Weekly Updates & Estimated Challenge Calendar

Last updated on November 16, 2018

Thanks for stopping by to read the projected Current Estimated Challenge Calendar for the next two months! Please note that this schedule is subject to change. We will update this page every Friday.

  Please note:

• We plan to send additional file requests for the What a Bright Time Non-Foil and Foil-Pressed Holiday Photo Card Challenges, as well as the All Year Cheer Quickfire Specialty Holiday Challenge.
• We expect winners announcements for Art and Partner Challenges to take longer than
• other Challenges.
• Minted Now Challenges will not be included on this calendar.
• File requests are typically sent within a few business days of winners announcements. Files are typically due back to Minted within 2-4 weeks after the file request.
  
  

Events

The next quarterly VoiceIt! Call will be held on Tuesday, November 20th at 11am PT! RSVP here to join the call. VoiceIt! Calls are quarterly conference calls for you, the Minted Community of designers and artists, to talk directly with the Minted Team, give us feedback, and ask questions. Those who RSVP will receive an email confirmation the week of the call with instructions on how to join the call.

Minted Community Facebook Group Update (as of August 24th)

Update on our Facebook account: Facebook has asked that we convert our Minted Artist profile into a page. You can find our new Minted Artist Relations page here: https://www.facebook.com/mintedartistrelations/. No action is required from you but you’re welcome to ‘like’ this page. All of our communication and discussions will be kept within this private Minted Community Facebook group, not our public page.

As a part of this transition, we have converted this ‘secret’ group into a ‘closed’ group. If you received a notification about this than you can disregard. Converting it to a closed group will allow non-members to search, find, and request to join, however current group member names and any group content will not be visible to users until we vet and accept their request to join the Minted Community group.

As you all know, the Minted Community Facebook group is a private group and a place for artists to build relationships, share information with one another, ask each other questions, share feedback to Minted, connect with the Minted team. If you would like someone from the Minted Artist Relations team to weigh in, simply tag the @Minted Artist Relations page. In the next week, we will be deactivating our old ‘Minted Artists’ profile — so it’s important that you tag ‘Minted Artist Relations’ going forward.

File Request Updates

• File requests for the Blow Out The Candles Kids' Birthday Party Invitation Challenge have been sent! Files were due on Tuesday, 10/30.
• File requests for Letterpress Holiday Cards have been sent! Files were due on Thursday, 10/11.
• File requests for Greeting Card designs have been sent! Files were due on Tuesday, 11/16.

 Payments

• IMPORTANT UPDATE: Minted has transitioned to a new payment platform, Payoneer. All artists who receive payment from Minted must register for Payoneer.  As of November 1, all payments will be processed through Payoneer and we will hold all future payments and tax reporting forms for artists who have not completed registration by the deadline. Please see here for more information on Payoneer. 
• We have transitioned to our new commission payment schedule. We will continue to pay artists on a monthly basis, approximately 45 days after month in which the sales were made. Please note that sales made through some wholesale and retail partners will continue to be paid on a quarterly basis. Our new commission payment schedule and details on specific partners be viewed here.
• The latest round of prize payments was sent on November 1, 2018, for all files received before that date. Prize payments are sent every two weeks, at the end of the week. 

Scheduled Launches

This is an estimate. Late or incomplete files, the need to acquire new font licenses, licensed graphics we'd have to look into, and technical difficulties with customization can cause delays in launch. We'll continue to update this section to reflect any changes in our launch timelines.

• Calendars are being launched! 
• Holiday Vellum is being launched!
• Holiday All-in-Ones have launched!
• Holiday designs are starting to launch! Please note that you may see some irregularities on the product pages as designs are first launched. Please let us know if you see any display issues that do are not resolved after three days from when your design launched. 
• A handful of Holiday Letterpress designs have launched; remaining designs should launch by 11/16.

Site Updates 

• Self-Launch Bugs: 

  • GENERAL UPDATE: There are currently a number of issues affecting the self-launch tool, which are preventing designs from launching successfully. We've detailed some of the known and solvable issues below, but there have been other issues surfacing which we're unfortunately not able to fix at this time as we need to focus on site issues and stability as we enter the Holiday season. You are welcome to continue self-launching your work, but please note that there may be issues which will require long-term investigations to fix. We really appreciate your patience.
  • If your design uses a non-Minted font (or slightly different version of a Minted font), you will likely receive an "Unknown Error" when uploading your files. If this occurs, please email [e-mail] and we can help push your project through.
    
    
  • Some artists have been experiencing issues around project dimensions (i.e. if you create a portrait orientation card, the upload area may prompt you to submit a landscape orientation template instead). If you do not see this update to the correct dimension within 48 hours, please email files@minted.
    
    
  • If you upload a new version of your design during self-launch, the image doesn't always update right away on the Product Details Page. If it still has not updated after 24 hours, reach out to [e-mail] and we will investigate.
    
    
• Some artists have experienced issues with the sales report links in their sales emails. If your link does not work, it is because you are not logged into your Minted account. Log in, then try again and it should work!