Back in October 2020, Japan’s largest online artwork community, Pixiv, rolled out a request system to its users. As its name implies, this functionality allows any artist on the service to begin accepting paid requests from the community, and should they like a concept, accept it, and produce it within a 60-day deadline. To date, almost 8,000 requests have been sent by clients to artists on Pixiv.
With this being a brand new concept introduced onto a pre-existing website, it felt like what we received at first was more a beta test of things to come. Fortunately, as the weeks and months have progressed, while there are still some “coming soon” notices included where desirable features are noted, the website’s developers have continued to update the Requests System.
In their second monthly update to the service, Pixiv have added the following functions available to clients and/or artists:
■ You will now be able to look at the details of your future money transfers by the month and previous transfer history.
■ Reminder e-mails will now be sent 1 day before your response deadline for a received request and 2 weeks before the submission deadline for an in-progress request.
■ You will now receive an e-mail when you receive a co-request.
■ Gift files may be added immediately after you post a request. Before, you had to wait until the work had finished processing, but now you can add the file without having to wait.
■ The amount received from a request may now be hidden immediately after you post it. Creators who don’t want others to know how much was received from a request can hide it without having to wait for the request to be public.
[Source: Pixiv Website]
You can read my review of Pixiv’s Request System by clicking here
