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Dubbed Line Creators Market, the shop is open to everyone (at least in Japan) no matter your profession or age, or level of artistic talent.
Calling all creative types: Japanese messaging app Line is prepping the launch of an open marketplace where people can sell their sticker designs.
Dubbed Line Creators Market, the shop is open to everyone (at least in Japan) no matter your profession or age, or level of artistic talent.
Just register online, submit designs, wait for the OK from Line, and start selling stickers like you're back in third grade, earning money for after-school snacks. A total 42 images must be uploaded in png format—one main 240-by-240-pixel image, one 96-by-74-pixel chat room tab image, and the 40 370-by-320-pixel stickers.
Feel free to give your sticker set a title, but keep it to 40 characters; the description can run up to 160 characters. Line suggests artists submit drawing that are easy to use in daily communication, with understandable expressions. Photos will not be accepted, nor will offensive or suggestive illustrations.
Stickers will be sold in packs of 40 for JPY 100 (sub $1), and creators will receive 50 percent of all proceeds. So, if you're looking for more than a little extra spending cash, you may be disappointed.
Line already boasts more than 10,000 original stickers and emoticons, but aims to entice a new crowd of users with the option to create and use hand-made images in conversation with family and friends.
The app was formed in response to the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan, opening a new platform for locals to send text, photos, and videos, as well as make free voice and video calls. Social media-like features were later added for sharing information.
Its expansion into the U.S. came with little fanfare; applications like WhatsApp, Viber, and Skype already dominate North American mobile messaging. But the Japanese company is making the most of the recent wave of interest in these services, also introducing a new voice-calling service that will allow users to call landlines and cellphones, according to TechCrunch.
Not exactly groundbreaking, the separate-but-integrated Line feature mirrors functions already offered by Facebook Messenger and Viber, not to mention WhatsApp's recent announcement that it will add voice messaging later this year.
Line is available on various mobile and PC platforms, including Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Windows, and Mac OS.
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