Artists join
Membership provides a professional profile, publishing, provenance, discovery and commercial tools.
One platform. Several paths to value.
Artists use Artāwhai—and can earn when their work travels.
Membership pays for practical artist services. Display subscriptions pay for licensed access. Sales, commissions and licences remain direct creative income.
Public pilotPricing and payout rules are published now. Billing and protected delivery open after pilot validation.
The value loop
Clear in three moves.
People display art
Homes and venues pay for limited, licensed access to opted-in artwork.
Artists earn
Verified display creates a revenue share. Discovery can also lead to originals, prints, commissions and licences.
Artist membership
Pay for useful infrastructure—not a promise of exposure.
Founding 100
Lifetime core membership — NZ$0For the first 100 approved artists who publish an active artwork.
- Artist profile
- Standard artwork listings
- Provenance and QR tools
- Discovery and enquiries
- Digital-display eligibility
Artist Core
NZ$14 / monthNZ$140 / yearThe essential professional home for an artist and their work.
- Artist profile
- Artwork publishing
- Provenance tools
- Discovery
- Enquiries
Artist Pro
NZ$29 / monthNZ$290 / yearFor artists building a larger catalogue and commercial practice.
- Everything in Core
- Expanded analytics
- Priority display tools
- Commercial pathways
- Advanced portfolio controls
Display access
Simple plans for homes, collectors and venues.
Home
NZ$14.90 / monthOne personal screen and a rotating licensed collection.
Collector
NZ$24.90 / monthUp to three personal screens, saved collections and deeper discovery.
Venue
From NZ$79 / monthCommercial display for one screen, with additional screens and curation priced clearly.
Prices are in NZD and include GST where applicable. Venue pricing scales by screen and service level.
How display money moves
Most net display revenue returns to artists.
65%to the artist pool
35%to Artāwhai operations and growth
Net revenue means subscription income after GST or other taxes, refunds and payment-processing costs. Each subscriber’s artist pool is distributed among the artworks they genuinely displayed, in proportion to verified display time.
No fixed “per display” promise. Artists see the calculation and ledger behind each payout period.
Direct creative commerce
Display is one income path—not the whole model.
For originals and commissions completed through Artāwhai, the artist receives the sale proceeds less a 10% platform commission, payment processing, applicable tax and any separately agreed fulfilment costs.
Original salePrint or editionCommissionCommercial licenceDisplay revenueArtist membership
When an original sells
The object changes hands. The rights do not blur.
New display access stops. Existing subscribers receive a clear end date unless continuing digital display is expressly agreed with the collector.
Sale recorded
No new display access begins.
Subscribers notified
The chosen wind-down rule sets the end date.
Rights confirmed
Physical ownership, copyright and digital display remain separate.
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