again... it's a glitch in the matrix... Welcome to the internet... XD

@dasIDS

2 жыл бұрын

@@driesketels I actually managed it! I replaced all the images with some stupid pictures )))

@jonesashrafi9690

2 жыл бұрын

@@driesketels They can be deleted. But the option to delete the artwork is not in the edit section. You have to go to Studio and click on your artwork. you can see the text "DELET ARTWORKS" very pale

Great information- I really worry about this too. Decisions to make. I had some art on a well known online seller some years ago and I moved and lost the old email address as it was satellite in a remote area in Australia.Then all the emails were purged or lost by that internet company. I had an accident and took some time to recover so art was not on my mind. So I had no idea whether any art sold. The company kept making excuses to allow me access to the old account. Finally I managed to close the old account after 5000 emails. But I still don’t know whether anything sold. All my fault but so frustrating.

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds frustrating indeed Kathy. I'm glad you shared your story because it might be helping some other artists who are reading this. Ps: Hope you recovered fully from the accident.

What about sculpture selling on Saatchi? Any better online gallery?

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

That's a good question. Try them out and see what works best for you. Have you see my video 'best place to sell art online' yet?

Thanks for this.

What is a “better” site to sell art?

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

Good question I have 3 videos on this channel covering the best sites to sell depending on what you need. I'm sure you'll find your answers in those videos Samantha.

Which is a good place online to sell your art?

So if you are selling actual paintings where do you send your art work ? To Saatchi or to the customer?

@joannegallery6730

Жыл бұрын

to the customer

where you reccomend to sell both> original and print?

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

Did you see my other video "Best place to sell art online?

How can we save our uploaded artwork at saatchi from being stolen?

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

You can't that's kind of the thing with the interenet. But in general don't be afraid of those things. Don't let fear stop you from showing your work

@tomkent4656

3 жыл бұрын

Never stick up any image greater than 72ppi resolution.

ok these are pretty tough problems. So what should I do to solve or avoid them?

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

Start with watching my other videos... shameless... I know

@Nonowness

Жыл бұрын

Total nonsense. I sell extremely well on Saatchi art, now after 2 Years they have started promoting my work in catalogs, in features, ect. They do all the difficult paperwork with taxes for you. I am extremely satisfied with Saatchi. This guy is just putting out lies. Most of what he is claiming is not true. I for example know all my buyers, Saatchi even gave the contact details to me.

Saatchi is my friend!

So where would you recommend selling art?

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

I have a couple of videos titled 'best place to sell your art online.... Hope they help.

Some of the info here is well known to people with some web knowledge (for instance many companies upload full sized files, expecting to only make the compressed file public with file extension à la "artwork-700x300.jpg" when in fact using hard URL full version is accessible by just typing the same address but using "artwork.jpg"). BUT what I didn't know was the print-on-demand thing... Hadn't check the website for ages. And the dodgy use of Saatchi name... No wonder so many little know digital artists have started including Saatchi in their CV and pop up in the Google Search. That itself is good PR, but worthless in the grander scheme of things. PS: Same applies to Instagram. I don't know if it still the case but larger sized files used to be there for picking with little view source and URL knowledge. On a certain level it is actually good for those who photograph real paintings with real texture and possibly a little angle, since it would look stupid to just print it out.

Can i "only sell digital art" on Saatchi Art? I don't want to sell physical art & i don't want to deal with shipping/logistic stuff.😊

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

yes, but...

Hi sir I'm From india sir I heard about this website if I want to sell my painting in other country what I should do and how can I sell my painting in exhibition please tell me sir ........................

hi my friend amezing video

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your support :)

thank you for sharing

1 Its bizarre how much you look like me. 2 thank you for this video. 3 where do you recommend we sell? Small and large locations please.

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

I have a couple of videos about your question... You'll love them. titled best place to sell art online and 8 best websites to sell art online

@iiithewindiii2314

2 жыл бұрын

@@driesketels Thank you!

those images are 72dpi, cant print them in quality mate,.

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

It used to be more then 72 dpi, perhaps they changed it...

@robbiengall

3 жыл бұрын

You can easily change 72dpi to 300dpi without resampling and loosing quality in Photoshop. DPI is JUST an information for a printer. It's not affecting the number of pixels in the image.

How is it going at this moment in 2023?

If Saatchi online is that bad, why are you still publishing and selling your art there?

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

XD Great question... Watch my other video for the answer

@Nonowness

Жыл бұрын

I sell extremely well on Saatchi art, now after 2 Years they have started promoting my work in catalogs, in features, ect. They do all the difficult paperwork with taxes for you. I am extremely satisfied with Saatchi. This guy is just putting out lies. Possibly he did not sell well and that is his revenge now. Most of what he is claiming is not true. I for example know all my buyers, Saatchi even gave the contact details to me.

Its 2022 and you are still on Saatchi, so it can be that bad?

good advice.

If you download 1900x1900 you can than use AI upscale to 3800x3800 and print even better quality

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

Are you joking or are you serious? What type of technology are you talking about? Without losing any quality?

@vladkostin7557

3 жыл бұрын

@@driesketels Well, the AI (Neural Network based artificial intelligence) tries to guess the information, it can't restore missing information, however for art, especially abstract, it's guess is good enough to often think that there is no loss in quality. Check out Topaz image upscaler or example. When I used it last time it was train on real photos and when I upscaled some paintings (to set as my desktop wallpaper) it produced some weird textures as if they were organic.. Anyway it now has a mode for art (for man-made images) which is probably handling paintings very well.

@vladkostin7557

3 жыл бұрын

@@driesketels Topaz Gigapixel available for free trial

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds very Interesting Vlad. Thanks for sharing that :)

@vladkostin7557

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, sorry, but here is more anxiety for you. AI is also now very good at removing watermarks: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oqRrqsaCYJCzedI.html&feature=emb_logo

Ah nothing to do with Saatchi Agency anymore. Thx for this info!!!

But you sell on saatchi Art too!

Omg😂😂 I was just trying to step my account there 😭

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

step your account? What is step?

Then where to sell art?

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

I have several videos on that :)

He does saatchi promote artist himself? Im not getting views in my artwork that i upload

that's why any upload I do in the internet of my art is at 45 to 60 DPI so if someone steals my art and print it, the quality will be shity.

I did not found a folder it's not true

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps they changed it after watching my video... but it most definitely was true when recording this video and there are probably other ways at the moment.

So what do you do in order to protect your work from being reprinted??

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

Good question Philip, perhaps something for a future video.

@Moodboard39

2 жыл бұрын

Umm lawsuit? There a law against that .

wht do you think about the artworkarchive

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

Too much for a comment but perhaps I'll make a video about it someday

That's why I make videos and I prefer now to post videos, slideshows and montages rather than just straight off images. The problem is it is hard to get anyone to watch the videos. Even harder to get the proper watch time. No watch time and the reels and videos don't go to anyone. And you don't want to show entertaining content. You want to show what you create which is sort of like a promotional advertisement.

This hair ❤️

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

ancient alien hair...

Two red flags for Saachi ? Sounds like a no go to me. So people just printing your photos that could be done from Etsy too ! So a Gallery is the way to go ?

Thanks bruh 🤕 I was planning to make account on sachi

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

You can still do that. There is some merit to making an account. It's not all bad.

@Nonowness

Жыл бұрын

Total nonsense. I sell extremely well on Saatchi art, now after 2 Years they have started promoting my work in catalogs, in features, ect. They do all the difficult paperwork with taxes for you. I am extremely satisfied with Saatchi. This guy is just putting out lies. Possibly he did not sell well and that is his revenge now. Most of what he is claiming is not true. I for example know all my buyers, Saatchi even gave the contact details to me.

All Print on demand hold this insecurity. Imagine their database get stolen!

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

True but not all of them have the same vulnerability.

Well i doubt he will win his law suit because as you said, he sold his website. They bought the rights to his name, not the actual site. They could have just made a different site but they wanted a site with his name in it, so they bought his site which then means they bought the right to use him name on their website.

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

I am not well versed enough in law and in what the agreements where in this particular case but your reason does sound logic so you might be right indeed.

people can steal image from instagram...and print.....so..fear is not the answer.

As of today: 02/16/2021 you can still access a large reproducible image. No security on this platform.

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

Love the time stamp. You are the best Jeff.

@jeffshoket5155

2 жыл бұрын

@@driesketels I have checked today 09/04/2021 9:30PM PSD (right click is blocked and imagery is LOCKED DOWN FINALLY IN SOME VIEWS!!! I was still able to access several random pieces to test the security of the website for image lock down on large format views and was disappinted to have been able to get jpegs to my desktop… NOT GOOD STILL… sorry ;) Looking for a secure site to sell art work without worring about theft, it doesn’t seem to exist!!!

Can’t you use a watermark?

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

Sure you could use a watermark but do you want to...

Can it be uploaded with "watermark" instead? to avoid being stolen

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

You can do that yourself but I wouldn't recommend that. Saatchi art is not going to like that.

Saatchi Art Online is a waste of time unless you have a big online following. There are millions of artworks for sale. It's a sad place to end up as an Artist.

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

There's a lot of competition on that site for sure!

@Nonowness

Жыл бұрын

Total nonsense. I sell extremely well on Saatchi art, now after 2 Years they have started promoting my work in catalogs, in features, ect. They do all the difficult paperwork with taxes for you. I am extremely satisfied with Saatchi. This guy is just putting out lies. Possibly he did not sell well and that is his revenge now. Most of what he is claiming is not true. I for example know all my buyers, Saatchi even gave the contact details to me. And I started with zero, had zero followers. If you have great artwork and keep the page updated and are a bit patient you have big chnaces there to get realy well known and to sell well.

It is almost impossible to believe that Saatchi just let another unrelated company to use the braded name of Saatchi in the same category field without controlling the impact on Saatchi's reputation...

Disagree. When I have sold on Saatchi, who I would still recommend, you get print-out for shipping label to affix to box/tube. Thereon name, phone number etc.. I have thereby called and thanked customers also. And can contact directly subsequently. Saatchi otherwise unscrupulous? Isn't much of art-world and world in general? I'll try and do a painting of unscrupulous people one day. P.S. I have impression that at least some of Saatchi curators have gone Woke. In that: its not originality, or accomplishment, it's identity that's promoted. Not the Johnny Depp, Hunter Biden identity thing. Selling a name/label. Like a handbag, watch, or some such like. Something else. P.P.S. Is obscene profiteering &c. OK, as long as it's Woke? P.P.P.S. Johnny Depp certainly treats artists who are in contrast to him unknown, with an immense respect. Righteous for that. I am amused at people who buy his Art only. They're buying a name. The "Art" is I am informed, overpainted giclee, which prints were produced from photoshoped images. Correct me if wrong please.

Good idea to show te exact step by step on how to stole someone's art digitally through saatchi art HA

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

I thought so too

@elartistaenelsuenolucido

3 жыл бұрын

@@driesketels Yeah hopefully they don't find out haha

The answer is never put up images over 72ppi.

@stephengreico2810

3 жыл бұрын

Thats all?

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

5 ppi is as far as I go on the internet...

you do know who has bought your work on Saatchi.

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

I know... I was confusing it with a different one ... I guess we all make mistakes XD

@tonycartlidge

2 жыл бұрын

@@driesketels no worries .

Can't you just watermark it?

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

Feels very unprofessional to watermark it but that's a personal opinion

@larissakrysiek7509

3 жыл бұрын

@@driesketels hear you, I hate the look. But I hate people stealing my work even more.

Hard to give credibility to a guy that seems like he just came out of an hangover and doesn't remember the last time his hair saw a brunch. Bullshitting it's easy in fact it's so easy you have a channel about it. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

Oh stop it please, enough about me. What have you been up to lately?

GODD I cant believe companies can just steal the hell out of your art😡😡.

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

Oh I didn't even got started.

@Nonowness

Жыл бұрын

They dont steal your art, this guy tals nonsense.

Спасибо! Эта он-лайн галерея, к тому же, ввела санкции против художников из России. Теперь потенциальный покупатель должен заплатить за картину русского художника дополнительные 1000$ непонятно за что. ))

This has changed now though? A friend has sold on saatchi (she sells ALOT) and has never had this issue I fear artists like you scaremonger in fear of a saturated market

@rhyst124

3 жыл бұрын

changed as in you can no longer steal images on saatchi

@driesketels

3 жыл бұрын

?

@jankimehta6837

3 жыл бұрын

I would love to know more about your friend who sells a lot on saatchi... I was so enthusiastic to start selling on saatchi and looking for something positive here 😊

@rhyst124

3 жыл бұрын

@@jankimehta6837 She was featured, two galleries now sell her art and she was encouraged to leave Saatchi because of this. Leaving can be positive.

That hair nigga....that hair...!

You don't need to even save the page. Just drag the picture to a new tab and you can see it opened in a new tab at its best quality. It sucks! Also, delete my comment. I don't want to teach something detrimental.

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

hahah, love that last line. Also, delete my comment. I don't want to teach something detrimental.....

Actually you are not telling the truth. Saatcji Art is building a career for good artist. They promoting me, they print my work in a catalog which is send to 250000 people, they feature artist. Your video is just click bait.

holy shit that's horrible !!! i am so sorry that scammer do that to you . . .

damn dude get a haircut.....that mop is a fire hazard !!! lol

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

Get the hell out of here

Thanks for your video? But why are you still there? According to the link in bio in your Instagram

@driesketels

2 жыл бұрын

Good question!