Hey Lovelies! Happy New Year 
So, basically I want to start taking commissions for proofreading and character cards…
But the thing is, I dont have ANY single idea what to do or how to actually receive money after I complete someone’s request 
To those who are taking commissions for art scenes and various works, could you explain to me how this commission thing works?
I will make you free character card as a gift if you help me 
Thanks In Advance,
Your Friendly Neighbourhood Author,
Adiba x 
For character cards you could take commissions as long as you don’t use episode assets on them 
I think a lot of commission artists use PayPal but their are many platforms people work through.
I think for proofreading you can do a checklist of things you’ll go over and give feedback on so they’ll see all the different areas you can help them out in. For art people do a 50/50 thing meaning you pay at first then you pay once it’s completely done.
Yeahh…I have heard about PayPal…but it doesn’t work where I live 
I heard we have to have a debit/credit card or sth…??
Aside from PayPal…what other apps can I use to receive the money?
Yeah, one other thing I’ve heard of is Payoneer (I think that’s the name)
Okayy…then…after I make an account in Payoneer…
What things should I do next?
(Sorry if I am asking too much questions…but this is the first time I’m taking commissions and I have no idea how it works)
I’m not completely sure how that platforms works since I’ve never done commissions myself. Hopefully someone can give you more insight then me. Right now you could make a price sheet, terms, etc. Once you have those done you can ask others if they feel they are reasonable to get a little feedback beforehand.
Okayy…
But still…thank you Soo muchh for your help and patience for answering to millions of my questions…
Thank you!! 
No prob 
I think you taking commisions for character cards is not acceptable by Episode guidelines. You are using the Episode characters as it is. So, that would be a property of Episode.
This is the link where you could check the copyright policies of Episode regarding edits and other stuff.
I never did commisions
but I don’t think that… you can use episode things in your character card…or in anything if its commissioned …
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As for your question…
I think paypal, or any other will work bcz i dont know things that much
But before that you have to do alot of advertisement of your work or something so people can know you…
But PayPal doesn’t support where I live…
That’s the main problem 
then i dont know…
As already covered by now, you aren’t legally allowed to make money off of episode assets. So character cards aren’t something that you can charge for.
Their avatars, clothing, tattoos etc all belong to episode, so if you really wanted to do character cards, they wouldn’t be able to be connected to episode imagery.
I’m not sure where PayPal doesn’t work in the world to be honest lol. So I don’t know what other payment options might not be supported where you are.
Most people prefer PayPal because it’s the safest way to exchange money with someone. Buyers and sellers can be protected by PayPal money guarantees. When I was doing commissions, I worked strictly with PayPal, and all of my customers used that as their method of payment by default.
Nowadays Kofi is another way that people make payments. I believe Kofi works through a link with PayPal and something called Stripe. Perhaps that is an alternative way you can work.
Western Union is another one.
Also, different people approach the manner of payment in different ways. Some people request the fee in portions. For example, with art, 50% upfront, and 50% upon approval of finished piece. Some request it all up front, and others, all on completion. It differs, and I think depending on what you’re offering, a different approach benefits different things.
As to the actual process of doing commissions, you need to have everything in place, and really be thorough about what you are offering, and how much.
Work on your price list to ensure the fees are fair and worthy of the time and effort that you will put in.
I did art commissions, so I can’t say I’m familiar with fees for proofreading, I know many people do it for free, and with many free apps etc, then your work needs to be spot on and of very thorough, high standard. You have to be very good with punctuation, grammar, the author’s language, alternative spellings (for instance, British English, and American English), you need to understand plot development and be able to offer quality work which will assist and potentially improve someone else’s work.
(This isn’t me saying that you’re not able to do this, just explaining that as someone would be paying you, they are basically hiring someone as a professional, in which case a certain standard is expected.)
Thank youuu soo much for this…
It will help a lott!! 
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