Hi Nikki
They sent me an E-invite too. I assumed they had contacted me thru my UK based illustration portfolio site. Hm-m-m. Wonder if they contacted other GCU artists?
-Di

Hi Nicole,
 
Tried to email you through the email address you gave but that is not working, neither is your site...  
 
Here are my thoughts on the exchange rate, plus a couple of other thoughts:  
 
First of all, for selling one card up to 500 with Greetings by Photobox, you would get 25 pence, as this is a UK based business.  Right now, the exchange rate from the British Pound to the American Dollar is about half.  51 cents, to be exact.  It is super smart of this company at this time, to court American artists, as 25 pence amounts to about 12 and a half cents American, you pay the currency exchange fees and they make an extra 12.5 pence for every card of yours sold. For the artist, though, hardly worth it, in my opinion.  
 
If, however, you can easily convert your cards to their format, you have nothing to lose but a little bit of time.  The exposure is always good.  And if you do sell a few and the dollar improves in the global market (not likely as long as the current administration holds sway, but any new administration, be it Republican or Democrat, will most likely get an improvement buzz on the economy which could improve our exchange rate situation a bit), then you will have lost little.  
 
Another HOWEVER: if they pay in Pound Sterling through some pay vehicle like e-gold or PayPal, then you will have some fees to pay to convert into American Dollars... Currency exchange rates may very well negate any kind of profit for you... that is, any money that would be worth your time.  For example, when I deal with my Canadian customers, I always make them pay me either by CC (I have a merchant acc't) or if it's a check, they must add 8% currency exchange fee, so $100 is $108 to me.  That usually nets me about $100 by the time the exchange rate is done, as for the first time in history, the Canadian dollar is worth more than the American one... then subtract from the $108 what the bank charges me the its currency exchange fee.
 
Hope this helps and good luck.
 
Ann
 
 

Yes, congratulations Nicole and Di.
 
For the rest of us who weren't contacted, it looks like anyone can submit designs, though they don't accept all designs submitted:
 
http://greetings.photobox.co.uk/page/send-us-card-design
 
As Ann says, the royalty is smaller than what we earn on GCU, but it may be an opportunity to get exposure in another market.
 
Dustin
 
 

just another thought...I don't see any stores or galleries dedicated to the individual artists.  I clicked on their tiny little linked named but the tiny cards that came up at bottom were from varied artists NOT a link to anything branding them other than the main site.  With the new "back of card" option and our own "storefront", GCU wins on that part easily.
 
again, i may be wrong so take it for what it's worth.

Colleen I went back to find the page where I saw this on 48 months, suddenly I couldn't find it and when clicking in the terms & conditions I got suddenly another type f terms ??? then I remember where I had been in there, I have the habbit of clicking in anything there are to be clicked on to see what's behind  
 
At the end, there you can submit your work, a new window pops up, and here on the first page you have to tick the box of agreeing with their terms and conditions, but if you don't read them in there you never know, they obviously have more than the huge one.
 
If clicking on the link there for terms and conditions a new PDF window opens and there are the other terms so different than the other ones, I was wondering it was so short and not fulfilling like GCU etc.
 
Here is the link directly to the page:
There are only two pages, scroll down to page two and you find what I meant with 48 months
http://assets.photobox.com/assets/content_graphics/files/pdf/GreetingsbyPhotobox _HeadsofTerms.pdf
 
Big Huggs
/Inge

Since I have been on GCU, I have received numerous requests from other online sites:  "We want your artwork", "Sell you art on our site", "You have been invited...." blah, blah, blah, yadda, yadda, etc.  
READ EVERYTHING CAREFULLY.  I've not taken anyone up on any of these.  
 
We DO retain ownership of our own art on GCU and have not had to sign any kind of agreement that reserves our art to GCU.  This is a GOOD thing.  Many of these sites require a seclusive contract with no guarantees.  Just read everything carefully, and if you have questions, contact them!
 
-Ernestine

The question of retaining rights--or none at all-should be taken seriously.  I have been contacted by two other artist friends of mine about another card website 'stealing' their images and listing them as someone else's cards with different text--yikes!!!  
 
GCU images are not 'taken' by GCU, just used as intended for 'your' cards--other websites, after receiving your images, DO have fine print in their 'terms and conditions' and can sometimes use them at their discretion--whether you're informed, really 'agree' or not.
 
Read carefully!
-Kerra