NFT offers on Instagram | Should I sell my art as NFT | How to avoid art scams on social media
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So you just received NFT offers on Instagram or TikTok and you're wondering if it's legit. Should I sell my art as NFT? What are even NFTs? Let me give you a complete understanding of these NFT offers and whether they are safe to accept or not. We'll also talk about how to avoid art scams on social media. Let's go!!
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Let's do a little survey: like this comment or reply if you've received an NFT offer in the last year. Let's see just how common these NFT scams are!
Yes. I started my Instagram account back in December and immediately started getting offers to sell my art as NFTs. I never fell for it though.
Thank you for this video!
I just had a request from a NFT guy on Instagram today. I told him I was not interested to work with this. And he told me how to process to sell him my work for NFT... I blocked him ^^'. Not sure it was even a humain!
I have received many NFT offers on Instagram. And I have blocked all of them. Immediately I thought it was a scam. This people profile were all the same, they show people with fancy cars, beautiful houses, and a lot of paintings in museums. I don't know, but that seems people stealing pictures from other people and making fake accounts. I don't even think they are who they say they are.
@@rollicker3139 It is a tactic of theirs to target brand new accounts because they think the artist will be more inexperienced and naive. The good thing is, as you grow they'll bother you less often!
As soon as launched my illustrations/artist instagram and Facebook they’re like cockroaches!!!!
Thank you so much.! Received an offer to buy 2 pieces of my art! Since I did not know much about NFT I said will research. It is a no non. Thx!!!
Glad I could help!
Thanks Ness for this informative and also great video it’s true they try it with me , and I end up showing the scam ! Artist be careful and stay united !
Exactly, we stick together and share information! Stay safe out there, hun!
Thank you so much for this video! Really. I was uncertain with NFTs to begin with but this made my resolve in avoiding it all together that much stronger haha
My pleasure, I’m glad you found it helpful!
Thanks for posting this, Ness, and thank you for the "Red Flag Guide"!
My pleasure. Lauren!
Thank you! You saved my time and money!
Awesome video. Helped clearing some confusion
Glad it helped!
Thank you for this explanatory video
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you very much for this video. Very helpful. I've got various scams lately as well, and wondered why on earth someone would pay thousands of dollars for some of my artwork as NFTs.
I'm sure there are people out there who would love to buy you art for thousands of dollars hun... just not these NFT lowlives!
Great explanation! Thanks ❤❤
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you. That was helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
This was very helpful thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Oh I am so very glad I found your video before too late
Glad it was helpful!
It happened to me last month. Too good to be true!!
I hope you don't get discouraged! There are so many legitimate illustration gigs out there. NFTs are not it though!
Thank you, you saved me from making a big Mistake !
Glad I could help!
Helpful thanks
Glad it helped
Thank you this has been SO helpful. You saved me $300
Glad I could help!
Thankyou mam.. your video just saved me....
Glad to hear that! ☺️
Thank you, l I had so many offers just in this week. all had few red flags, but I want to confirm my suspensions 😊
Good luck!
Not really sure how people easily fall for these scams… I just had an ‘art collector’, with a nice page and her own NFT website, offer me 30eth for three paintings, and asked me to mint on her website. She was nice and friendly- until I told her ‘transfer me 40% upfront and I’ll happily begin uploading’. She got pissed and then blocked by me
Nice going Ethan! I think partly some people savvy with selling (asking for money upfront and whatnot) and partly, artists are hopeful to make a living with their art and desperately want to believe it’s true. That’s why artists are targeted to begin with. Don’t judge them harshly, judge the scammers!
Is that grace?😅
@@josefbirish4135 holy shit yes! She tried to get you as well??
Thank you a lot for the video! Even though it might be a little too late for me to watch it 😭 Any advice on what should I do, if I HAVE already uploaded my nft on a kinda fishy website and paid for the minting already? Is there anything I can do to prevent them from stealing my information?
Change your passwords if you’ve used the same one in other places!
Thank you so much for making this video 🙂, just helped me dodge a bullet. I was also approached by someone offering to buy my art as NFT, gotta make sure to decline that offer and thanks again 😁
Glad I could help! Stay safe out there!
Thank you 😊
You're welcome 😊
thank you so much, I just received an offer to buy my photos from FB for his NFT collection. I will deny that offer.
I'm glad I could help! Stay safe out there!
I got an offer today, it just said they liked my art and wants to buy it as an NFT collection, I told em I have to think about and got to this video in my research about NFTs cuz I knew nothing about them.
Can you just upload them yourself and tell those people where to find em on the site to buy them? Maybe like this they can't scam you since if they're really interested they can just buy them from the original site from where you uploaded them.
You CAN make them yourself, but it costs money to make (or "mint") and it's very difficult to sell them because so few people are buying... So yes it's safer and this way you wouldn't be scammed, but you'll still probably lose your initial investment.
"Can you just upload them yourself and tell those people where to find em on the site to buy them? Maybe like this they can't scam you since if they're really interested they can just buy them from the original site from where you uploaded them." I asked myself the same question. And I found some videos that say there are some websites where you don't need to pay to create an NFT out of your art...
Doesn't sound it safe that way?
@@anniki7573 It's safe to create them yourself, but the problem remains that the NFT market is dying and there's no one that wants to buy NFTs anymore, so it's all pretty pointless. There are way better ways to sell art than this...
Can't thank you enough....
Do you know if there's a group or agency that scammers can be reported to ?
There are but it depends on where the scam is taking place. If the scammer if in another country, that country would have jurisdiction. It’s easier to take down local scams for that reason. With online international ones, it’s hard to even figure out where they are, let alone who to report it too.
Very good info but I have to leave informational videos that add background noises that really harm those of us disabled with a tbi or neurology. It’s also extraneous noise that we know cuts absorption and retention bigly..
Sorry about that! I don't have the best quality sound equipment but I do my best
Thanks for the info. Are you French Canadian?
You can tell LOLL... Yep.
@@ArtBusinesswithNess LOL Yes, I could be wrong but I am also guessing New Brunswick.
@@Pascalism Born and raised on the North shore of Montreal :) You?
I've a question what if the person asking me to sell my artwork for 1 eth is it still scam? Because as she mentioned scamers usually start offering from 7 eth which is obviously too much. Kindly clear my concern
It doesn't matter how much they are offering you - if it has anything to do with NFTs or payments in cryptocurrencies, I would be very careful and stay far, far away if I was in your place.
Thank you for validating my suspicion, I did not fell for it since they offered 3 cripto for 4 of my art that was nothing special (I'm not being humble, they're just a quick lowpoly 3D render) 😂 for the record, I originally responding him hoping he was gonna do comission lol.
Also additional red flag : If you go to their profile, their bio would be tryhard convincing you they're real deal, something like "Art/NFT collector" or "Supporting small artist' and something personal like " A proud and loving dad" to indicate they're real person.
Right that’s a good one! Or the person only has photos of expensive cars on their profiles 🙄
@@ArtBusinesswithNess ikr 😅
Received 2 offers. One was for 2K in eth! The other one just wants me to let him know when I upload to opensea. All my paintings thus far have been sold as... paintings. I may upload one and see what happens - but I'll do it myself.
Yeaah there are so many better ways to sell paintings than NFTs 😅
@ArtBusinesswithNess I've been piddling around and now will dedicate more time to my art and the business. I just found your channel. See you soon as I watch (and like and comment) your videos and help a sister out the best way I can. 💞💞💞💞
@@spiraltigerart815 Awww that's so nice! I'll see you around then!
Thanks for the video I just got a message directly to my email from someone wanting to buy my art to auction for NFT
Glad I could help!
I have prints of my photos for sale on Fine Art America. If I sell one of my photos as an NFT, can I still sell prints of that photo through that website? Or does the one that own the NFT essentially owns the rights to the photo. Because that’s one thing I do not want to do is ever give up right to my art.
Selling a NFT does not assign any rights. They only own their copy, not any reproduction rights. This is like if someone buys a print for you, it doesn't give them any right. However, it seems like a misplaced concern since the likelihood of artists actually managing to sell NFTs is very low. No one is buying that stuff or is interested in it. It's a dead market.
@@ArtBusinesswithNess I ask because someone messaged me. I understand that it most likely a scam. I would go along only if I can do it safely, if that’s even possible.
@@quietcorner293 Just be very careful! We don't always see their angle. They won't necessarily ask you for money, they could steal your personal information during the conversation. Personally if I played along with all the NFT offers I received, I wouldn't even have time to do anything else...
I get probably two or three scams a week on Deviant Art asking about NFT. The reason I only post at 72 DPI
That's definitely a great practice to protect your art!
I don’t understand something. When you have physical art like a painting or a statue, it can have some use during the time you own it. I mean, you can display it. You can hang it in your house your office wherever. But what about NFT? I’m hobby photographer. If I turned one of my photos into an NFT, what good does it have for the person who owns it? I mean, if I sold it as print, it can obviously be displayed.
You're hitting the nail on the head about the core problem with NFTs: they have no use. I suppose you can print your NFT to display it, but you can just buy an actual print from the artist for cheaper than that. The only value of NFTs is in reselling. People don't buy a NFT because they like the art or artist and want to display it, they buy it because they think they can resell it and make a profit. It's an investment, not an art purchase. And since everyone wants to sell, no one wants to buy... it's a very bad investment, very risky, and after the first couple years when everyone who bought them couldn't sell them and incurred massive losses, people lost interest and the whole market just collapsed.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
thank you for this video, i could've lost all my money if i hadn't watched this😂
Glad I could help! Stay safe out there!
I always say no to nft buyers/collectors
Atta girl!
There's a lot offer me to buy my artwork $6000 each in nfts, earlier there's also an offer to buy my artwork in nfts. Thank to God I decided to not sell my artworks in nfts
I'm glad too! Stay safe out there!!
I've had several people offering to NFT my art. I said no, 1.) yeah I thought, 'yep its a scam' and 2) I'm not going to have some stranger out of nowhere sell my art after i spent a long time perfecting my craft. I'll do it myself if I decide to NFT.
Exactly! That's the smart way!
I always block people who are offering to buy my art as digital copies.
I always block people who are offering to buy my art as digital copies.
I always block people who are offering to buy my art as digital copies.
I always block people who are offering to buy my art as digital copies.
I just got an NFT offer to buy my art today... Another one is the PayPal scam within a day
They're persistent! Stay safe out there!
I received such offer some months back. Totally ghosted them 😅
Good for you!!
@@ArtBusinesswithNess I know better
I just got a message from someone asking exactly that
They're everywhere right now, and annoying! But here's a tip: you can block the keyword "NFT" in your Instagram settings, it works miracles!
Well i receive same msg every time i upload my artworks that says " I love your artwork and i will buy it for 10 eth each". 😂
If they become too annoying, you can block specific keywords in your Instagram settings so you stop getting all these scams :)
@@ArtBusinesswithNess I will do it for sure 👍
OMG I got the same message on FB 😅 10 eth for each
I got an offer for 3 of my works yesterday for 8 ETH each
Stay far far away from it!
Very helpful thank you! I had one try to offer me 20,000 for each of my paintings. I normally sell for around $500.😂
$20,000 is possible - but usually later in career and after a long negotiation ;) To just reach out online and put a cool 20k on the table without preamble is... yeah.
are the scammer using opensea too ?
From what I understand, mostly fake phishing websites. They could say it's OpenSea but it's not. In general, just stay away from NFTs. There's no money to be made there, just scammers and art thieves... So many better ways to sell your art!
How to get an online painting art job??
I have some videos that explain this, like this one called "all the steps to become a freelance illustrator": ua-cam.com/video/DfrKYXvSGwU/v-deo.html
@@ArtBusinesswithNess I will definitely check it out
@@ArtBusinesswithNess can you please alongate all those videos in a Playlist??
The only time your art should sell as an NFT is if YOU made the NFT yourself, and you know what you are doing in terms of the cryptocurrency world. If you don't understand crypto, wallets, exchanges, tokens on various different chains then you need to spend time learning those basics first. Without that you've no business messing around with NFTs that you don't Fully understand the underlying technologies of!
Amen to that, cowgirl!
About a month ago a girl sent me a message saying she liked my art. Gradually over the last month we've been chatting more regularly. About many subjects, She is something in the art world. Young friendly, but not too friendly as its suspicious. Anyway I got an offer today. NFTs Etherium totalling about 4000 for 5 pictures. I know so little about ai art, I knew even less about NFT's. So I messaged the girl asking her ab out it. Was it a scam etc. She said she hadn't heard of this one. I said I was happy to play along but wouldn't be doing anything stupid. Then she offered to help me through the process.. Which I thought was very nice of her.. Until I watched this video, and realised shes part of the scam... Very smart.. No way! She;'s just messaged as Im typing. Telliong me its her field! I wanna have some fun, Then ill post pictures
She told you first that she hasn’t heard of this one, but then she told you it’s her field of expertise? 🧐
thank you 💕
You're welcome 😊
I had two accounts ask to promote my art on their accounts they guaranteed I make money and get followers but I have pay $99 for a package they share it on their story and put me star of the week.. they have 150k followers but feels like a scam like if I pay them they do nothing or I pay $99 they get views and followers I don't and I'm lucky make $20 off my art
Many of these "promotion" accounts look like they have a lot of followers, but they're mostly bots and and when we look at the actual engagement on their posts it's almost inexistent... It is risky to buy these promos because mostly it's a waste of money, but even worse, some of these accounts will buy followers for you to make it seem like their service works. You'll wake up one morning with exactly 200 new followers for example. This can flag your account for shadow ban, so it's incredibly dangerous!
@ArtBusinesswithNess I had the same person on Twitter contacted me saying they like my artwork. Are u interested in selling them? Where can I look at them. I mostly sell my work on crypto com nft site, and Dud said I don't do services on that site it has to be opensea.. then he like BRB I got a client then when he messaged me he like let's do deal I want buy your art I told him my links i said that's amazing my link is my bio then he stop messaging me.. I look thru his page one person comment on a post. Be careful he's a scammer she shared a screenshot of him pretending to be from Japan and that he's an art dealer and collects art she called him out, and then he blocked her.. but now his profile says he's from uk..
@ArtBusinesswithNess thank u for uploading this video. I also do my research if it's too good to be true
NFTs do not need to be beautiful but unique. So when someone wants to buy my art by NFT cause it is beautiful, I just don't listen the rest...
Maybe so, but when someone says NFT at all I just don't listen to the rest lol. If I wanted to sell NFTs I'd mint them myself, I wouldn't need anyone else. But why would I want to get into this dead market? There are much, MUCH easier and more fun ways to sell art...
I have recieved 10 at one time in last month,got rid of 9 of them amd there's one trying hid luck,claiming he works from Opensea itself,one even offer to pay half my gas fees to get my Art and made me crazy offers of 50 ETh for One and im like yo,please stop,i work hard and not be scammed or exploited,and he used the emo tactic and i told him to stop playing im not interested,i can do it by myself,he backed off for a week and resurfaced thinking he a great white😂🤣🤣i told him im a killer whale gona hunt you in the vast ocean and he is laying low for now.😅😅😅
If you get really tired of getting these scam messages, you can go in your Instagram settings and ban some keywords, like "NFT". It's a relief!
Thanks. Someone just offered me $4500 for each of 5-10 artworks of mine.
That's a reasonable price, but if it's NFTs it's undoubtedly a scam...
I got 15 scammers 😢
I'm sorry to hear that! Stay safe!
100% of the time it's a scam
Amen!
I get so many obvious scam NFTs! 😂 I just told someone that it’ll cost them $100 billion and then wrote in an evil laugh 😂 Then they tried to DM me
They don't get the hint, do they!
@@ArtBusinesswithNess nope! At least it’s free engagement??? Lolll
@@crystalballerrr Silver lining right there!😂
I want to sell my nfts I'm New in nft marketplace 😢😅
This is not the video for you then - I'm discouraging people to get into the NFT market.
Part about scam starts from 7:30.
tldr; Yes, it is a scam
Yes and we should all stay away from NFTs
I also get offer in Facebook one lady asking my physical artworks as nft in nftminecorps for 20,000 dollars i.e., in 12.2ETH then i think is it scam? ,why they this much of money 💰 then i searched in UA-cam and you saved me from being scammed from her
I'm glad the video helped! Stay safe out there!
Ohh thank you too much sweetie 🤍
No problem 😊