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Launch HN: Art in Res (YC W20) – Buy art directly from artists

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Re: Launch HN: Art in Res (YC W20) – Buy art directly from artists

#121

My main qualm is the hijacking of the browser back button. I despise when sites do this, and I know I'm not alone. Other than that the design is excellent. I like that you list SKUs on the main page and that there isn't a lot of cruft or excessive negative space.

Totally with you on this. It's super annoying! We're working on a fix.

Re: Launch HN: Art in Res (YC W20) – Buy art directly from artists

#122
Oh wow!

I can't thank you enough for this - as an artist it's something I personally want and I know many of my friends need - would love it if you'd put the artist application button somewhere more visible, people are gonna look for it.

This makes me jittery, I hope I fell ready to submit an application soon.

Any chance you expand beyond paintings?

Thank you and keep up the great work!

Re: Launch HN: Art in Res (YC W20) – Buy art directly from artists

#124

What happens if a customer stops making monthly payments? Does the financing model work by offloading all risk to the artist? Are there some protections?

We take on the risk (it's one of the main reasons for our commission). If someone stops paying, either they send their artwork back to the artist or, in the worst case scenario, we pay the artist their full cut at a loss to us.

Re: Launch HN: Art in Res (YC W20) – Buy art directly from artists

#125
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I like the idea of making art more accessible by spacing out the payment. Congratulations on the launch! I won't comment on the art for sale, because I think it is too much in the eye of the beholder but I will give some feedback on your website and concept. - Why fixed installments? Why not say "this piece costs 300$ buy now, or pay 10 installments of 35$ or 20x20$" (forget the numbers, just an example). - why are t…

The cut is too high for the platform. I guess you take this number from Google/Apple store's commission. The difference is software on Google's store has infinite leverage and takes almost 0 to scale sales. Every piece of art takes lots of work and cannot scale in the same way. Art works do not scale like software. With this cut, I feel your platform is taking advantage of artists (they do not know where to sell) rat…

I live in a village in NM filled with artists. I continue to be surprised to hear the stories of how their galleries take 40% or more. I'm even more suprised that they are happy with this, but the general rule seems to be that they are happy because the gallery they use now increased their annual revenue by more than 100%.

Re: Launch HN: Art in Res (YC W20) – Buy art directly from artists

#126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for bringing this bug to our attention. I'll make sure this is added to the top of our bug-fix queue. Were you a guest user or logged in when this happened?

Guest -- just a first arrival from HN.

Just shipped a fix for this. Sorry for the frustration in the meantime. Again, thanks so much for highlighting the bug.

Re: Launch HN: Art in Res (YC W20) – Buy art directly from artists

#128

Love the idea! Just some small feedback on your website: When I try to go back from your website, it keeps asking me to login. It's probably due to the fact that it automatically sends me to the /artworks page and when I try to go back it sends me to the / one, triggering the login popup. Anyway, good luck!

Thanks for letting us know about this bug. We just shipped a fix for it. Hopefully you won't be interrupted while browsing now :)
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