When a work sells on Art Kelen, the platform retains a commission from the sale price, and the rest is your earnings. This guide explains what that commission is and what it supports.
What commission is. Commission is the share of a sale that Art Kelen keeps. It is taken from the sale price the collector pays, and the remainder is what is paid out to you. It is not an extra charge added on top of anything — it is a portion of the agreed price.
What it pays for. Commission is what sustains everything around your work. The curation that gives a listing here its standing. The audience of considered collectors the platform brings together. The protections that make a collector confident enough to buy, and make your sale a settled, dependable thing. The trilingual reach that puts your work in front of people across three languages. And the support behind every transaction. A curated platform is not free to run, and commission is how it stays one.
Seeing the rate that applies. The commission rate is shown to you clearly — you are never left to guess. When you set up a listing, and when a sale is recorded, the rate and the resulting figures are visible in your dashboard, so you always know what you will receive.
Pricing with commission in mind. Because commission comes out of the sale price, it is worth setting your prices with that in view, so the amount that reaches you is the amount you intended. The guide on pricing your work, under Listing & Managing Work, covers this.
If anything about the figures on a particular sale is unclear, a support conversation will walk you through it.