Welcome to the HD Greetings blog exclusively for artists!
Keeping a close partnership with artists is a core value for us and drives many of the decisions we make at HD Greetings.
To give an example of this, unlike the biggest greetings related companies we decided from the beginning that any artists featured on our site would be fully credited for their work and be able to provide as much information about themselves as they like on their profile pages. This not only respects the work of the artist, but we feel also makes it interesting for our users to know they are sharing unique creations from unique individuals.
Another part of our philosophy is that we will not participate in "bulk" artwork. To give a real life example I noticed last week one of the major greetings sites is advertising for "1000 new ecard designs" for which they will pay less than $5 each. I do understand their business needs of wanting to offer selection but really, can any good come from this? Quantity over quality is usually not a good idea anywhere but especially not when building an art collection.
I know our company can't make all artists rich to say the least, especially being that we're a small recently launched company. However I can promise that every single artist and every piece or work in individually reviewed and considered by multiple people. There is a quality bar and to be frank we turn away quite a few folks who want to offer content to us for free. As the bar gets raised over time the club which is our artists community will become even a little more exclusive. We don't want to ever be snobbish, but we do want to be a place where you are proud to have your work displayed.
If you have ideas on how we can improve the community for artists, we're always listening.
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