<\/span>What is Clipart?<\/span><\/h2>\nClipart, or clip art, is a type of digital art\u00a0that uses pre-made images that can work in many<\/span> different contexts.<\/p>\nClip art images aren\u2019t photos (though they could potentially be based on a photo). Instead, they\u2019re usually line drawings, simple graphics, or cartoon-style images.<\/p>\n
![\"What](\"https:\/\/staticblog.payhip.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/04180453\/What-is-clipart.png\")
<\/a>What is Clipart Used For?<\/h2>\nClipart is used in all sorts of contexts, both as digital art and as printed art. Some common uses include:<\/p>\n
\n- Personal projects, such as a family Christmas letter.<\/li>\n
- Community groups, perhaps on a poster for a local event.<\/li>\n
- By teachers and educators, for worksheets and display boards.<\/li>\n
- By students, for class projects and homework.<\/li>\n
- For small businesses, perhaps in ads and on menus.<\/li>\n
- For internal communications in larger businesses, such as a work-party invitation.<\/li>\n
- By entrepreneurs who sell stickers or t-shirts<\/span><\/li>\n
- By crafters who use them in scrapbooking or bullet journals<\/span><\/li>\n
- By web developers and website owners, for blog graphics and website design<\/span><\/li>\n
- By marketers, for social media posts\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- By graphic designers, for flyers, posters, invitations, and other assets<\/span><\/li>\n
- For small businesses, perhaps in presentations, newsletters, ads, and on menus.<\/span><\/li>\n
- For internal communications in larger businesses, such as a work-party invitation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Clip art generally isn\u2019t typically used in client-facing communications from larger businesses, as it tends to be simple illustrations that can give<\/span> a slightly amateur feel. In addition, individual pieces of clipart won\u2019t necessarily create a cohesive and polished design.<\/p>\n<\/span>Can I Sell Clip Art?<\/span><\/h2>\nYes, you can sell clip art. This is a great passive income idea as your product can be continuously purchased by a growing number of customers without any extra effort on your end. Be sure to follow copyright rules to avoid getting into legal issues. Do not use any other artist’s artwork in your clipart without their <\/span>official permission. Other than that, you\u2019re good to go!<\/p>\n<\/span>How to Sell Clipart Online<\/span><\/h2>\n1. Pick a niche<\/h3>\n
In a later section, you’ll find a list of clip art ideas you can choose from as your niche. If you choose a niche that’s more evergreen, like school or business-related, you’ll likely have recurring income from teachers and business people who use your clip art to add to their projects. If you choose a niche that’s seasonal, like weddings or maternity, you likely won’t have repeat buyers after that chapter of their life has ended. That doesn’t mean those niches aren’t profitable, but it’s something to think about.<\/p>\n
2. Decide what to sell<\/h3>\n
Bundles are a great way to earn a higher profit from your clip art. They also make customers feel like they’re scoring a better deal on their purchase. Customers often buy clipart bundles to create multiple pieces of content with a single purchase.<\/p>\n
3. Create the clipart<\/h3>\n
Once you’ve decided what kind of clipart you want to make, it’s time to start creating clip art. You can use design tools like Photoshop or Illustrator. However, some people have even designed clipart in Canva. If you’re reselling someone else’s clipart, make sure you’ve purchased a commercial license.<\/p>\n
4. Pick the platform you want to sell on<\/h3>\n
To make it really easy to sell your clipart online, we recommend using Payhip<\/a>, which offers many useful features, including instant file delivery, a website builder, the ability to include multiple files per order, and more. Payhip also charges only a 5% transaction fee per order, so there’s no upfront fee or subscription on its free plan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n4. Upload your clipart to sell<\/h3>\n
On Payhip, you can upload your clip art as a digital product. You can add these individually to create multiple store listings for all your clip art. Payhip also offers a Bundle option that lets you add multiple products to a bundle you can sell on your store. After you’ve uploaded your clip art, you can write a product description to persuade people to buy your clip art. You can also add up to nine images on the product page.<\/p>\n
5. Start selling your clipart<\/h3>\n
You can start selling clipart on social media, through Payhip marketplace, or organically through search. You can find more marketing ideas later in this article to help you get started.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n \n Join over 130,000 thriving sellers<\/div>\n Sell Clip Art with Payhip<\/p>\n
No monthly fees. No tech headaches.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n \n Get started \u2192\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nYou also have the option of creating product variants if you want to offer several slightly different clip art collections, such as a collection that comes with print templates.<\/p>\n
Payhip also manages EU and UK VAT on your behalf<\/a> when selling internationally, so you\u2019ll have a much wider pool of customers.<\/p>\nPayhip is a great place to sell your clip art, as well as all kinds of digital files digital downloads<\/a>, and physical products too. The best thing is that you can create your entire website for free<\/a>, and only pay a 5% transaction fee when you make a sale. It’s easy to use, even for artists who are new to selling online. But to get started selling clipart even faster, here\u2019s our step-by-step guide.<\/p>\n![\"sell](\"https:\/\/staticblog.payhip.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/04181524\/sell-clipart-on-payhip.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n1. Create Your Clipart<\/h3>\n
First, make your artwork using your graphic design software of choice. Save a high-resolution copy, along with versions that can be easily used on the web (.jpg or .png).<\/p>\n
2. Add a New Product in Payhip and Upload Your Clipart<\/h3>\n
Tip:<\/strong> Need a Payhip account? Go ahead and register<\/a>: it\u2019s free.<\/p>\nIn your Payhip account, click the Products tab, then \u201cAdd new product.\u201d<\/p>\n
Next, select \u201cDigital Product,\u201d and Payhip will give you a form to add your product details. Use the \u201cUpload product file\u201d button to upload your clip art.<\/p>\n
You could add each image individually, but it\u2019s easier for you and your customers to use a .zip file of multiple images.<\/p>\n
You\u2019ll also need to fill out a title and other details for your product.<\/p>\n
![\"add](\"https:\/\/staticblog.payhip.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/04185139\/add-product-to-payhip.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"write](\"https:\/\/staticblog.payhip.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/04185155\/write-product-description-on-payhip.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n3. Set a Price for Your Clipart<\/h3>\n
It can be tricky to know what to charge when selling digital products<\/a>. You might want to look for other similar sets of clipart to see what they\u2019re selling for. A set of clipart costs $3 to $30.<\/p>\nNote that prices will vary depending on whether or not a commercial license is included (allowing people to sell products that use the clipart).<\/p>\n
4. Upload at Least One Image of Your Clipart Set<\/h3>\n
Payhip lets you include up to 9 images for your product. Add at least 1 image that shows a sample of your clipart (show off your best items here).<\/p>\n
The individual clipart pieces will likely be too small for people to copy and use for free, but you can watermark your image if you want.<\/p>\n
5. Promote Your Clipart Collections<\/h3>\n
Once you\u2019ve created your amazing storefront and products, it\u2019s time to start driving traffic to your store.<\/p>\n
Take advantage of the rise in social media to convert your followers into customers. Showcase your clip art’s use cases across different settings to reach a wider audience.<\/p>\n
Take advantage of Payhip\u2019s Marketing tools, such as email marketing integration, affiliate, referrals, coupon codes, and more, to set up a solid Marketing strategy for your business.<\/p>\n
![\"marketing](\"https:\/\/staticblog.payhip.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/04185456\/marketing-tools-at-payhip.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/strong>Another option to sell your clipart is to use an online marketplace, such as Payhip Marketplace. This marketplace offers access to a large audience for digital clip art, watercolor clip art, and other types of clip art.<\/p>\nHowever, it’s hard to make your clip art stand out in busy online marketplaces, no matter how unique your style is, because there are so many other individual artists and artist shops.<\/p>\n
Payhip is a more profitable option compared to Etsy or Creative Market.<\/p>\n
<\/span>How to Price Your Clip Art<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n1. Set a typical price for clip art<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe average clip art costs between $3 and $30. The higher price end is mostly associated with bundled products. You can choose to set both individual and bundled versions of your clipart. <\/span><\/p>\nThe most profitable way to sell clip art is to create small packs and mega packs of clip art assets. The bundle pricing strategy allows you to earn more as a seller while making customers feel like they\u2019ve secured a deal with so much clip art in one bundle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n2. Set anchored pricing<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe best-performing sellers don\u2019t set a flat rate for all their products. They might set a price for a mega bundle much higher than the average sale price in their store, so that the cheaper products seem like a better deal. <\/span><\/p>\nYou don\u2019t want to underprice your products in this strategy. You\u2019ll want to create a baseline price for the clip art you actually want to sell, while having a more expensive option to make that key product look more attractive. <\/span><\/p>\nFor example, if you know one product sells more than anything else, you would create another, more expensive product to make your best seller more appealing to buyers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n3. Volume generates more sales<\/strong><\/h3>\nAs long as your clipart looks attractive enough to buy, it\u2019s crucial to remember that to sell clipart and make money from it, you\u2019ll need to have a lot of products to sell. Sellers who create one amazing product to sell will not make as much money as those who create hundreds of products to sell. Volume matters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n4. Set commercial license prices<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn addition to the price for selling your clip art, you can charge a fee for commercial use. If someone is using your clip art for personal use, like a birthday party invitation for their child, they wouldn\u2019t pay for a commercial license. <\/span><\/p>\nHowever, if a wedding vendor is using your clip art to add it to favors they sell to brides, you would be able to upsell an additional commercial license to them. You can clearly state on your product page that your clip art is for personal use only and that a commercial license is required for commercial use. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/span>What Program Should I Use to Make Clipart?<\/span><\/h2>\nTo make your own clipart, you\u2019ll need software such as Adobe Illustrator that lets you create and manipulate illustrations. (If you\u2019re a photographer, then creating stock photography might be a better fit for you.)<\/p>\n
<\/span>Tips for Selling Clipart For Profit<\/span><\/h2>\n1. Create Multiple Cliparts in A Set<\/h3>\n
You\u2019ll want to create multiple different pieces to put together in a cohesive set, as people are unlikely to buy a single piece of clip art. The more items you have in the set, the higher the perceived value will be to<\/span> customers.<\/p>\nYou may want to develop a consistent theme or style. Think about your audience: clip art aimed at elementary school teachers might be quite different from clipart designed for use by businesses.<\/p>\n
2. Set Clear Licensing Guidelines<\/h3>\n
Consider providing specific usage <\/span>rights<\/span> guidelines to ensure your customers use your clip art legally.<\/span> Most clip art is sold with a limited license that allows customers to use the image for personal usage. However, you can opt to charge additional fees for commercial licenses.<\/p>\n<\/span>How to Make Clip Art to Sell<\/span><\/h2>\nThere are two main ways to create clip art to sell. One that involves your design skills and another that requires you to work with someone who has some design skills.<\/p>\n
1. Draw Your Own Clipart<\/h3>\n
If you have some creative juice and design skills, you can choose to create your own clipart.<\/p>\n
The exact process of creating clip art will depend on the software you\u2019re using to create your art. In brief, these are the basic steps:<\/p>\n
\n- Choose a photo or item to use as your initial inspiration.<\/li>\n
- Create it from simple shapes or freeform curves and lines in your graphic design software.<\/li>\n
- Add colors to your image. You could potentially create several different versions of a piece of clip art in different colors.<\/li>\n
- Include details such as facial expressions, buttons on objects, and so on.<\/li>\n
- Save your clip art in a high-quality format, such as a bitmap or vector digital file.<\/li>\n
- Create other formats for use on the web: .jpg or .png will normally work best.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Tip:<\/strong> Don\u2019t want to invest in software like Adobe Illustrator or other graphic design tools? You may already have a great tool that you can use.<\/p>\nHere\u2019s a simple tutorial showing you how to create clip art in PowerPoint<\/a>.<\/p>\n2. Hire Clipart Artists<\/h3>\n
If you don\u2019t have any design skills or design ideas, that doesn\u2019t mean that you can\u2019t start your own clipart business! You can work with designers\/artists on Upwork and Fiverr to design images to your liking. Be sure to have proper agreements in place to purchase the rights to those images created by those artists. Avoid any licensing issues by setting clear written expectations with your hired artists.<\/p>\n
<\/span>How to Market Your Clipart<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n1. Publish clip art bundles on Pinterest<\/strong><\/h3>\nOnce you\u2019re ready to start selling clip art, you can publish your clip art bundles on Pinterest. The best approach for posting your bundles on Pinterest is to add the exact keyword for what you\u2019re selling. <\/span><\/p>\nFor example, \u201cHeart clip art images\u201d will perform best on Pinterest, as people will know exactly what they\u2019re getting. If you get too creative with your title ideas, you might not achieve the visibility you want. Keyword optimization is the name of the game for ranking on Pinterest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n2. Create process videos on social media<\/strong><\/h3>\nOn platforms like Instagram and TikTok, rather than posting pictures of your clipart, show the process of making clipart. People love watching tutorials and seeing how things are made. <\/span><\/p>\nCreate videos that demonstrate your process for creating clip art. While some will become your competitors, many people would rather buy it from you than build it themselves. <\/span><\/p>\nMake sure your link in bio is easy to access your product pages. For YouTube, you can add a link directly to your description for people to buy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n3. SEO optimize your website<\/strong><\/h3>\nTo sell clipart, you\u2019ll want to optimize your website for search. Adding exact keywords for your product names instead of branded product names will give you more visibility in search engines. <\/span><\/p>\nFor example, \u201ctree clip art\u201d (SEO)\u00a0 vs \u201cInto the Woods clip art\u201d (branded). On Payhip, you can even write blog posts to help you rank organically for related clip art keywords. <\/span><\/p>\nRemember to keep the intent the same: only include relevant products for your article’s topic, rather than adding everything you sell to gain visibility. Intent matters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n4. Send emails to your products<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you want to sell clip art in high volume, you can email your products. You can build an email list on Payhip to grow an audience that will buy your clip art. <\/span><\/p>\nWhen customers order from you, they can opt in to receive emails. You\u2019ll need to comply with GDPR for email in the EU. Email is typically the most profitable way to generate sales. <\/span><\/p>\nYou don\u2019t want to promote your products in every email. However, if you promote your products in every email, you should space out your emails to avoid increasing the number of unsubscribes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n \n Join over 130,000 thriving sellers<\/div>\n Sell Clipart with Payhip<\/p>\n
No monthly fees. No tech headaches.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n \n Get started \u2192\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/span>Popular Clipart Ideas and Digital Art Ideas to Sell<\/span><\/h2>\nJust knowing how to make clipart to sell may not help you much if you\u2019re struggling for inspiration! Here are some popular clip art and digital art ideas to create clipart in your own unique style.<\/p>\n
Music<\/h3>\n
You can sell clip art of various musical instruments and music symbols, such as guitars, violins, pianos, treble clef, and more. These clip art pieces would be perfect for music teachers creating printables and music worksheets for their students, or for musicians creating flyers for their bands.<\/p>\n![\"music](\"https:\/\/staticblog.payhip.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/04195207\/music-clipart.png\")
<\/a>Examples of music festival brochures using clip art images<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nFood<\/h3>\n
There are endless food items you can turn into cliparts to sell, from sushi, tacos, burritos, ramen bowls, fries, and burgers, to name a few! These images are great for companies that are working in the food industry. Some use cases include menu design, restaurant website design, restaurant brochures, and more.<\/p>\n![\"food](\"https:\/\/staticblog.payhip.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/04195154\/food-clipart.png\")
<\/a>Examples of restaurant menus using clip art images<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nValentines Day<\/h3>\n
The Valentine’s Day clip art to sell includes hearts, flowers (particularly roses), chocolates, cute animals, Cupid, and all things red and pink. Greeting card makers, online retailers, teachers, product designers, and event planners are all potential customers who would buy clip art in this category.<\/p>\n
![\"valentines](\"https:\/\/staticblog.payhip.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/04195157\/valentine-clipart.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nChristmas<\/h3>\n
Creating clip art of snowmen, Christmas trees, Christmas lights, gingerbread houses, Christmas wreaths, stockings, reindeer, snowflakes, holly, gifts, snow globes, baubles, candy canes, bells, and more can make you money. You can sell clip art to small business owners, crafters and DIY makers, graphic designers, marketers, and event planners.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"christmas](\"https:\/\/staticblog.payhip.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/04195200\/christmas-clipart.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nBack to School<\/h3>\n
To sell clip art for schools, create images of school supplies, such as backpacks, pens, pencils, notebooks, and more. These images are great as clipart, as they are widely used in educational settings for worksheets, printables, presentations, planners, and more. Teachers and homeschooling educators would be the target audience for this clip art. <\/span><\/p>\n
Clip art images aren\u2019t photos (though they could potentially be based on a photo). Instead, they\u2019re usually line drawings, simple graphics, or cartoon-style images.<\/p>\n
<\/a>What is Clipart Used For?<\/h2>\nClipart is used in all sorts of contexts, both as digital art and as printed art. Some common uses include:<\/p>\n
\n- Personal projects, such as a family Christmas letter.<\/li>\n
- Community groups, perhaps on a poster for a local event.<\/li>\n
- By teachers and educators, for worksheets and display boards.<\/li>\n
- By students, for class projects and homework.<\/li>\n
- For small businesses, perhaps in ads and on menus.<\/li>\n
- For internal communications in larger businesses, such as a work-party invitation.<\/li>\n
- By entrepreneurs who sell stickers or t-shirts<\/span><\/li>\n
- By crafters who use them in scrapbooking or bullet journals<\/span><\/li>\n
- By web developers and website owners, for blog graphics and website design<\/span><\/li>\n
- By marketers, for social media posts\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- By graphic designers, for flyers, posters, invitations, and other assets<\/span><\/li>\n
- For small businesses, perhaps in presentations, newsletters, ads, and on menus.<\/span><\/li>\n
- For internal communications in larger businesses, such as a work-party invitation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Clip art generally isn\u2019t typically used in client-facing communications from larger businesses, as it tends to be simple illustrations that can give<\/span> a slightly amateur feel. In addition, individual pieces of clipart won\u2019t necessarily create a cohesive and polished design.<\/p>\n<\/span>Can I Sell Clip Art?<\/span><\/h2>\nYes, you can sell clip art. This is a great passive income idea as your product can be continuously purchased by a growing number of customers without any extra effort on your end. Be sure to follow copyright rules to avoid getting into legal issues. Do not use any other artist’s artwork in your clipart without their <\/span>official permission. Other than that, you\u2019re good to go!<\/p>\n<\/span>How to Sell Clipart Online<\/span><\/h2>\n1. Pick a niche<\/h3>\n
In a later section, you’ll find a list of clip art ideas you can choose from as your niche. If you choose a niche that’s more evergreen, like school or business-related, you’ll likely have recurring income from teachers and business people who use your clip art to add to their projects. If you choose a niche that’s seasonal, like weddings or maternity, you likely won’t have repeat buyers after that chapter of their life has ended. That doesn’t mean those niches aren’t profitable, but it’s something to think about.<\/p>\n
2. Decide what to sell<\/h3>\n
Bundles are a great way to earn a higher profit from your clip art. They also make customers feel like they’re scoring a better deal on their purchase. Customers often buy clipart bundles to create multiple pieces of content with a single purchase.<\/p>\n
3. Create the clipart<\/h3>\n
Once you’ve decided what kind of clipart you want to make, it’s time to start creating clip art. You can use design tools like Photoshop or Illustrator. However, some people have even designed clipart in Canva. If you’re reselling someone else’s clipart, make sure you’ve purchased a commercial license.<\/p>\n
4. Pick the platform you want to sell on<\/h3>\n
To make it really easy to sell your clipart online, we recommend using Payhip<\/a>, which offers many useful features, including instant file delivery, a website builder, the ability to include multiple files per order, and more. Payhip also charges only a 5% transaction fee per order, so there’s no upfront fee or subscription on its free plan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n4. Upload your clipart to sell<\/h3>\n
On Payhip, you can upload your clip art as a digital product. You can add these individually to create multiple store listings for all your clip art. Payhip also offers a Bundle option that lets you add multiple products to a bundle you can sell on your store. After you’ve uploaded your clip art, you can write a product description to persuade people to buy your clip art. You can also add up to nine images on the product page.<\/p>\n
5. Start selling your clipart<\/h3>\n
You can start selling clipart on social media, through Payhip marketplace, or organically through search. You can find more marketing ideas later in this article to help you get started.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n \n Join over 130,000 thriving sellers<\/div>\n Sell Clip Art with Payhip<\/p>\n
No monthly fees. No tech headaches.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n \n Get started \u2192\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nYou also have the option of creating product variants if you want to offer several slightly different clip art collections, such as a collection that comes with print templates.<\/p>\n
Payhip also manages EU and UK VAT on your behalf<\/a> when selling internationally, so you\u2019ll have a much wider pool of customers.<\/p>\nPayhip is a great place to sell your clip art, as well as all kinds of digital files digital downloads<\/a>, and physical products too. The best thing is that you can create your entire website for free<\/a>, and only pay a 5% transaction fee when you make a sale. It’s easy to use, even for artists who are new to selling online. But to get started selling clipart even faster, here\u2019s our step-by-step guide.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n1. Create Your Clipart<\/h3>\n
First, make your artwork using your graphic design software of choice. Save a high-resolution copy, along with versions that can be easily used on the web (.jpg or .png).<\/p>\n
2. Add a New Product in Payhip and Upload Your Clipart<\/h3>\n
Tip:<\/strong> Need a Payhip account? Go ahead and register<\/a>: it\u2019s free.<\/p>\nIn your Payhip account, click the Products tab, then \u201cAdd new product.\u201d<\/p>\n
Next, select \u201cDigital Product,\u201d and Payhip will give you a form to add your product details. Use the \u201cUpload product file\u201d button to upload your clip art.<\/p>\n
You could add each image individually, but it\u2019s easier for you and your customers to use a .zip file of multiple images.<\/p>\n
You\u2019ll also need to fill out a title and other details for your product.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n3. Set a Price for Your Clipart<\/h3>\n
It can be tricky to know what to charge when selling digital products<\/a>. You might want to look for other similar sets of clipart to see what they\u2019re selling for. A set of clipart costs $3 to $30.<\/p>\nNote that prices will vary depending on whether or not a commercial license is included (allowing people to sell products that use the clipart).<\/p>\n
4. Upload at Least One Image of Your Clipart Set<\/h3>\n
Payhip lets you include up to 9 images for your product. Add at least 1 image that shows a sample of your clipart (show off your best items here).<\/p>\n
The individual clipart pieces will likely be too small for people to copy and use for free, but you can watermark your image if you want.<\/p>\n
5. Promote Your Clipart Collections<\/h3>\n
Once you\u2019ve created your amazing storefront and products, it\u2019s time to start driving traffic to your store.<\/p>\n
Take advantage of the rise in social media to convert your followers into customers. Showcase your clip art’s use cases across different settings to reach a wider audience.<\/p>\n
Take advantage of Payhip\u2019s Marketing tools, such as email marketing integration, affiliate, referrals, coupon codes, and more, to set up a solid Marketing strategy for your business.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/strong>Another option to sell your clipart is to use an online marketplace, such as Payhip Marketplace. This marketplace offers access to a large audience for digital clip art, watercolor clip art, and other types of clip art.<\/p>\nHowever, it’s hard to make your clip art stand out in busy online marketplaces, no matter how unique your style is, because there are so many other individual artists and artist shops.<\/p>\n
Payhip is a more profitable option compared to Etsy or Creative Market.<\/p>\n
<\/span>How to Price Your Clip Art<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n1. Set a typical price for clip art<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe average clip art costs between $3 and $30. The higher price end is mostly associated with bundled products. You can choose to set both individual and bundled versions of your clipart. <\/span><\/p>\nThe most profitable way to sell clip art is to create small packs and mega packs of clip art assets. The bundle pricing strategy allows you to earn more as a seller while making customers feel like they\u2019ve secured a deal with so much clip art in one bundle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n2. Set anchored pricing<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe best-performing sellers don\u2019t set a flat rate for all their products. They might set a price for a mega bundle much higher than the average sale price in their store, so that the cheaper products seem like a better deal. <\/span><\/p>\nYou don\u2019t want to underprice your products in this strategy. You\u2019ll want to create a baseline price for the clip art you actually want to sell, while having a more expensive option to make that key product look more attractive. <\/span><\/p>\nFor example, if you know one product sells more than anything else, you would create another, more expensive product to make your best seller more appealing to buyers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n3. Volume generates more sales<\/strong><\/h3>\nAs long as your clipart looks attractive enough to buy, it\u2019s crucial to remember that to sell clipart and make money from it, you\u2019ll need to have a lot of products to sell. Sellers who create one amazing product to sell will not make as much money as those who create hundreds of products to sell. Volume matters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n4. Set commercial license prices<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn addition to the price for selling your clip art, you can charge a fee for commercial use. If someone is using your clip art for personal use, like a birthday party invitation for their child, they wouldn\u2019t pay for a commercial license. <\/span><\/p>\nHowever, if a wedding vendor is using your clip art to add it to favors they sell to brides, you would be able to upsell an additional commercial license to them. You can clearly state on your product page that your clip art is for personal use only and that a commercial license is required for commercial use. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/span>What Program Should I Use to Make Clipart?<\/span><\/h2>\nTo make your own clipart, you\u2019ll need software such as Adobe Illustrator that lets you create and manipulate illustrations. (If you\u2019re a photographer, then creating stock photography might be a better fit for you.)<\/p>\n
<\/span>Tips for Selling Clipart For Profit<\/span><\/h2>\n1. Create Multiple Cliparts in A Set<\/h3>\n
You\u2019ll want to create multiple different pieces to put together in a cohesive set, as people are unlikely to buy a single piece of clip art. The more items you have in the set, the higher the perceived value will be to<\/span> customers.<\/p>\nYou may want to develop a consistent theme or style. Think about your audience: clip art aimed at elementary school teachers might be quite different from clipart designed for use by businesses.<\/p>\n
2. Set Clear Licensing Guidelines<\/h3>\n
Consider providing specific usage <\/span>rights<\/span> guidelines to ensure your customers use your clip art legally.<\/span> Most clip art is sold with a limited license that allows customers to use the image for personal usage. However, you can opt to charge additional fees for commercial licenses.<\/p>\n<\/span>How to Make Clip Art to Sell<\/span><\/h2>\nThere are two main ways to create clip art to sell. One that involves your design skills and another that requires you to work with someone who has some design skills.<\/p>\n
1. Draw Your Own Clipart<\/h3>\n
If you have some creative juice and design skills, you can choose to create your own clipart.<\/p>\n
The exact process of creating clip art will depend on the software you\u2019re using to create your art. In brief, these are the basic steps:<\/p>\n
\n- Choose a photo or item to use as your initial inspiration.<\/li>\n
- Create it from simple shapes or freeform curves and lines in your graphic design software.<\/li>\n
- Add colors to your image. You could potentially create several different versions of a piece of clip art in different colors.<\/li>\n
- Include details such as facial expressions, buttons on objects, and so on.<\/li>\n
- Save your clip art in a high-quality format, such as a bitmap or vector digital file.<\/li>\n
- Create other formats for use on the web: .jpg or .png will normally work best.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Tip:<\/strong> Don\u2019t want to invest in software like Adobe Illustrator or other graphic design tools? You may already have a great tool that you can use.<\/p>\nHere\u2019s a simple tutorial showing you how to create clip art in PowerPoint<\/a>.<\/p>\n2. Hire Clipart Artists<\/h3>\n
If you don\u2019t have any design skills or design ideas, that doesn\u2019t mean that you can\u2019t start your own clipart business! You can work with designers\/artists on Upwork and Fiverr to design images to your liking. Be sure to have proper agreements in place to purchase the rights to those images created by those artists. Avoid any licensing issues by setting clear written expectations with your hired artists.<\/p>\n
<\/span>How to Market Your Clipart<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n1. Publish clip art bundles on Pinterest<\/strong><\/h3>\nOnce you\u2019re ready to start selling clip art, you can publish your clip art bundles on Pinterest. The best approach for posting your bundles on Pinterest is to add the exact keyword for what you\u2019re selling. <\/span><\/p>\nFor example, \u201cHeart clip art images\u201d will perform best on Pinterest, as people will know exactly what they\u2019re getting. If you get too creative with your title ideas, you might not achieve the visibility you want. Keyword optimization is the name of the game for ranking on Pinterest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n2. Create process videos on social media<\/strong><\/h3>\nOn platforms like Instagram and TikTok, rather than posting pictures of your clipart, show the process of making clipart. People love watching tutorials and seeing how things are made. <\/span><\/p>\nCreate videos that demonstrate your process for creating clip art. While some will become your competitors, many people would rather buy it from you than build it themselves. <\/span><\/p>\nMake sure your link in bio is easy to access your product pages. For YouTube, you can add a link directly to your description for people to buy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n3. SEO optimize your website<\/strong><\/h3>\nTo sell clipart, you\u2019ll want to optimize your website for search. Adding exact keywords for your product names instead of branded product names will give you more visibility in search engines. <\/span><\/p>\nFor example, \u201ctree clip art\u201d (SEO)\u00a0 vs \u201cInto the Woods clip art\u201d (branded). On Payhip, you can even write blog posts to help you rank organically for related clip art keywords. <\/span><\/p>\nRemember to keep the intent the same: only include relevant products for your article’s topic, rather than adding everything you sell to gain visibility. Intent matters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n4. Send emails to your products<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you want to sell clip art in high volume, you can email your products. You can build an email list on Payhip to grow an audience that will buy your clip art. <\/span><\/p>\nWhen customers order from you, they can opt in to receive emails. You\u2019ll need to comply with GDPR for email in the EU. Email is typically the most profitable way to generate sales. <\/span><\/p>\nYou don\u2019t want to promote your products in every email. However, if you promote your products in every email, you should space out your emails to avoid increasing the number of unsubscribes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n \n Join over 130,000 thriving sellers<\/div>\n Sell Clipart with Payhip<\/p>\n
No monthly fees. No tech headaches.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n \n Get started \u2192\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/span>Popular Clipart Ideas and Digital Art Ideas to Sell<\/span><\/h2>\nJust knowing how to make clipart to sell may not help you much if you\u2019re struggling for inspiration! Here are some popular clip art and digital art ideas to create clipart in your own unique style.<\/p>\n
Music<\/h3>\n
You can sell clip art of various musical instruments and music symbols, such as guitars, violins, pianos, treble clef, and more. These clip art pieces would be perfect for music teachers creating printables and music worksheets for their students, or for musicians creating flyers for their bands.<\/p>\n<\/a>Examples of music festival brochures using clip art images<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nFood<\/h3>\n
There are endless food items you can turn into cliparts to sell, from sushi, tacos, burritos, ramen bowls, fries, and burgers, to name a few! These images are great for companies that are working in the food industry. Some use cases include menu design, restaurant website design, restaurant brochures, and more.<\/p>\n<\/a>Examples of restaurant menus using clip art images<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nValentines Day<\/h3>\n
The Valentine’s Day clip art to sell includes hearts, flowers (particularly roses), chocolates, cute animals, Cupid, and all things red and pink. Greeting card makers, online retailers, teachers, product designers, and event planners are all potential customers who would buy clip art in this category.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nChristmas<\/h3>\n
Creating clip art of snowmen, Christmas trees, Christmas lights, gingerbread houses, Christmas wreaths, stockings, reindeer, snowflakes, holly, gifts, snow globes, baubles, candy canes, bells, and more can make you money. You can sell clip art to small business owners, crafters and DIY makers, graphic designers, marketers, and event planners.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nBack to School<\/h3>\n
To sell clip art for schools, create images of school supplies, such as backpacks, pens, pencils, notebooks, and more. These images are great as clipart, as they are widely used in educational settings for worksheets, printables, presentations, planners, and more. Teachers and homeschooling educators would be the target audience for this clip art. <\/span><\/p>\n
Clip art generally isn\u2019t typically used in client-facing communications from larger businesses, as it tends to be simple illustrations that can give<\/span> a slightly amateur feel. In addition, individual pieces of clipart won\u2019t necessarily create a cohesive and polished design.<\/p>\n Yes, you can sell clip art. This is a great passive income idea as your product can be continuously purchased by a growing number of customers without any extra effort on your end. Be sure to follow copyright rules to avoid getting into legal issues. Do not use any other artist’s artwork in your clipart without their <\/span>official permission. Other than that, you\u2019re good to go!<\/p>\n In a later section, you’ll find a list of clip art ideas you can choose from as your niche. If you choose a niche that’s more evergreen, like school or business-related, you’ll likely have recurring income from teachers and business people who use your clip art to add to their projects. If you choose a niche that’s seasonal, like weddings or maternity, you likely won’t have repeat buyers after that chapter of their life has ended. That doesn’t mean those niches aren’t profitable, but it’s something to think about.<\/p>\n Bundles are a great way to earn a higher profit from your clip art. They also make customers feel like they’re scoring a better deal on their purchase. Customers often buy clipart bundles to create multiple pieces of content with a single purchase.<\/p>\n Once you’ve decided what kind of clipart you want to make, it’s time to start creating clip art. You can use design tools like Photoshop or Illustrator. However, some people have even designed clipart in Canva. If you’re reselling someone else’s clipart, make sure you’ve purchased a commercial license.<\/p>\n To make it really easy to sell your clipart online, we recommend using Payhip<\/a>, which offers many useful features, including instant file delivery, a website builder, the ability to include multiple files per order, and more. Payhip also charges only a 5% transaction fee per order, so there’s no upfront fee or subscription on its free plan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n On Payhip, you can upload your clip art as a digital product. You can add these individually to create multiple store listings for all your clip art. Payhip also offers a Bundle option that lets you add multiple products to a bundle you can sell on your store. After you’ve uploaded your clip art, you can write a product description to persuade people to buy your clip art. You can also add up to nine images on the product page.<\/p>\n You can start selling clipart on social media, through Payhip marketplace, or organically through search. You can find more marketing ideas later in this article to help you get started.<\/p>\n\n\n Sell Clip Art with Payhip<\/p>\n No monthly fees. No tech headaches.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n You also have the option of creating product variants if you want to offer several slightly different clip art collections, such as a collection that comes with print templates.<\/p>\n Payhip also manages EU and UK VAT on your behalf<\/a> when selling internationally, so you\u2019ll have a much wider pool of customers.<\/p>\n Payhip is a great place to sell your clip art, as well as all kinds of digital files digital downloads<\/a>, and physical products too. The best thing is that you can create your entire website for free<\/a>, and only pay a 5% transaction fee when you make a sale. It’s easy to use, even for artists who are new to selling online. But to get started selling clipart even faster, here\u2019s our step-by-step guide.<\/p>\n First, make your artwork using your graphic design software of choice. Save a high-resolution copy, along with versions that can be easily used on the web (.jpg or .png).<\/p>\n Tip:<\/strong> Need a Payhip account? Go ahead and register<\/a>: it\u2019s free.<\/p>\n In your Payhip account, click the Products tab, then \u201cAdd new product.\u201d<\/p>\n Next, select \u201cDigital Product,\u201d and Payhip will give you a form to add your product details. Use the \u201cUpload product file\u201d button to upload your clip art.<\/p>\n You could add each image individually, but it\u2019s easier for you and your customers to use a .zip file of multiple images.<\/p>\n You\u2019ll also need to fill out a title and other details for your product.<\/p>\n It can be tricky to know what to charge when selling digital products<\/a>. You might want to look for other similar sets of clipart to see what they\u2019re selling for. A set of clipart costs $3 to $30.<\/p>\n Note that prices will vary depending on whether or not a commercial license is included (allowing people to sell products that use the clipart).<\/p>\n Payhip lets you include up to 9 images for your product. Add at least 1 image that shows a sample of your clipart (show off your best items here).<\/p>\n The individual clipart pieces will likely be too small for people to copy and use for free, but you can watermark your image if you want.<\/p>\n Once you\u2019ve created your amazing storefront and products, it\u2019s time to start driving traffic to your store.<\/p>\n Take advantage of the rise in social media to convert your followers into customers. Showcase your clip art’s use cases across different settings to reach a wider audience.<\/p>\n Take advantage of Payhip\u2019s Marketing tools, such as email marketing integration, affiliate, referrals, coupon codes, and more, to set up a solid Marketing strategy for your business.<\/p>\n Tip:\u00a0<\/strong>Another option to sell your clipart is to use an online marketplace, such as Payhip Marketplace. This marketplace offers access to a large audience for digital clip art, watercolor clip art, and other types of clip art.<\/p>\n However, it’s hard to make your clip art stand out in busy online marketplaces, no matter how unique your style is, because there are so many other individual artists and artist shops.<\/p>\n Payhip is a more profitable option compared to Etsy or Creative Market.<\/p>\n The average clip art costs between $3 and $30. The higher price end is mostly associated with bundled products. You can choose to set both individual and bundled versions of your clipart. <\/span><\/p>\n The most profitable way to sell clip art is to create small packs and mega packs of clip art assets. The bundle pricing strategy allows you to earn more as a seller while making customers feel like they\u2019ve secured a deal with so much clip art in one bundle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The best-performing sellers don\u2019t set a flat rate for all their products. They might set a price for a mega bundle much higher than the average sale price in their store, so that the cheaper products seem like a better deal. <\/span><\/p>\n You don\u2019t want to underprice your products in this strategy. You\u2019ll want to create a baseline price for the clip art you actually want to sell, while having a more expensive option to make that key product look more attractive. <\/span><\/p>\n For example, if you know one product sells more than anything else, you would create another, more expensive product to make your best seller more appealing to buyers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n As long as your clipart looks attractive enough to buy, it\u2019s crucial to remember that to sell clipart and make money from it, you\u2019ll need to have a lot of products to sell. Sellers who create one amazing product to sell will not make as much money as those who create hundreds of products to sell. Volume matters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In addition to the price for selling your clip art, you can charge a fee for commercial use. If someone is using your clip art for personal use, like a birthday party invitation for their child, they wouldn\u2019t pay for a commercial license. <\/span><\/p>\n However, if a wedding vendor is using your clip art to add it to favors they sell to brides, you would be able to upsell an additional commercial license to them. You can clearly state on your product page that your clip art is for personal use only and that a commercial license is required for commercial use. <\/span><\/p>\n To make your own clipart, you\u2019ll need software such as Adobe Illustrator that lets you create and manipulate illustrations. (If you\u2019re a photographer, then creating stock photography might be a better fit for you.)<\/p>\n You\u2019ll want to create multiple different pieces to put together in a cohesive set, as people are unlikely to buy a single piece of clip art. The more items you have in the set, the higher the perceived value will be to<\/span> customers.<\/p>\n You may want to develop a consistent theme or style. Think about your audience: clip art aimed at elementary school teachers might be quite different from clipart designed for use by businesses.<\/p>\n Consider providing specific usage <\/span>rights<\/span> guidelines to ensure your customers use your clip art legally.<\/span> Most clip art is sold with a limited license that allows customers to use the image for personal usage. However, you can opt to charge additional fees for commercial licenses.<\/p>\n There are two main ways to create clip art to sell. One that involves your design skills and another that requires you to work with someone who has some design skills.<\/p>\n If you have some creative juice and design skills, you can choose to create your own clipart.<\/p>\n The exact process of creating clip art will depend on the software you\u2019re using to create your art. In brief, these are the basic steps:<\/p>\n Tip:<\/strong> Don\u2019t want to invest in software like Adobe Illustrator or other graphic design tools? You may already have a great tool that you can use.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a simple tutorial showing you how to create clip art in PowerPoint<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you don\u2019t have any design skills or design ideas, that doesn\u2019t mean that you can\u2019t start your own clipart business! You can work with designers\/artists on Upwork and Fiverr to design images to your liking. Be sure to have proper agreements in place to purchase the rights to those images created by those artists. Avoid any licensing issues by setting clear written expectations with your hired artists.<\/p>\n Once you\u2019re ready to start selling clip art, you can publish your clip art bundles on Pinterest. The best approach for posting your bundles on Pinterest is to add the exact keyword for what you\u2019re selling. <\/span><\/p>\n For example, \u201cHeart clip art images\u201d will perform best on Pinterest, as people will know exactly what they\u2019re getting. If you get too creative with your title ideas, you might not achieve the visibility you want. Keyword optimization is the name of the game for ranking on Pinterest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n On platforms like Instagram and TikTok, rather than posting pictures of your clipart, show the process of making clipart. People love watching tutorials and seeing how things are made. <\/span><\/p>\n Create videos that demonstrate your process for creating clip art. While some will become your competitors, many people would rather buy it from you than build it themselves. <\/span><\/p>\n Make sure your link in bio is easy to access your product pages. For YouTube, you can add a link directly to your description for people to buy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n To sell clipart, you\u2019ll want to optimize your website for search. Adding exact keywords for your product names instead of branded product names will give you more visibility in search engines. <\/span><\/p>\n For example, \u201ctree clip art\u201d (SEO)\u00a0 vs \u201cInto the Woods clip art\u201d (branded). On Payhip, you can even write blog posts to help you rank organically for related clip art keywords. <\/span><\/p>\n Remember to keep the intent the same: only include relevant products for your article’s topic, rather than adding everything you sell to gain visibility. Intent matters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n If you want to sell clip art in high volume, you can email your products. You can build an email list on Payhip to grow an audience that will buy your clip art. <\/span><\/p>\n When customers order from you, they can opt in to receive emails. You\u2019ll need to comply with GDPR for email in the EU. Email is typically the most profitable way to generate sales. <\/span><\/p>\n You don\u2019t want to promote your products in every email. However, if you promote your products in every email, you should space out your emails to avoid increasing the number of unsubscribes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n Sell Clipart with Payhip<\/p>\n No monthly fees. No tech headaches.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n Just knowing how to make clipart to sell may not help you much if you\u2019re struggling for inspiration! Here are some popular clip art and digital art ideas to create clipart in your own unique style.<\/p>\n You can sell clip art of various musical instruments and music symbols, such as guitars, violins, pianos, treble clef, and more. These clip art pieces would be perfect for music teachers creating printables and music worksheets for their students, or for musicians creating flyers for their bands.<\/p>\n There are endless food items you can turn into cliparts to sell, from sushi, tacos, burritos, ramen bowls, fries, and burgers, to name a few! These images are great for companies that are working in the food industry. Some use cases include menu design, restaurant website design, restaurant brochures, and more.<\/p>\n The Valentine’s Day clip art to sell includes hearts, flowers (particularly roses), chocolates, cute animals, Cupid, and all things red and pink. Greeting card makers, online retailers, teachers, product designers, and event planners are all potential customers who would buy clip art in this category.<\/p>\n Creating clip art of snowmen, Christmas trees, Christmas lights, gingerbread houses, Christmas wreaths, stockings, reindeer, snowflakes, holly, gifts, snow globes, baubles, candy canes, bells, and more can make you money. You can sell clip art to small business owners, crafters and DIY makers, graphic designers, marketers, and event planners.<\/span><\/p>\n To sell clip art for schools, create images of school supplies, such as backpacks, pens, pencils, notebooks, and more. These images are great as clipart, as they are widely used in educational settings for worksheets, printables, presentations, planners, and more. Teachers and homeschooling educators would be the target audience for this clip art. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/span>Can I Sell Clip Art?<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>How to Sell Clipart Online<\/span><\/h2>\n
1. Pick a niche<\/h3>\n
2. Decide what to sell<\/h3>\n
3. Create the clipart<\/h3>\n
4. Pick the platform you want to sell on<\/h3>\n
4. Upload your clipart to sell<\/h3>\n
5. Start selling your clipart<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n1. Create Your Clipart<\/h3>\n
2. Add a New Product in Payhip and Upload Your Clipart<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n3. Set a Price for Your Clipart<\/h3>\n
4. Upload at Least One Image of Your Clipart Set<\/h3>\n
5. Promote Your Clipart Collections<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/span>How to Price Your Clip Art<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
1. Set a typical price for clip art<\/strong><\/h3>\n
2. Set anchored pricing<\/strong><\/h3>\n
3. Volume generates more sales<\/strong><\/h3>\n
4. Set commercial license prices<\/strong><\/h3>\n
<\/span>What Program Should I Use to Make Clipart?<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>Tips for Selling Clipart For Profit<\/span><\/h2>\n
1. Create Multiple Cliparts in A Set<\/h3>\n
2. Set Clear Licensing Guidelines<\/h3>\n
<\/span>How to Make Clip Art to Sell<\/span><\/h2>\n
1. Draw Your Own Clipart<\/h3>\n
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2. Hire Clipart Artists<\/h3>\n
<\/span>How to Market Your Clipart<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
1. Publish clip art bundles on Pinterest<\/strong><\/h3>\n
2. Create process videos on social media<\/strong><\/h3>\n
3. SEO optimize your website<\/strong><\/h3>\n
4. Send emails to your products<\/strong><\/h3>\n
<\/span>Popular Clipart Ideas and Digital Art Ideas to Sell<\/span><\/h2>\n
Music<\/h3>\n
<\/a>Food<\/h3>\n
<\/a>Valentines Day<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nChristmas<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nBack to School<\/h3>\n