Basic vs Pro Accounts

Overview

ArtSites has two account levels: Basic (free) and Pro. Both let you show your artwork online. What differs is where your work lives and how much of it is shown.

Neither level limits how much work you can make. On both, you can add, edit, and keep your whole body of work.

Basic Accounts

A Basic account is free, and it is a real account rather than a trial:

An artist profile: Portfolio, About, and Contact
20 works shown: Your profile shows 20 of your works, and you choose which
All your work kept: Add, edit, and organise as much as you like; only the number shown is set
Your work in one place: The works you show appear together, rather than grouped into collections
A polished look: Chosen for you, so there is nothing to set up
Your own Custom URL: Your profile lives at an address like sites.art/your-name
A place in the artist directory: When you want one

Pro Accounts

Pro is a website of your own:

Your own address: A subdomain, or a domain name you bring or register with us
Your own Design: Colours, typography, and layout, starting from a choice of starter designs
Your own pages: Content pages, a blog, and events
Newsletters: Write to the people who follow your work
Every work you make, shown: Your website has no set number, because it's yours
Collections: Group your work by series, medium, year, or however you work, as many as you like
Menus and layout: Headers, footers, sidebars, and menus arranged how you like
Multiple images per artwork: Detail shots, installation views, and process images

When to Move Up to Pro

Pro is worth it when you want:

A website of your own, at your own address
Your own domain name
A blog, events, or newsletters
Control over your website's Design and layout
Your work grouped into collections, by series, medium, year, or however you work
Every work you have made shown in one place

Tips

Start on Basic and stay as long as you like: nothing runs out
Add your whole body of work from the start; what you make is never capped by your account level
Moving up to Pro keeps everything you already have and adds a website beside it
Moving back to Basic puts your website away with everything on it kept, ready to come back; your profile, your Custom URL, and the works shown on them don't change
Any collections you made on Pro are kept exactly as you left them, in the same order, and they come back the way they were if you move up again