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1. Introduction: Do you want to know what
is trendy and commercial? Join me in this class to learn everything you need to
know about pattern. Meg. Hi, my name is Sandra scaling day and I'm a Graphic
and pattern designer. I've been sending
money science for almost a year and I'm really
happy with his website. I've had a great experience and I want to share it with you. Hopefully I will show you how to avoid some mistakes I made and I won't give you
great information that I hoped I had
in the beginning. So let's get started. In.
2. What is Patternbank?: First of all, ladies
butter bank, putter bank. He said global marketplace
for textile design. These website, they
sailed patterns to companies so they can use it in science for all
kinds of products, textiles, home decor,
stationary and more. They started as a fashion blog
reporting fashion trends, and slowly they
became a marketplace. Bladder bank is a great
way to be discovered to make passive income and
to know what is trending. They work with designers
from all over the world and they have an amazing amount
of patterns on their website. In the beginning, they
accept it all designers, but after a few years, they have made it a bit hard
to be part of the team. I hope this class will give
you a better understanding or better bank so you can get
accepted as a designer.
3. Explore the page: On the homepage of pattern bag, you will be able to
find the trend flash. Their trans slash
basically is the trend that they think it will be being in the upcoming new monks. They put a couple of
pictures and descriptions. So he's a virus, nobody's trendy and we'll be
good in the new months. They will probably buy
something related to the trend. They put the trend flash on
their pattern blank page. So these signers
know what's trendy and they can create
these signs based on it. Under trends slash, we will be able to find some pictures of inspiration and
assured description about what the trend is about. The new arrivals section. Here they show all the
designs that have just been uploaded to the science here you have to
upload regularly. Better bag doesn't really
have an algorithm, so you have the same chance as everybody else to be discovered. You can also see the categories in which they divided
the science in. Geometric, floral, tropical. On the editors peaks, you will find any signs
that are the best or the most special
according to powder bank, B here is not so easy. Here are the signs
have to be really well-made with great quality, are very different
from anything else. If you're really saying is here you have a great chance to be published on their
Instagram account or in their newsletter. This is a great opportunity to get discovered and
make more sales. They also have a section on future designers where they show the profile of
their base designers. The top menu, you can
see the premium section. So these means Premium licenses. We will talk about these later. Also, you can see
their collection, the trends and the catwalk. So everything related
with fashion.
4. Become a seller: To become a seller, you will have to
go to the menu and click on apply for
our seller account. Here, they will explain a
bit of what they're looking for and they will give you some tips on how to
fill out the form. It is important to
take these steps seriously because you
can only apply once, but I will help you out as much as possible so you
can get accepted. First, let's fill the
basic information. Your name and your e-mail, also your display name. I would suggest putting the
name of your brand or studio. Make sure you fill out
all of the information. Don't miss anything. Here. They will ask you
for your people accounts so later
they can pay you. Here, you should write, Why do you want to be
part of Potter bank? Maybe because you
love making art, I want to create an extra income or you love fashion
and being on trends. So you would like to be part of their fashion industry
selling your designs. Take your time to
write these out, but don't array
complicated, right? What do you feel? For example, I would write these, I've heard great things
about this website. And as a designer, I will have to sell my
patterns here to make an extra income and be
part of the community. Having the trend report
is very helpful and I would love to create
consistent and trendy designs. Really just write
what you feel and also what you expect
from pattern bank. On education, write
down your degree. And if you didn't study
anything related to the sign, you can say that you were
a self-taught or maybe explain a beam of how you
learn how to make patterns. In highlights. Share your
experience as a designer, maybe working with
a fashion brand, selling your designs
to a studio. I'm working for the
science studio. I link with your portfolio
is very important. They need to see
evidence of your work. So here you can
add your website. If you have a page with your
designs at Behance page, they wanted to take
out your previous work and the quality of it. Something very important is
to make sure your name is consistent in all of the
pages you are showing them. You have to have the same name everywhere So they know it you, if your Behance and Instagram are named floral design cute, name your pattern bank. Floral design cute. It also helps the
same picture of your profile on all of the
websites you are showing them. Their most important part
of bloating your designs. Thank your time on these
steps and make sure you are choosing the
busy saints who have, and all of them are perfect. No mistakes. Let me show you
the patterns I use to apply. I use patterns that I like
and that I'm proud of. You want to do the same for you. You want to choose
the signs that were first sent you and
that you really like. I chose digital designs as well as some hand painted
with watercolor. You wonder, show off
your skills choosy in signs that are different so you can show them what
you're able to do. They want to see that you're flexible, talented,
and professional. If you have these signs
that are made with watercolor and some
digitally show both of them. Try to put your
skills out there. Maybe choose a DC-3 sign, a floral pattern, or
one with big births. Just choose variety. They asked for ten
to 12 designs. I would choose ten. Then when you choose
your patterns, you have to make sure that they are perfect to be repeated. Don't put them in any scale or tried to put them
in a weird position. Just really show a repeating
tile proofing to be repeated because they will do this when they're
reviewing your work. And if it doesn't
repeat perfectly, they will just not accept you. So really make sure these
Debbie is really important. Make sure you send
them in the format. They prefer. 1200
by 1200 pixels. After you upload your These
sign makes sure they are at 100% uploaded and
hit the play button. You will receive an answer
in one week approximately.
5. Personalize your profile: Let's personalize our shop. First. Let's add a picture. The runner has to
be one hundred, ten hundred and five hundred, four hundred, four hundred
and forty peaks cells. You can make your runner on Photoshop, Illustrator
or Canada. You can put one of your designs are created a special
design for it. You could also add your name or histogram or the name
of your account. Make sure you fill out
all of the information. You could also add a
description to your shop. I like to welcome
people to my shop and add my Instagram
on counting Gazi, I wanted to take
more of my work.
6. Licens types: Potter bank has four
types of licenses. And the good part is
that in all of them, you make 50% of every sale. That's one of the reasons
I love this website. It feels right to get 50% of the sale because
he's your product. I think giving these
commission to our salary, it's really fair. The
nonexclusive licenses. They have a personal loan
that eats JPEG only, and it's obviously personal use. The euros, then they have
a commercial license. And in this one they
can sell 500 products. These one cost 85-year-old. The other one is a
commercial unlimited. So they can tell us
many of products they want and it caused 120 years. At the end, you will get
50% of every sale you make. Prefer selling in a
non-exclusive license because they can buy the
design over and over again. And at the end, you might make more money than the
non-exclusive license. But you can also try out and
see what works best for you. The premium license or the exclusive license
can be sold only once. After it's purchased. It will be automatically
removed from the website. They must not be sold or
be forced sales elsewhere. Premium, the sign is €300, so that means you will get 150.
7. Upload a design: Let's upload the design first, click on the menu and
click Upload and design. On this page, you will be able
to see the license types, the personal and commercial
and the premium. I personally always choose the commercial one
because you are able to sell it more times. And I've never really
tried the premium, but you can also give it a try. It selects this and click Next. After this, you will select
the choice you repeat. And dizzy for patterns that
are perfectly being repeated. After you can choose
the type of file, if it's bitmap or vector. So that means if it's made
in Illustrator or Photoshop, in this case is
Photoshop for me. So I will click bit bump. Here. You will select your file
and wait for it to upload. And after you really want to check that there
are no mistakes. So take your time
and check it out. The next page, you will
find the preview images. Here you can select five mockups of products I use senior
design will look good on. You can also change the
scale of your pattern. Then you will be asked to upload the Photoshop file
or the vector file. Also, if you have any assets, you can put them
here, it's optional. So for example, if
you have any other, if you have the same design with a different color palette, or if you have big truths of your process or anything
you would like to add, it would be an extra acid, but he's not necessarily
exceptional. Makes sure everything so
bloated and click next. It's time to describe
your project. So first you will
have to add a title. I would suggest to
add a title that is descriptive and
something random. For example, I wouldn't name it watercolor vibrance floral. On your description,
you just want to describe the file that
you are uploading. Beat up your design,
maybe a few hands. It is. Whatever you feel it's
relevant about your design. Put it here. Then they will ask you on which
products you are the Son. It's meant to be. You can only select
three of them. So woman's where swimwear gift
to her and said that, uh, but keeping in mind that
most of the customers of pattern bank by woman's
water swim swore and active. After you will choose
the categories. And also in this case, you can only select three. So select the ones that
go with your design. In this case, floral,
tropical, and nature. And the tax section, you can only select the
tags that are already made. You cannot make new ones, but they organize the tags by popularity a to C or heading. Take your time to
discover these menu and make sure you choose the tags that correspond to your design. You can only choose
12, so choose right, maybe to some further color and other ones for the type
of design you're putting. So if it's a floral, how it's made, so
what are you color? Take your time and select tags that really go
with your design. And these crabs who dwell. After you will just have to
take the copyright notice. And you can preview
your design to make sure you didn't
make any mistakes. It looks how you
want it to look. And then click Submit. The simul probably take a few
days until it's approved. So just be patient and check your email blacks to
see if it's approved. The mutinies time, you'll
just have to go to your menu. Click my designs, and here at the end of the row
you will find download, edit, and delete. Here. You can delete your design. Here also you can
edit your design. When you click on Edit, it will take you to the page where you
uploaded near the site. Here you can change
everything about it. So if your file was wrong
or there was a mistake, you can change your file. You can put more pictures
on the assets section. You can maybe change
the name, the tags. If you want to modify
something of your design, just do it here. At the end, you just have
to click update my design. Sometimes you might find that your design has been rejected. So here are some reasons
why this might happen. When they're repeated, It's not perfect or your design
has some mistakes. So be careful and pay a lot of attention when you
upload your pattern. Also, if you uploaded the design many times with a
different color palette, It's good to do it
three times maximum. Because pattern bank once
alrighty, and unique designs. If you're going to do it, tried to upload a design and
then another different one. These will have on your
page looking rapidly.
8. Seller tips: Be as successful seller, you have to know some
important information about the website will save you a lot of time and
I wish I knew before. First of all, pattern
bank has many clients, but most of them are part
of the fashion industry. They're looking for
these signs for woman's were around 80% of their clients shot for
the signs that will look great on woman's word.
So keep this in mind. It's a huge part of their sale. Also, there are a
lot of customers looking for the sign for
swimwear and sportswear. Woman's worst wounds sort and the sports were tough three. Also, florals are a
big, big week sellers. So make sure you have a few
florals and your portfolio. Of course, you can also
submit patterns that are a better fitted for
stationary or home decor. But don't expect these
to be sold very fast. Just be patient. The signs with a
limited amount of color generally do better
for customers. This means spending
less money on printing. Sometimes you have
to put yourself in the position of the client to
understand what they want. You can try this out. So these Sina, a
couple of these signs we tour or three colors
and see if they do better. In my experience, I've found
that this is very true. So why not give it a try? Participating in the trans
flag is very important. I have made most of
my sales like this. It's important to
check out the trend, see what they're looking for
and submit some designs. Pay attention to the color, shapes, and overall
feel of the pattern. After you create your
design makes sure the name is using the
trend flash name. For example. Right now
they have the trend lines. So if I uploaded the design, I would also name it lays line
floral or just lays line. These will make it easier
the customers and also for pattern bag to put your
designing the right place. Meat to the designers
newsletter. As I mentioned, Potter banks started as AB logo
of trend reports. They are really
good at forecasting what will be big
in the next month. They send a newsletter letting
designers know why he's popular at the moment so they can create patterns
for these trends. Also, if you have a pattern
on your shove that already, so it's a trend, you
can just rename it. And this will help customers be able to
find it more easily. Be consistent. The website doesn't really
have an algorithm, so it's a fair chance for
everyone to get discovered. The only way to be published on their first page is
to upload a design, are to be selected
as an aid or speak. Be irregular and upload weekly so they can see are
the signs pumping up. Try out different color
palettes uploading and he signed with different
color palettes might help you out
to make more sales. If you are these tiny, simple and it's easy to
change the color, It's good to have a few
options on your page. So maybe try a color palette
that is trending nail child. More fun, colorful one, Joe's don't overdo it. Three different color
patterns are probably enough. If you have any sign
that has been sitting around for a long time and
you haven't made any sale. You can try editing it and maybe change the color or composition, or simply edit the text and
the name of the design. Follow cutter bank on Instagram, they might follow you back and
take some of your designs.
9. Get paid: Getting paid his remains
straightforward. When you create an account, they will ask you to add your PayPal account
and after this, they will deposit your
earnings every month. I've never had a
problem with these. They are really irregular
and professional about it. Old payments are made using
PayPal on a monthly cycle, normally the 26th of each month. Click on the transactions and then sales to check earnings. Here, you will be able to see the pattern you
sold and to whom. In statements, you
will be able to see the amount that has been
transferred to your account.
10. Thank you: Thanks so much for
joining this class. I really hope you enjoy it
and you've learned a lot. Don't forget to upload
a screenshot and do the same that you use to apply to pattern bang on the
project section. If you have any questions, leave it in the comments below and I'll do my best
to answer you. You can also tag me
on Instagram to show me are the signs and the
partners with your shop. I also have another class on Skillshare and that
tells you how to sell your designs on Spoonflower with great tips on how to
create your own shop. Go on to get out. If you want to be the first to
hear about my new classes, follow me here on Skillshare. If you want more regular
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you in the next class.
Andrea Escalante, Artist + Entrepreneur + Educator
