No, joining WeeBe’s artist platform is completely free for all artists and illustrators.

Not really. As long as your art is your own, we’re all for giving artists an equal chance to work on merchandise.
We do need to see your portfolio before we decide to commission you ourselves though – so it’s best to get working on that early.

We will let you publish your portfolio & services even if your public terms are different from what we’re looking to work with ourselves

The one thing we emphasize is that your pricing should include commercial use rights, including merchandise.
Additionally, delivery time needs to be accurate, as the brands looking to work with you often need it for specific time-gated projects, so missing those deadlines can make everyone’s hard work go in vain. 
Communication is important. If you find yourself likely to be unable to meet deadlines, informing your client in time will protect both your reputation and their needs.

You can also specify that discounts are given if commissioned ‘for private use only’, but we will not be a part of those transactions and can’t uphold those rights on your behalf.

We don’t allow the use of generative AI as a final product, nor can we accept creations that were made by tracing other artists’ work. Even using real-life references, please avoid infringing on designs of well-known brands (especially in apparel design).
If we discover that your work wasn’t your own – we can’t use it ourselves – and so we’ll have to freeze your balance and any payouts will be stopped.

Additionally, we request that if works are marked as private by the illustrated brand – you do not publish them elsewhere until the agreed deadline. This often has to do with lore, birthday and other sorts of surprises that are best kept secret.
You are allowed 

We also retain the right, in our own discretion, to stop working with, take down the profile of, and stop crediting any artist who publicly or privately expresses offensive, harmful and/or political agenda. Of course we’ll pay whatever balance is left in this case.

When one of our partner brands wants us to commission you, we’ll first contact you privately to make sure that you’re available and that your terms are up to date.
Afterwards, we will open a group conversation with you, our partner brand, and one of our team.
Once you deliver the work as requested, you get balance to your account.
You can decide to withdraw it in a timing that suits you, but we prefer to payout early so we may ask 

If someone reaches out to you for a private commission through WeeBe, you keep 100% of your earnings.

We primarily work with VTuber brands and other anime-related content creators who are looking for artwork for their merchandise, such as keychains, prints, plush designs, and more.
We’ll match you with brands that align with your style, and typically commission you with a certain product type in mind.

If you are commissioned by us and we are a part of the chat, you will be paid directly by our company, YK May Corporation Trading, a Japanese yūgen gaisha in good standing that has been founded over 30 years ago.
You can rest assured that you will be paid on time and in the terms agreed upon.

If a Vtuber / Brand / anyone else contacts you privately for a commission – we do not hold responsibility and both sides should choose terms they agree upon as you would when being commissioned on social media.
However, ghosting or breach of agreements will negatively affect your profile, and we may remove your account or put a public warning.
Similarly, if a client delays payment or stops responding for a prolonged time, please let us know. At the very least, we can prevent them from commissioning others on our platform before they settled the bill with you.

One main difference is that our platform’s main customer that we had in mind is ourselves.
We didn’t like doing the guesswork of whether gigs and commissions by artists included the commercial-use fee, and we also found it difficult to quickly find artists that will match a specific artstyle.
So we figured that we might as well host our own platform to let everyone benefit from it.

We included some social features to let fans of your art & of the brands you work with get exposed to your art, like being able to follow you and see new things you post.
We’ll be adding some features from time to time and try to be attentive to both our brand & artist partner’s needs, and build on those depending on how well they’re received.

Please go ahead and showcase your work on whichever platforms you like and offer you good terms. Just try to manage your commission schedules well across platforms.

You will be credited on:

1. The creation page – where the work you’ve done is publicly featured on its own next to your name and the brand it features, and also link to products that were made with it.

2. The product page – every product that uses your art will feature a link to your profile right below the image, in prime location.

3. The final product’s packaging – all of our products are packaged, including posters. You’ll usually be credited on the same side as the barcode, (which is also where our own company’s details appear), as ‘illustrated by’ + your display name at the time of the commission. If you change your online handle before we go into production, do contact us and we might be able to update it on time.

Yes you can. However, this wouldn’t be under the artist program’s terms, but as a partner brand.
For that we require all of the artwork that gets turned into merch to feature your original characters only, as our platform mainly focuses on the IP holders.
Additionally, since we do invest time & effort into every one of our partner brands, the screening for partners does require some notable standing & reputation.