Take illustration commissions with a deposit up front
Portraits, pet illustrations, book covers and editorial work. One link for the brief, one for the price, and the deposit paid before you sketch.
Send your first commission price free3 a month free. No card needed.
Sound familiar?
- Clients change the brief halfway through.
- Usage and revision terms get forgotten.
- Payment comes after delivery, if at all.
How Greenlit helps illustrators
- Your commission price becomes a link you send by WhatsApp, text or email.
- Your customer accepts your terms and pays the deposit in one go.
- Money goes straight to your own Stripe account. Greenlit takes no cut.
- Ask for the balance from the same page when you're done.
What illustrators usually put on a commission price
Add as many lines as you like. Greenlit works out the total, any tax and the deposit as you type.
- Sketch and final artwork
- Revisions included
- Usage or licence
- Rush fee
Questions from illustrators
- Can clients outside my country pay?
- Yes. Customers anywhere can open the link and pay by card in your currency.
- Do I need my own website?
- No. Your request link works on its own, so you can share it in your bio or by message.
Greenlit is also built for
- Artists
- Tattoo artists
- Photographers
- Potters and makers
- Cake makers
- Furniture makers
- Jewellery makers
- Muralists
- Pet portrait artists
- Sign writers
- Plumbers
- Electricians
- Builders
- Joiners and carpenters
- Painters and decorators
- Landscapers and gardeners
- Roofers
- Cleaners
- Plasterers
- Tilers
- Kitchen fitters
- Bathroom fitters
- Heating engineers
- Handymen
- Locksmiths
- Flooring fitters
- Tree surgeons
- Removal firms
- Mobile mechanics
- Window cleaners