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I think you'll have a hard time getting traction unless you make these free for artists. I'd investigate other business models. Perhaps you could come up with a

by rgbrgb 14y ago

I think you'll have a hard time getting traction unless you make these free for artists. I'd investigate other business models. Perhaps you could come up with a way to charge recruiters for browsing the portfolios? Perhaps an affiliate recruiting program where you get a kickback for every artist they find on your site would work.

jweir 14y ago
Artists will pay for a good portfolio. As long as it it offers support, good hosting, and easy to use interface. Artists don't even need a lot of bells or whistles. Some customization can go a long way. May want a place to show of their work without a lot of distraction from vendor promotions or advertisements. So, go for it, charge for your service... although is $7 a month to pay for the service and give yourself/staff/etc a salary?
- rgbrgb 14y ago
  >> Artists will pay for a good portfolio. Is this the kind of portfolio an artist would pay for? I'm skeptical of this. I know about 9 artists who have recently graduated and are doing small shows, oddjobs, or freelance design (looks hard). All of them have created an online presence and none of them have payed much (if anything) for it. Some learned to program themselves, others put stuff up with templates or on free portfolio sites. They're all quite poor. So that's a data point. I do know one more established artist (prof. at USC) who recently paid for a site, but I don't think she'd have been happy with something that wasn't totally custom. Another direction to go in with this is to create a marketplace like Etsy for 3D models. You could host portfolios for free and take a cut of transactions. I'm very interested to know how signups are going.