About Minted / New Artists Start Here!
General Questions
- New to Minted? Start Here!
- What challenges are open? How do I know what challenges are coming up?
- How do Challenges work?
- What are the benefits of working with Minted?
- What is the typical timeline for a challenge?
- Are international designers allowed to enter Minted's competitions?
Working at Minted
Contact Us
Challenge Process
Artist Profile and Account
- What is an artist type?
- How can I add Minted design challenges and community events to my calendar?
- What is the artist signature and how do I prepare it?
- How do I set up my Minted profile?
- How do I update my profile after my first win?
- What is the hand-written name and how do I prepare it?
Creating Designs
Submitting Designs
- Can I submit designs that I'm currently selling somewhere else?
- What file format do I use for my submission?
- What type of colors should I use?
- How do I use the submission templates?
- How should I create my submission for the fabric challenge?
- Do you provide templates for older versions of the Creative Suite?
Fonts
- How do I know which fonts I can or can't use for non-editable text?
- What do I need to know about using fonts when designing for Minted?
- Can I use typefaces that aren't on the Minted Font List to submit to challenges?
- Do you provide the fonts on your Minted Font List?
- Can I use text that I hand-lettered or illustrated myself?
- Can I use fonts outside of the Minted Fonts List if I outline them?
Critique, Feedback and Polling
- What is the Critique Period?
- How can I get feedback on my work from other artists?
- What are “likes?” Do they affect the score?
- What's the "ask for feedback" button?
- What is a Design Poll?
- How do I start a Design Poll?
Voting and Selection
- How does voting work?
- Where can I go to vote?
- Who can vote in the challenges?
- Do I need to actively solicit votes from friends and family in order to win?
- How long will voting last and when will you announce the winners?
- Why can't people vote on my design when they click on my Voting Badge?
Winning
Prize Payments
Once a Challenge is over...
- Why are challenges sometimes announced and content published out of order?
- When will my winning piece be available on Minted.com?
- Can I remove my non-winning designs from the site?
- Can I sell my non-winning design elsewhere?
- What is the Trial Period?
- Can I resubmit a non-winning design?
The Better Together Greeting Card Challenge
- How does the Minted Greeting Card Challenge work?
- Who can submit to Part I of the Challenge?
- Why should I submit? What’s the benefit of joining the Minted community?
- As a writer, can I decide who gets to create designs based on my copy?
- As a writer, what happens if I submit the same/very similar copy as another writer by coincidence?
- As a writer, can I use classic phrases/song lyrics/famous quotes in my copy?
Stock Image Policy
- Can I use stock images or third-party assets in my designs?
- What is third-party art?
- How do I notify Minted if one of my submissions incorporates a third-party asset?
- Why has the Challenge submission form been updated?
- Can I submit a design that incorporates my own stock art?
- How does Minted use the information indicated on the submission form? Will my work be penalized if I incorporate stock images?
File Requests
What to expect after sending final files
File Request Preparation
Minted Community
General
Minted Community Facebook Group
- What is the Minted Community Facebook group?
- How do I join the Minted Community Facebook group?
- Who can see what I post to the group?
- How do I get a notification when someone posts to the group?
- How do I edit or delete my post in the Facebook group?
- How do I find older posts in the Facebook group?
Events
- What are Artist Roundtable Calls? When are they?
- What is the Buddy Program?
- What and when is the New Artist Call?
- What are Minted Meetups?
- When is the next Mintie Meetup?
- Who can organize a Mintie Meetup?
Julep (the Minted Blog)
The Leaderboard (beta)
Designer Forum
CMYK Program
Selling on Minted
Commissioned Original Art Program (BETA)
Minted Terms
Reporting and Commission Payments
- What is the commission rate for Minted products?
- How do I sign up to be paid via PayPal?
- How can I track my sales?
- When do you send out commission payments?
- How do you send out commission payments?
- Where can I update my payment information?
Your Published Designs
Badges
Inspiration Boards
Minted Artist Stores
Store Basics
- How Can I Curate My Store?
- What is new in Minted Artist Stores (as of the September 2015 redesign)
- What is a Minted Artist Store?
- How should I get started with my Store?
- Minted Stores Video How To
- How do I get a Minted Artist Store?
The Self-Launch Process
- How do I launch home decor items to my Artist Store?
- What is self-launch?
- Where can I find the templates for self-launch?
- Are there instructions for the self-launch process?
- Can I delete or hide products I have self-launched?
- How should I prepare my self-launch art prints?
Self-Launch Policies
- What is the benefit of making my self launched art exclusive to Minted?
- What product formats can I self-launch?
- Are self-launched pieces exclusive to Minted?
- Can I self-launch customizable artwork?
- If I self-launch a piece, can I later submit it to a challenge?
- Can I self-launch work that I submitted to a challenge, but that did not win?
Customizing Your Store
Payment
Your Brand on Minted
- How do I create affiliate links?
- How do I sign up for the Affiliate Program?
- How does having a Minted Artist Store help strengthen my brand?
- How will Minted customers find my Store and my self-launched work?
- Can I send traffic to my Store from places like my personal website and outside blogs?
- How do I let people know about my Store?