How do I start accepting commissions? What's the practical first step?

Start by putting a commissions button or link on your website — it’s free and you can do it in less than 30 minutes. Create a dedicated commissions page that says something like ‘Have a vision for something you’d like to see created? Let’s talk about it’ with a simple contact form. Put a commissions link in your social media profiles, in your link tree, on Instagram and Facebook. Post occasionally about being open for commissions in your social media and emails. The beauty of this approach is that you don’t have to accept every commission you receive. You can use it as a feedback engine to learn what the market wants. Consider promoting commission availability around holidays when demand is higher.

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Asked by artists ready to start taking commissions · Answered by Unknown presenter · art-marketing-podcast · 2026-06-22