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9 Passive Income Ideas for Artists
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Jan 17, 2024
There’s nothing better than getting paid as an artist even when you’re sleeping, taking a day off, or creating art just for the fun of it. So today, I’m going to share 9 ways you can make passive income as an artist. Here are more way to make money from your art too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubkk0fNLrXg • • • VIDEO CHAPTERS • • • 0:00 Introduction 0:37 Why Passive Income for Artists? 0:53 Upload to Print-On-Demand Sites 1:29 Bundle and Sell Your Art 2:00 Sell Online Art Courses 2:32 License Your Artwork 3:09 Design & Print a Book 3:35 Create Content & Sell Ads 4:08 Offer a Subscription 4:31 Experiment w/ Affiliate Marketing 4:47 Create an Online Shop 5:12 Conclusion • • • MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO • • • How to Make Money from Your Art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubkk0fNLrXg Best Print-On-Demand Companies: https://www.shopify.com/blog/print-on-demand-companies
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There's nothing better than getting paid as an artist even when you're sleeping
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taking a day off or creating art just for the fun of it. And today I'm going to share nine ways you can make a passive income as an artist. Here we go
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Hey guys, Jude here from minnow.co where creatives come to level up their business
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And before we jump into those passive income ideas, take a second to hit subscribe on this
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channel for more great ideas on making money from your creativity. And remember to leave
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a comment telling us what you'd like us to cover next. If we pick your topic you'll be entered to
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win a thousand dollars to invest in your art business. Okay, passive income is powerful
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It can literally be the difference between loving your life as an artist and selling out or burning
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out on your work. That's because passive income keeps coming in even if you're not actively making
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art. So how can you start building a passive income as an artist? Here are a few ideas. First
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upload your work to print on demand sites. These sites print your artwork on a selection of
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different products ranging from iPhone cases and wall clocks to tote bags and wall art
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If your art is popular enough you can enjoy long-term income on autopilot from these sites
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The beauty is the only thing you need to do is provide the artwork and these sites handle
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literally everything else including the marketing, selling, shipping, returns or refunds. That makes
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print on demand an excellent stress-free way of building passive income as an artist. To get
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started click the link in the description where we'll share a list of the top print on demand sites
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for artists. Second, you may want to try bundling your art and selling it. As an artist you're always
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creating so why not generate some passive income from your art by bundling creations together and
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selling them in creative marketplaces. Sites like Creative Market are great for selling textures
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background patterns, fonts, vectors, photoshop brushes and lots more. You simply create and
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upload once and then the marketplace helps you sell the art over and over again for passive income
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Similarly you can sell digital downloads of your art on Etsy for a very little ongoing effort
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Okay, another way to make passive income as an artist is to sell online courses. Consider teaching
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about certain techniques such as watercolor or specific tools like Adobe Illustrator. The reason
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this works so well for passive income is simple. You only have to create and record your course
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once and then every time a student signs up you make money without any extra teaching
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You can sell the course on your own website if you have a good size following of your own
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or you can tap into large sites like Udemy or Skillshare where you can promote your course to
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their massive customer base. Similar to print on demand sites mentioned earlier in this video
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one way to generate passive income as an artist is to license your work. This is where you grant a
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company permission to use your art for a particular purpose and in exchange they pay you a fee
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Your art might be used in a commercial, on a product or in another way but if you can get art
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licensing deals with well-known brands and businesses then you stand to make a lot of
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money in the process and all of it passively. Click the link in our description for an in-depth
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beginner's guide on licensing your artwork. We're about halfway through this video, if you like what
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you've seen so far hit that subscribe button and we'll keep sending you tips for building your
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creative business. If you've got a particularly interesting collection of artwork consider
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designing and printing your own book. Coffee table art books are popular in many niches including
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hobbies, travel and education. Consider using a site like Kickstarter to pre-sell an interesting
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art-focused coffee table book in order to minimize the upfront risk. If you'd rather avoid printing
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altogether consider leveraging Amazon's Kindle self-publishing options to sell e-books on any
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art topic you choose. Number six, try building passive income from your art by generating lots
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of content online and selling ads. This passive income idea requires a lot of upfront work that
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may not pay off for years but if you do it right you can generate a lot of passive income for you
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as an artist. For example, if you create a YouTube channel showing your artistic process and build up
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subscribers and views over time, YouTube will allow you to monetize your videos and will share ad
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revenue with you. The same rules apply for blogging about art with ads on your website or podcasting
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about art with sponsors for your episodes. If you do decide to build up an audience or if you've
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already got one on social media or elsewhere, a subscription product is a great way to build a
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passive income as an artist. You might choose to grant access to things like new videos, discounts
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on interesting art gadgets, interviews with popular artists or exclusive previews of work
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You can use a site like Patreon or Padilla to manage your subscription community. If you've got
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lots of followers or subscribers you can also experiment with affiliate marketing as an easy
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way to grow your passive income as an artist. Essentially, when you become an affiliate you
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use and promote products to your audience. When someone clicks your link and makes a purchase you
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receive a portion of the sale revenue. Finally, whether you choose to build a community or not
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you can always start your own online art shop. You can sell physical pieces of art if you choose
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but digital downloads will provide you with the most passive income possible from your shop
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Tools like Shopify allow you to quickly and easily set everything up you need to start selling
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art from your website. From there you can experiment with social media, paid advertising, email marketing
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and other ways to get visitors to your online shop. And there you have it, nine of the best ways
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we've seen artists make passive income doing work they love. For more ideas on making money as an
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artist click the video on screen and in the video description below. And for more good ideas on
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growing your art business be sure to subscribe to this channel and remember to leave a comment
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for a chance to win a thousand dollars. For now I'm Jude with Melo.co, thanks for watching and we'll see you again soon
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