No. Your participation on ArtAvant is non-exclusive. You are able to sell and prosper from your Video Art productions as much as feasible.
ArtAvant.com is accessible around the world.
Video Art has International appeal and broad benefits for everyone interested in the Art Form and the Art Works that are as diverse as the Artists who create them.
There are no fees to become a Gallery Artist on ArtAvant and your participation is non-exclusive.
Selling on ArtAvant begins with you signing up to become a Gallery Artist.
Once your Gallery Artist account is assigned, you can then visit your Artist Dashboard and provide the following Gallery Settings information:
- Confirm the name of your Gallery, which is your Display Name on your Account (this can be changed in your ArtAvant User Account before submitting Works for sell)
- Enter your PayPal account information so that you can get paid
- Enter your Artist Profile information
- Select an Avatar to represent you throughout the site
You then fill out a submission form for each Video Art Work you want to sell.
Your submission is processed by ArtAvant for publishing to your Gallery.
Once your Work is published for sale, visitors are able to:
- See a video preview, associated screen shots, product description and reviews
- Select a video format
- Select a video license (Personal Use or Public Display) for viewing
- Pay at checkout via Credit Card, Debit Card or PayPal
- Download their purchase immediately at checkout or later by email link or from within their ArtAvant Account.
Your earnings from the sale of your Works are deposited directly into your PayPal account on a monthly basis as applicable.
Visit Selling On ArtAvant for Features, Benefits and Information on selling Video Art Works on ArtAvant.
Creating your Gallery Artist account is simple. Start with signing-up to Become A Gallery Artist by filling out and submitting a short Registration Form.
If you have an existing Art Fan account you can chose to change your account to a Gallery Artist account or choose to keep your Art Fan account and create a different account as a Gallery Artist. You can make purchases on ArtAvant with either account but you need a Gallery Artist account to submit and sell your Works.
You’ll receive notice that your Gallery Artist account is ready for completion directing you to your Artist Dashboard where you’ll find a detailed walkthrough on how to setup your Artist Gallery and manage the following:
- Gallery Settings
- About The Artist Profile
- Make New Submissions
- List of Your Submissions
- View Your Gallery
- Make Gallery Revisions
- Revise/Replace A Video Work
- List of Gallery Revisions
- Monitor Sales Reports By Date
You can create your Artist Profile page in your Artist Dashboard by clicking on the “About The Artist” button and filling out the form with the information and images you wish to share with visitors on the site.
No need to be shy. Tell us your story…the challenges…the glory…or simply some aspect of yourself and your creative process. Whatever you wish to share about you and your Art works. You know…the method behind the magic….that sort of thing.
Once done, submit the form for publishing and you’ll receive a notification when your Artist Profile is posted on the site and linked to your Gallery.
You need to have a PayPal account established to get paid on ArtAvant.
You can use an existing PayPal account or setup a new one through PayPal before submitting Works for sell.
For each monthly period with completed sales of your Video Art Works, payments of your earnings for that period are made directly to your PayPal account the following month.
You receive earnings of 35% of the gross price of a Work purchased, before any other costs and fees are accounted for. That way you know exactly what you earn from each sale.
For each monthly period with completed sales of your Video Art Works, payments of your earnings for that period are made directly to your PayPal account the following month.
You can monitor your Works that have sold, the number of sales and your Earnings by date and calendar periods within the Sales Report section in your Artist Dashboard.
The name of your Gallery is the same as your Display Name on your ArtAvant User Account If you decide that you want to change your Gallery Name you can do so by changing your Display Name in the “Profile” section of your ArtAvant User Account area.
There are several elements on the homepage and throughout the site for displaying Video Art Works on ArtAvant. These elements are populated automatically for the most part using random selection of certain product types such as “Most Recent”, “Other Works”, “Featured Works” “Art Fan Favorites”, “Best Sellers” and “More”. The goal is to provide visitors with an appealing preview of the various types of Works they can buy and an opportunity to sample the goods which leads to more sampling along the way. The more Video Art Works available on the store the smaller the percentage of overall Works presented.. Applying a randomized approach to selection helps spread the spotlight when and where possible.
Lost Passwords can be replaced by going to the login page and clicking on the “Lost Password?” text link. You can change your password by providing your Username or Email on your account then click on the “Reset Password” button. An email will be sent to you with directions for creating a new password so that you can continue your Video Art adventure without further delay.
You can change your password in the “Settings” section of your ArtAvant User Account area. Go to the “Update Password” section in Settings, type your new password and then re-type it for safety then click on the “Click Here To Reset Password” button and you’re good to go.
You can change your login email in the “Settings” section of your ArtAvant User Account area. Go to the “Update Email” section in Settings, type your new email address then click on the “Click Here To Update Your Email” button and you’re good to go.
Remember, your existing email is the email where all of your email communications from ArtAvant have been sent previously. Any further emails will be sent to your new email address so you may want to make record of any previous emails that may have future importance if any.
ArtAvant utilizes pricing of Video Art Works similar to how traditional Video content such as TV Shows, Movies and Music Videos are priced and sold online today.
As a Gallery Artist, you select from a range of prices reflective of the length of your Video Art Work and the type of licensing applied to the purchase. Every Video Art Work for sale on ArtAvant comes with either a Personal Use or Public Display license of use provided to the purchaser. Public Display Videos are priced higher than Personal Use Videos.
The resulting Price for each Video Art Work you sell on ArtAvant is determined by you, on a Work by Work basis, through the pricing parameters you select during the submission process.
As with traditional Video Entertainment services, Video Art Works on ArtAvant are priced affordably and are universally playable across devices to maximize sales, buyer happiness and your overall success.
To sell Video Art Works on ArtAvant, Gallery Artists agree to license their Video Art Works for Personal Use and Public Display in accordance with the terms and conditions of each license. Customers select which license to include during purchase. An ArtAvant account is required to purchase Public Display licensed Video Art Works. See “Terms and Conditions” for complete license information.
Personal Use License:
A Personal Use License included with a Video Art Work is a license to use that Video Art Work for personal, non-public, non-commercial viewing.
Public Display License:
A Public Display License included with a Video Art Work is a license to use that Video Art Work for public performance within commercial establishments and public events. Performance is limited to a single location at a time per Video Art Work purchased.
A Video Art Work performed concurrently at multiple locations requires an additional purchase of the Video Art Work for use in each location. As example of this, a Restaurant with four (4) locations that wants to display a particular Audiovisual Work within each Restaurant location in the same time period requires purchase of four (4) of that particular Audiovisual Work, which can be done in a single payment transaction on the Website.
The retransmission of a Video Art Work that is sent by any device or process (including, without limitation, Television, Cable, Satellite, the Internet) and received in a different place is not permitted. A retransmission is a transmission of a Video Art Work to yet another place.
Video Art Works on ArtAvant are High Definition with the following formats:
Horizontal Video Art
4K Ultra HD (3840 x 2160)
1080p Full HD (1920 x 1080)
1080p UpRes (SD Video Up-scaled to Full HD 1920 x1080)
Vertical Video Art
4K Ultra HD (2160 x 3840)
1080p Full HD (1080 x 1920)
1080p UpRes (SD Video Up-scaled to Full HD 1080 x 1920)
Horizontal Preview
1080p Full HD (1080 x 1920)
Duration: 30 Seconds
Vertical Preview
1920p Full HD (1920 x 1080)
Duration: 30 Seconds
Video & Audio Specs For All Files
Video: H264/MP4 (Various Bit Rates)
Audio: AAC (Various Bit Rates)
Media file specs and guidance are provided in detail during the submission process. Files will be sold and delivered at the quality and format as submitted.
You can change information associated with your published Video Art Works by using the Gallery Revision form in your Artist Dashboard area and submitting your changes for processing.
Some of the changes include:
- Pricing
- Product Description
- Product Previews
- Product Downloads
- Product Images
- Keywords/Tags
- Production Notes
You can find the website URL address for your Artist Gallery as well as any of your published Works by visiting their respective pages. The URL of each page can be found in the Web Browser’s address bar at the top of the page.
Feel free to share the address with your potential customers by copying the site URL or you can use the built-in Social Media sharing icons located on each of the pages.
Submitted Video Art Works are placed in secured storage and are only made available to customers upon purchase through ArtAvant.
There is no limit placed on the number of Works you can submit for sell. We welcome the opportunity to showcase your entire portfolio of Video Art productions if you desire to do so.
Keywords and Tags are important pieces of information describing aspects of your Works that help potential buyers find your Works during product searches on the site and content searches on the Internet. In a vast sea of mega metadata, keywords and tags are beacons to help show the way to discovering what your Video Art has to offer to shoppers.
So be sure to include a good listing of them where asked in the form during your submission of Works for sell.
No. The ArtAvant watermark will not appear on your Video Art Works. The watermark only appears on product previews to discourage content theft and piracy.
Copyrighted or other material that you don't own or have rights to distribute:
This includes any products that infringe or violate existing copyrights, trademarks, or the legal rights of any 3rd party under the laws of any jurisdiction. The sale of any illegally obtained content or products is also prohibited.
You are prohibited from using ArtAvant to distribute the work of another person or company unless you have legal permission or license for selling these goods.
Adult, obscene and hateful content is prohibited:
Adult content meaning material which is pornographic, that is sexual in nature or material or acts that go beyond what is normally broadcasted.
Content exhibiting physical violence toward individuals or objects; promoting and/or encouraging violent acts of any kind toward individuals or objects
Offensive, obscene and hateful content where popular opinion can classify the content as repulsive or adverse
Also, any items that encourage, promote or instruct others to engage in illegal activity
Video: H264/MP4 Files
Image: Jpg/Jpeg Files
If you get an error when uploading media files during your submission there could be a few reasons for this:
Only video files with an mp4 extension are permitted
Each upload field in the submission form has file size limits for uploads shown in the field description area, your file may exceed the maximum file size permitted
Only jpg/jpeg image format files are allowed as product images. All other formats are not applicable
It may mean the upload failed on our end for some reason such as server functionality and another attempt to upload is needed
It may mean the upload failed on your end for some reason such as Internet connectivity and another attempt to upload is needed
To post your Artist Gallery to your Social Media services, simply visit your Gallery and click on the Social Media Icon of your choice to automatically post your Gallery to that Social Media service.
If you want to post your Artist Gallery to a Social Media service that is not one of the Social Media Icons available, simply copy the URL address of your Gallery page found within the Web Browser address bar and post the URL to your Social Media accordingly.
You can do the same for any of your individual Video Art Works that you want to feature on your Social Media as well.
If you want to link your Artist Gallery to your Website, simply copy the URL address of your Gallery page found within the Web Browser address bar and post the URL to your Website as fitting to your theme.
You can do the same for any of your individual Video Art Works that you want to feature on your Website as well.
We do not issue refunds for digital products once the order is confirmed and the product is sent. To promote customer satisfaction each purchase can be downloaded 3 times over a 90 day period.
The multiple download attempts can be used if:
- You want to download files to different devices.
- The device you saved the file on becomes damaged or lost and you need to re-download it.
- You need several attempts to download the entire file due to an interrupted Internet connection or other factors.
That said, we’re big believers of “Buyer Happiness” so if there remains an issue where a purchase is not accessible or has a technical defect, please contact us for support so that we can get the Art to you for your viewing pleasure as intended.
Sales Tax
ArtAvant is responsible for calculating, collecting, and remitting sales taxes, including VAT, US state sales tax, GST, or other sales taxes as applicable. Buyers locations are determined at checkout and when appropriate, the proper amount of tax is added to the transaction and included in sales receipts.
1099-K Tax Reporting
Earnings from the sale of your Video Art Works are deposited directly into your PayPal account. Third-party settlement organizations (TPSOs), such as PayPal, are required to report goods and services transactions paid to PayPal account holders that reach a certain threshold of payment received in annual gross sales on 1099-K forms.
Form 1099-K is an IRS informational tax form used to report payments received by a business or individual for the sale of goods and services that were paid via a third-party network, often referred to as a TPSO or credit/debit card transaction. The IRS requires TPSOs, such as PayPal, to issue a Form 1099-K, which shows the total amount of payments received from a TPSO in the calendar year.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently changed the payment threshold for 1099-K tax reporting at $5000 for Tax Year 2024 (taxes that are filed in 2025). A $600 threshold is planned to go into effect for tax year 2025 for taxes filed in 2026 and beyond. If you meet the IRS threshold in a given calendar year, PayPal will send you a Form 1099-K.
PayPal account holders that reach the payment threshold in a tax reporting period will be asked to provide tax information like an Employer Identification Number (EIN), Individual Tax ID Number (ITIN), or Social Security Number (SSN), if you haven’t already. See PayPal Sales Reporting for more information.
This information is not intended to be and should not be construed as tax advice. For questions about your specific tax situation, please consult a tax professional.
What a great question and what a great opportunity to make the most of your creative talents and experience on ArtAvant. Check out the Artist Guide for some suggestions on how to achieve higher success and possibly higher consciousness while doing so.
Be sure to read through these Artist FAQs for a solution or visit FAQ if you need general answers not covered here.
You can visit the Artist Support page for helpful information on various topics.
If you need more assistance, you can contact us using the Artist Support Form.
As hard as it will be to say good bye, it is easy for you to close out your Gallery Artist account if you decide to do so.
You can close out your Gallery Artist account in the “Account” section of your ArtAvant User Account area. Go to the “Close Account” section in the Account Tab then click on the “Account Removal Form” button and submit your request. You’ll be asked to confirm that you want to close and delete your account and to leave a good bye note if you wish (“Parting is such sweet sorrow…”). Submit the form and you’re off to new adventures without us.
Applicable files associated with your account will need to be retained to carry out any follow-on actions needed to facilitate any outstanding Orders that include purchases of your Works.
