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Where illustrators and artists earn online

Illustrators and artists sell prints and products through print-on-demand sites, take paid commissions, sell originals, and earn from fans through memberships. The platform prints and ships, so there is no stock to hold.

Also for

  • painter
  • digital artist
  • comic artist
43matched platforms
30specialist sites
43work from home
The routes2 / 8

How illustrators and artists earn

  1. 1Print-on-demand: upload once, earn a margin on every product sold
  2. 2Commissions through art and freelance marketplaces
  3. 3Selling originals and prints, and fan memberships
Tip

On print-on-demand sites, tags and titles drive most sales, so treat each upload's keywords like a product listing.

Pay benchmark3 / 8

What the work is worth

Guess first: what does a typical US illustrator or artist earn in a year?

$55,490median a year for US illustrator or artists · $26.68 an hour
11,200employed in the US

US employees in the closest official occupation (SOC 27-1013), Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025. A benchmark for what the work is worth, not what a platform pays.

Top platforms4 / 8

The best matches for illustrators and artists

Best matched first: platforms built for this work, then matching tags, kind and description.

Kinds of platform5 / 8

Where the work is

The kinds of platform where illustrators and artists find work, sized by how many we matched.

Creator merch platforms: 1313Creator merch platformsPrint-on-demand platforms: 1010Print-on-demand platformsAffiliate networks: 33Affilia…networksFreelance sites: 22Fre…sit…Creator platforms: 22Cre…pla…UGC marketplaces: 22UGCmark…Store builders: 22Storebuil…Stock marketplaces: 26 other kinds: 776 other kinds
KindPlatforms
Creator merch platforms13
Print-on-demand platforms10
Affiliate networks3
Freelance sites2
Creator platforms2
UGC marketplaces2
Store builders2
Stock marketplaces2
6 other kinds7

Tour a kind

Lowest fees6 / 8

Keep more of what you earn

Of the 11 matched platforms that publish a percentage fee, these take the smallest cut (median 10%).

0%15%30%eBay Partner Network: 2.5%Mihuashi: 5%Acquire.com: 7%Spoonflower: 10%Amazon Associates: 10%Patreon: 10%Amazon Live: 10.5%Amazon Influencer Program: 10.5%LTK: 15%1stDibs: 20%Redbubble: 25%Median 10%LowestHighest
PlatformFee
eBay Partner Network2.5%
Mihuashi5%
Acquire.com7%
Spoonflower10%
Amazon Associates10%
Patreon10%
Amazon Live10.5%
Amazon Influencer Program10.5%
LTK15%
1stDibs20%
Redbubble25%
Each column is one matched platform at the middle of its fee range. The three lowest are highlighted and listed below.
Who can join7 / 8

Can you get in?

5
of 7 with verified country rules are open almost worldwide
22
of 43 are free to join

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Next steps8 / 8

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