Drops & selling
Timed drops, publishing, early access and your sale pages. 42 articles
About the post-publish card gate
After a successful drop publish, if you don't have a saved card on file, a dialog appears prompting you to add one. This is the post-publish…
Can I pause or unpublish a product?
Yes — you stay in control of which of your print products are on sale. Because your store listing is connected to your creativehub product (…
Can I reserve artist proofs?
theprintspace fully supports selling limited and open editions, with certificates of authenticity, so editioning your work is well catered f…
Can I run multiple drops at the same time?
Yes. You can run as many drops at the same time as you like — there's no limit on how many you have live at once.
Can I use different certificates for different artists?
There is no separate certificate template per artist. Your account has one set of brand details, and each drop picks one certificate design …
Do Certificates of Authenticity show on my store page, and how do I hide them
Yes — if your product includes a Certificate of Authenticity, a preview image of the certificate appears in the product's image gallery on y…
How do I download a certificate of authenticity?
Certificates of authenticity are downloaded from the Product page, in the Variants card.
How do I market my print drop?
A print drop works because it concentrates your marketing into a focused window and uses scarcity and a deadline to turn passive scrollers i…
How do I price limited editions over time to build value?
Limited editions create value through scarcity: a smaller edition feels more exclusive and commands a higher price than a large one. Pricing…
How do I use TikTok or Reels to promote a print drop?
Short vertical video is the most powerful format for reaching people who don't yet follow you, which makes it ideal for building hype around…
How edition numbering is shared across Print and Framed variants
A limited edition of N is one product. For each size, that product has a Print-only variant plus one variant per pre-made frame colour you o…
How far in advance should I promote a print drop?
Give yourself a proper run-up. People rarely buy the first time they see a work; they need to encounter it repeatedly before they feel confi…
How pricing tiers and aspect ratios work in a drop
Drops automatically organise variants into pricing tiers based on each artwork's aspect ratio. Understanding this structure helps you make s…
How signatures and edition numbers print onto artwork
A digital signature can be printed directly onto each print, alongside an edition number for limited editions. This is separate from the cer…
How the drop creation flow works
When you choose Sell an artwork or design from Mission Control, a chat-style wizard walks you through setting up a drop one card at a time. …
How to add a letter insert to a drop
A letter insert is your own A4 PDF that ships in the package alongside the print. You design it yourself and upload it — there is no in-app …
How to add or remove artworks from a drop
The quickest way to change which artworks are in a drop is the Manage products modal on the drop's card. You can also pick products when you…
How to choose framing for a drop
Framing is set on the Framing Options step. You decide whether to offer framed prints alongside unframed ones, then pick a frame colour for …
How to choose the paper for your drop
The Paper choice step picks one paper that's used for every print in the drop. The AI curator picks the paper it thinks suits each artwork a…
How to delete a drop
Deleting a drop is permanent. The system removes the drop record, the associated sale page, and all linked configurations in one cascade.
How to duplicate a drop
Duplicating a drop makes a renamed draft copy that points at the products you choose to keep. Use it when you want to reuse most of a drop's…
How to edit a published drop
After a drop is published — or once you finish initial setup in the wizard — you land on the editing hub. From here you can change any part …
How to edit the FAQs on your sale page
Every drop sale page has an FAQ accordion. It ships with 6 default questions and answers. Edit them in the wizard step titled Important Orde…
How to edit the Quality Details section on the sale page
The Quality Details section is an optional trust-signal block on your sale page. It's a single piece of free text plus optional images that …
How to find and manage your drops
Go to Drop List in the sidebar to see all your drops. Drops are shown as cards, 9 per page.
How to manage products on a drop
Once a drop exists, you can change which products are on it in place — without re-running the create-drop wizard. Use the Manage products mo…
How to name your drop
The drop name is the first thing the wizard asks for. The card frames it plainly: "This name will help you identify this sale in your Drops …
How to preview the sale page before publishing
There's a limit to what you can preview before publishing. The wizard's preview step doesn't render a live page, and the Edit Options hub ha…
How to print signatures and edition numbers onto artwork
Printed signatures and edition numbers are set on the finishing step of the drop wizard. It's a single card titled Signatures, numbering and…
How to quick-edit a drop's title and launch/end times
Renaming a drop and shifting its launch/end times both live in the edit hub now — there's no longer a quick-edit pencil on the drop card. Th…
How to resume an incomplete drop
Drop creation auto-saves as you go. You can leave the wizard and pick up where you left off without losing your progress.
How to set a drop's sale schedule
This wizard step — titled When would you like to run the sale? — sets when the drop opens to the public, when it closes, and the timezone th…
How to set edition sizes (limited or open)
Editions set how many prints can be sold per size. You configure them in the Set Editions card during drop setup, or later via Edit Options …
How to set up certificates of authenticity
A certificate of authenticity (COA) ships with each print to give buyers proof of provenance. It isn't a one-time account setting — you choo…
How to set up Certificates of Authenticity on a drop
Each drop can ship with a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) per print. Pick one of 6 designs in the Certificate step — one is free, the othe…
How to show print dimensions (printed area, borders, framed size) on your store page
Your sale page's size buttons always show each variant's print size. You can optionally show more detail — the printed area, the border, and…
How to upload artwork to a drop
The artwork step of the wizard is titled Select artworks for this drop. You either create a new artwork (a fresh upload or an image from you…
How to upload your headshot for the sale page
The headshot is the photo of you that pairs with your bio on the sale page. Upload it during the wizard's Headshot step, or via Edit Options…
How to use product presets
A product preset saves an existing product's whole setup — sizes (standard and custom), framed and unframed variants, borders, frames, price…
What is the Edit Options hub
The Edit Options hub is the central card for managing an existing drop or product. You land on it once setup is done, and whenever you reope…
What should I post before a print drop goes live?
The weeks before launch are where the sale is actually won. Your job is to build connection and anticipation so that by launch day your audi…
Why run timed sales drops
Timed drops plus email early access is the strategy creativehub is built around. Time-limited releases drive higher conversion than always-o…