Mostra vs Etsy vs Saatchi Art: Where Should Artists Sell Online?
Artists searching for the best place to sell art online usually end up comparing the same few names. Here is an honest comparison of Mostra, Etsy and Saatchi Art, including the part that matters most: how much of each sale you actually keep.
Saatchi Art
A large, art-specific marketplace with a big collector audience and strong brand recognition. The trade-off is commission: Saatchi Art takes a significant cut of every sale, historically in the region of 35% to 40%. On a £1,000 sale, that is £350 to £400 gone before you see anything. It works for artists who value the built-in audience enough to pay for it. Check their current terms, as rates change.
Etsy
Not an art marketplace but a general one, with a huge audience and low per-sale commission, usually a transaction fee of around 6.5% plus listing and payment processing fees. The catch is context. Your original painting sits alongside candles and phone cases, buyers are price-driven, and it is very hard to be found as a fine artist rather than a seller of things. Good for prints and lower priced work at volume. Less good for building a collector base.
Mostra
The marketplace built by The Holy Art. Zero commission, forever: artists keep 100% of every sale. Instead of a cut, Mostra runs on one flat membership. You get your own studio page and shareable link, unlimited works, your own prices, and payment direct to you through Stripe. You own the relationship with every collector. Behind it sits a community of 250,000+ artists and collectors built over six years of exhibitions, so your work goes in front of people who came looking for art.
The comparison in one line each
Saatchi Art: big art audience, big commission. Etsy: big general audience, low fee, wrong context for original art. Mostra: art-only audience, zero commission, you keep everything.
Which one is right for you
If you sell prints in volume and want maximum reach at low prices, Etsy can work. If you want an established art-only audience and do not mind losing a third or more of each sale, Saatchi Art is an option. If you want to sell original work, keep 100% of it, and own your collectors, Mostra is built for exactly that.
The number that decides it
Sell ten pieces at £500. On a 35% commission platform you keep £3,250. On Mostra you keep £5,000. The difference is a year of materials, or a month of rent, or the reason you can keep making work. That is the whole argument.
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