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Create your portfolio
Register free and provide strong examples that make your style, materials, quality, typical scale and relevant experience easy to understand.
For artists, makers and creative specialists
Create exceptional work, with the commission professionally managed
CommissionIt connects selected creatives with suitable bespoke opportunities and manages the client journey around a clear brief, written agreement and defined approval stages.
Free to joinno supplier membership fee
You set your pricewe add our margin
8 plus yearscommissioning experience
Managed processbriefs, agreements and support
A clear supplier journey
Four stages from portfolio to completed commission
We work across art, furniture, sculpture, interiors, jewellery and specialist making. Opportunities are matched according to the work, not sent indiscriminately.
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Receive suitable opportunities
When a brief appears relevant, we may invite you to review it. You decide whether it suits your skills, availability and working practice before quoting.
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Agree the plan
You confirm your supplier price, timing and practical requirements. If selected, the final scope, milestones, payments and deliverables are recorded before work begins.
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Create, approve and deliver
You produce the work and share the agreed evidence at the right stages. We manage client feedback, final approval and payment according to the agreement.
Support around your practice
Focus on making, while we manage the client process
We help turn an initial enquiry into a workable brief, set expectations and keep communication organised. That does not remove your professional responsibility, but it reduces avoidable ambiguity and gives both sides a documented process.
- Brief clarification before production
- Written scope, timing and payment terms
- Client communication managed through CommissionIt
- Approval points suited to the type of work
- Clear distinction between included revisions and new scope
- Code of Conduct and dispute support
How the commercial model works
Simple terms, with no supplier membership fee
You set your supplier price
Quote the amount you need to deliver the agreed work, including the costs and responsibilities stated in the brief. CommissionIt adds its margin to the client price rather than deducting a commission from your agreed supplier amount.
Payment stages are agreed
The commissioning agreement records the payment schedule. Many projects use an advance and a final payment, but the structure can vary according to value, duration, materials and risk.
Opportunities are selective
Registration does not guarantee acceptance, portfolio publication, invitations or paid work. Selection depends on quality, relevance, client needs, availability and the strength of each proposal.
Professional expectations
What we need from every creative
Accurate portfolios
Show work you created or were directly responsible for, with truthful descriptions of your role, materials and process.
Realistic quotes and timing
Allow for materials, production, drying or curing, packing, delivery and any agreed approval stages before confirming.
Clear progress evidence
Share photographs, drawings, samples or other milestones only where they are appropriate and recorded in the agreement.
Prompt communication
Raise questions, delays or material changes early. Do not make assumptions that alter the approved brief.
Professional finishing
Complete, protect, pack and deliver the work to the standard and method agreed for the project.
Rights and confidentiality
Respect copyright, privacy, image usage and confidentiality requirements. Project specific restrictions should be identified before work starts.
Common questions
Artist and maker FAQs
Guidance on creating and managing portfolios, responding to opportunities, quotations, payment, client communication, delivery and resolving problems.
How do CommissionIt artist and maker portfolios work?
Each portfolio presents one clear service that a client can commission from you, rather than acting as a general online gallery. It should explain what you make, your style and materials, show representative examples, give a realistic price range and include relevant size, location, timing or delivery information. You can create and manage more than one portfolio from My Account, My portfolios. CommissionIt uses your portfolio information to help clients discover suitable work and to match you with relevant enquiries. Before starting, open the PDF guide to creating your CommissionIt portfolio. You can also read our artist and maker commissioning guidance.
How do I create my first artist or maker portfolio?
Register for an artist or maker account and complete the required profile information. After signing in, open My Account, select My portfolios, then choose Create portfolio. Create one portfolio for one distinct commission service, complete the required fields, upload relevant examples and submit it for review. Do not create it through the WordPress admin area. Follow the PDF guide to creating your CommissionIt portfolio for the complete process.
What should I include in each portfolio?
Include a clear service title, a concise description of what clients can commission, your medium or materials, style, typical subjects or uses, available sizes, production time, location or delivery limits and your realistic minimum and maximum artist prices. Add a strong main image and a small selection of relevant completed examples. Explain important exclusions or limitations, but do not add personal contact details, payment links or unrelated services.
How many portfolios should I create?
Create enough portfolios to separate genuinely different services, but do not make near duplicates. For example, watercolour house portraits, oil pet portraits and sculpture should normally be separate portfolios because the medium, process, price and client need differ. Variations of the same service can usually remain together when they share a similar style, process and price range.
How do I join CommissionIt?
Start by creating an artist or maker profile and submitting examples of relevant work. We review portfolios for quality, presentation and suitability for the types of enquiries we receive. Read our artist and maker guidance before applying.
Is registration free?
Creating a profile is free unless a separate paid service is clearly offered and accepted. Any commission fee or commercial terms applying to an opportunity are explained before you agree to take part.
Why has my portfolio not been approved?
Profiles may remain unapproved when images, descriptions, contact details or evidence of suitable work are incomplete, or when the portfolio is not currently a close match for client demand. Approval is not guaranteed and does not guarantee future work.
How do I change the main photo or another image in my portfolio?
Sign in and open My Account, My portfolios. Find the relevant portfolio card and select Edit portfolio beneath its title. This opens the correct portfolio editor. Replace the main image or update the other portfolio image fields, then save or submit your changes. Do not use the WordPress admin editor or Quick Edit, as those screens can bypass portfolio fields. Updated images may need to be reviewed before they appear publicly.
How do I edit my portfolio title, description, materials or style?
Open My Account, My portfolios, find the relevant portfolio card and select Edit portfolio beneath its title. Update the relevant fields, then save or submit the portfolio. Keep the description specific to the service shown, including the medium, process, typical subjects, sizes and any practical limitations. Changes may be reviewed before publication.
How do I update my prices?
Open My Account, My portfolios, select Edit portfolio beneath the portfolio title and update your minimum and maximum artist prices. Enter the amount you need to receive for the work described, excluding any separate CommissionIt client service fee. CommissionIt manages the final client price, so the price displayed or quoted to a client may differ from the amount you entered. Contact us if a saved price appears to revert or is not shown correctly.
Should I put different types of work in one portfolio?
Create a separate portfolio for each distinct service or discipline, for example watercolour portraits, oil paintings and sculpture. Closely related examples can sit together when they represent the same service and price range. Separate portfolios make your work easier to find and help us match you accurately to enquiries. If one existing portfolio contains unrelated work, create a new portfolio for the additional discipline rather than replacing the original service.
What images should I add to a portfolio?
Use clear, well lit images of your own completed work that accurately represent the service offered. Choose a strong main image and add up to five relevant portfolio images where the form allows. JPG and PNG files are suitable. Each file must be no more than 10 MB and all uploaded files together must be no more than 30 MB. Avoid repeated images, screenshots, contact details and unrelated work.
Why are my saved portfolio changes not visible yet?
New portfolios and material updates may be held for review before appearing publicly. First confirm that you opened the portfolio from My Account, My portfolios and completed the final save or submit step. Allow for normal review and site cache time. If the old information remains after review, send us the portfolio link and explain exactly what you changed so we can check it without overwriting your other details.
How do I remove, replace or retire a portfolio?
If the service is no longer available, contact CommissionIt with the portfolio link and ask us to retire it. If you are replacing it with a different discipline, create a separate portfolio first. Do not delete or repurpose a live portfolio that may already be linked from search results, enquiries or client records without checking with us.
How will I hear about suitable commissions?
CommissionIt may invite selected artists or makers whose style, skills, location, availability and likely price fit a client brief. Keep your portfolio, email address and availability up to date so we can assess you accurately.
Am I required to quote for every opportunity?
No. Only respond when the work genuinely suits your skills, price and availability. If you decline, a short explanation can help us send more relevant opportunities in future.
What should my quotation include?
State the proposed materials, dimensions, process, production time, delivery method, validity period and everything included or excluded. Identify framing, installation, travel, taxes, packaging and delivery separately where relevant. Do not start work until the scope and payment terms are agreed.
Who sets the client price?
You provide your price to CommissionIt. We manage the client relationship and may incorporate our service fee and other agreed costs into the client price. Do not discuss or renegotiate CommissionIt commercial terms directly with the client.
How and when will I be paid?
Your agreed payment schedule will be recorded for the commission. Payment may be linked to deposits, approval stages, completion or delivery. Never request or accept payment directly from a CommissionIt client unless CommissionIt has authorised it in writing. See how payments work.
Can I contact the client directly?
Only when CommissionIt authorises contact for a specific purpose, such as discussing approved details or arranging delivery. Client information must not be used for marketing, future sales or contact outside the commission. CommissionIt owns and manages the customer relationship.
How are changes and revisions handled?
Work to the approved brief and record approvals at the agreed stages. If the client requests a material change, pause the affected work and tell CommissionIt before agreeing extra cost or time. Do not proceed on assumptions where the change affects scope.
Who owns copyright and portfolio images?
Copyright and usage rights depend on the written agreement. Supplying work or images to CommissionIt must not infringe another person's rights. Do not publish confidential work or client information, and check agreed restrictions before using the commission in your portfolio or promotion.
What should I do if a project is delayed?
Tell CommissionIt immediately, explain the cause, provide evidence where relevant and propose a realistic revised date. Early notice gives us the best chance of agreeing a practical solution with the client.
Who is responsible for packing and delivery?
Responsibility must be agreed before work starts. Where you arrange delivery, use packaging and insurance appropriate to the work, confirm the address and access requirements, retain dispatch evidence and provide tracking where available.
What happens if there is a complaint or dispute?
Preserve messages, approvals, progress images, receipts and delivery evidence, then contact CommissionIt promptly. Do not argue with the client or offer an unapproved remedy. We will review the brief, agreement and evidence through our fair and independent dispute resolution process.
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