For Artists
Do you have an image or design laying around that would look awesome on a t-shirt? Want to turn that image/design into monthly income? Well then, read on, Superstar!
As an Artist on Locus-Tokus, you get:
- $4 per product sold featuring your design, paid monthly
- Product pages with your design info and 2-3 outgoing links
- Artist page with all of your products together plus an extended bio and more links
- We market your products via our email list and social pages
- High traffic website means more exposure for you as an artist
- Money, money, money!!!
SOME SIMPLE MATH
Let's say we sell 100 products per month featuring your design, which earns you $400 per month and $4800 per year. But what if we only sell 25 products per month featuring your design... that's still $1200 per year... after year... after year for a single design. Now imagine having several designs in our store... and selling even more than 100 products per month!!
Turns out math is pretty cool after all... who knew?!
Our launch date will be the end of August or early September!
Locus-Tokus is bold, irreverent, funny, weird, and a little too in-your-face at times. We like yoga, psychedelics, and giant slabs of red meat! Send us designs and images that fit our brand, yo! For more brand flavor and to meet our brand ambassadors - Annie & Rico - check out our About Us video on Facebook or Instagram.
IMAGE SUBMISSION PROCESS:
*Increase your odds of having your image or design accepted by sending it BEFORE we launch.
1. Send your designs/images in PNG format and with a resolution of 300 DPI to submission@locus-tokus.com. Send as many as you'd like. As long as YOU created them and they DO NOT appear on products elsewhere online, you're all good, Superstar!
2. If we want to feature your artwork on our products, we'll reach out with an image acceptance email and a link to our calendar so you can schedule a quick Zoom call, during which time we'll do your product mockups.
3. We build your product pages. Here is a sample page. (Not a real product!)
4. You earn some passive income every single month!
PLEASE READ THE FAQS BELOW.
If you have a question not listed there, ask Nick at nick@locus-tokus.com.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much money can I make?
How much money you make each month depends on two things:
- How many people like your design/image
- How much traffic the website gets
We view this relationship as a partnership. When the site does better, you make more money.
We do ask one favor from our artist partners, and that is to share and like three 60-90 second pieces of video content we post each week on our social feeds. They loosely promote our daily t-shirt giveaway, but Rico sidetracks every video by going off script. Here are two samples.
Rico's going to hell for being a vegetarian
Also, if you are ever not comfortable liking or sharing one of them, just pass on it. But if you're going to be offended by a lot of them, this is probably a bad fit.
How will I get paid and when?
You will get paid by the 10th of each month for all products sold with your design/image from the previous month. And you''ll get paid through Stripe.
We'll provide you with a Shopify sales report and how much money we owe you for products sold minus any returned. You invoice us, and we pay your invoice immediately. That simple!
What kind of designs/images are you looking for?
Remember our brand statement from above: Locus-Tokus is bold, irreverent, funny, weird, and a little too in-your-face at times. We like yoga, psychedelics, and giant slabs of red meat!
We want art! Suprise us! And nothing boxy that lays there all stale with its defined borders. These designs and images should pop, be borderless, bleed into the very fabric of life... dare we say?
How many designs/images can I have in the store?
Let's begin with one, but there is no cap. If your designs/images sell, we'll take as many as you have.
Right now, each of your designs will go on four products: 1 women's short sleeve tee, 1 unisex short-sleeve tee, 1 unisex long-sleeve tee, and 1 unisex hoodie. But whenever we add another product to our catalog (around 4-6 times per year), your designs/images will go on those as well, giving you even more opportunities to make money!
What size should my image be?
Our print-on-demand partner has said that 300 DPI works best, and make sure it's in PNG.
Do you have a contract that protects me?
We've been asked to provide one, so here is our contract. Your prerogative whether you sign it or not. If you do, send it back to us, and our egg-head owner will put down his mark and return it pronto.
This really is a partnership and we cannot do this without you. Our hope is that you'll have a few designs/images in our store and make enough each month to pay your mortgage or your car payment or for your very responsibly managed drug habit. Or maybe all three, and why not?