Just a touch over a month since the last you heard from us over here at the Choice100 project. Last time we spoke we were all psyched to start taking artwork. We even had a couple of people email us sample art, and the stuff you sent us was great! We were so excited to be able to properly take art, and then we realized that we still had some things to figure out on our end. So, many apologies at this time, but know that our radio silence here on the blog doesn’t mean that we haven’t been working our t-shirts off figuring out what to do with the awesome artwork from our contributors!
The biggest development in the last stretch of brainstorming has been a re-approach to our submission process. Previously, we’d stated that we were looking for the best of the best to participate in our Choice100 Shirt Designer community, but we hadn’t really been explicit on how to become a Choice100 artist.
Unlike other design contests where you submit art and then WAIT for the community to vote before it goes up for sale, the FIRST step of our process is getting your art up for sale. You get up to three submissions at the first step of our program. That doesn’t mean you will get all of the awesome benefits of being a Choice100 artist right away, but it does mean that sales of your art count as votes towards you getting into the Choice100, and all along the way, you’re benefiting from your art being for sale instead of it sitting on a shelf waiting to be sold!
As soon as your first shirt is sold, you’ve earned credit for it. Once you sell ten shirts, you’ll move up to the next level and start experiencing our affiliate benefits! At that point you’re earning more dollars, and you get to submit 3 more designs for sale. More designs for sale means more chances to make sales, and another step closer to the Choice100. You’ll also start getting additional promotional material from us to help you sell.
Now that you’re selling shirts, how do you become one of the Choice100 to get all of the benefits we have to offer? Stand out! Show us that you mean business as a t-shirt designer, and we’ll make it our business to help you succeed. Once you’ve made it to the Choice100, you’ve proven your ability to consistently produce the most fantastic work that we, and our customers, have ever seen. And we’ll be rewarding you appropriately!
There are a few more simple steps that we’re creating between submitting new art for sale, and achieving the ultimate goal of being inducted into the Choice100, but we don’t want to give away all of our secret sauce just yet. You’ll have to stay tuned for more, and we promise, it won’t be a whole month before you hear from us again.
We’re excited to hear from people about our new approach, so sound off in the comments!