Which designs aren't suitable for the marketplace?

Please read through our guidelines for Marketplace designs before you add a design to the Marketplace. If your design falls under one of the following categories, please do not add it to the Marketplace. None of these guidelines apply to your own shop - so feel free to upload anything you'd like there.

Highly personal graphics

Please do not upload any graphics files with distinctly personal content. Personal URLs, names or email addresses are of no interest to Marketplace customers.

   

Low quality pixel graphics

For print, pixel graphics files need to be of sufficient quality. We cannot accept graphics files with insufficient resolution or lacking sharpness as well as designs with pixelated or undefined edges. Moreover, graphics showing a full-area background (covering the whole design) or those with straying transparency cannot be admitted to the Marketplace either.

   

Photos

Your photos are a matter of personal value, but photography of all kinds is not relevant for the Marketplace. Our Marketplace is a platform for designs that have been created by the designers themselves. By offering self-created designs, we try to distance ourselves from platforms specialised in photography.

   

More than 3 versions of the same design

Clones of one and the same designs are no potential winners (and this is true for most walks of life.) Please upload a maximum of 3 different versions of the same design (i.e. colour variations).

   

All time classics - seen it before, tenfold

Hearts, suns, flowers, stars and other classic designs can be found in the Marketplace - galore. There is no need to add to these. Try creating something new, something apart from the mainstream. The more original your designs are, the better your chances to sell them.