r/artbusiness is a subreddit with 143k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses struggling, looking for, business, commissions, and hard time, and they frequently recommend/review portfolio website, printer, and stock.
r/artbusiness is a place to discuss everything related to the business side of art: from dealing with clients and contracts to marketing, social media (megathreads only) and merch production. Please use the dedicated megathreads if you wish to share your business, talk about social media, or ask about pricing your work.
Popular Themes in r/artbusiness
#1
Advice Requests
: "[Discussion] I could use some encouragement/advice. How do you know if the problem is traffic, your products, or just time?"
11 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "[Contracts] my drawing was cropped and published without credit and autorisation in a magazine. What solutions should I ask for?"
9 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "[Printing] Having trouble saving my designs on Woocry"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/artbusiness
#1
Struggling
40 posts
#2
Looking For
31 posts
#3
Business
: "[Marketing] Artists: what part of running your art Business would you actually pay someone else to handle?"
24 posts
#4
Commissions
: "[Financial] question about where to accept Commissions"
18 posts
#5
Hard Time
12 posts
#6
Art
11 posts
#7
Discussion
9 posts
#8
Printing
: "[Printing] Anyone have experience Printing their own comics?"
8 posts
#9
Social Media
6 posts
#10
Pricing
: "[Discussion] Starting out gallery artist: how high can you price? Is it truly less risky to increase Pricing slowly?"
6 posts
Products Discussed in r/artbusiness
Portfolio Website
21 reviews
#1
Squarespace
4.2★ from 6 reviews
#2
Pixpa
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#3
Shopify
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Printer
11 reviews
#1
Canon
4.5★ from 6 reviews
#2
Epson
4.6★ from 5 reviews
Stock
8 reviews
#1
Red River
3.7★ from 3 reviews
#2
Ilford
3.5★ from 2 reviews
#3
Hahnemühle
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/artbusiness
#1
Advice
: "[Contracts] my drawing was cropped and published without credit and autorisation in a magazine. What solutions should I ask for?"
35 posts
#2
Discussion
: "[Discussion] Artists who are not good at marketing, how do you get your work out there? Looking for ideas."
30 posts
#3
Artist Alley
: "[Artist Alley] How many item should I have that would be enough in an art booth?"
8 posts
#4
Marketing
: "[marketing] go to your local dive bar to sell art. I'm dead serious."
5 posts
#5
Commissions
: "[Discussion] Acrylic Paintings for Proposal"
4 posts
#6
Product and Packaging
: "[Printing] What websites do y'all use to make prints and/or posters?"
4 posts
#7
Sales
: "[Discussion] Canadian vs USA tariffs. How are you handling physical merch?"
3 posts
#8
Legal
: "[Financial] paypal "explain how your business works""
3 posts
#9
Pricing
: "[Art Market] pricing art prints"
3 posts
#10
Career
: "[Discussion] Figuring out my next day job as an illustrator…"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/artbusiness
Yearly
+38k members(36.5%)
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Last updated: August 25, 2026