Artist Partner Agreement

Last updated November 2026

This agreement is between you, the artist, and The Imperfect Company LLC, which operates Madten (440 N Barranca Ave #5006, Covina, CA 91723, USA). It applies once we've accepted your application to the Madten artist partner programand you've approved your first piece for sale.

Your work stays yours

You keep the copyright and every other right in your work. Nothing in this agreement transfers ownership to us. You can sell, license and show your work anywhere else, at the same time, at any price.

The licence you give us

For each piece you approve for sale, you give us a non-exclusive, worldwide licence, for as long as the piece is listed, to:

• prepare the file for printing (scaling, cropping to a print size you've approved, cleaning edges and matching colour), without otherwise altering the work;
• print it and sell the prints, in the sizes, frames and materials you've approved, and have our print partners make and ship them;
• show pictures of it, including room photos, to describe and promote it: on our site, in product listings (such as Google and ChatGPT), in email, and on social media.

We'll always credit you by the name you choose. We won't sell your work in any form you haven't approved, use it to train AI models, or sublicense it to anyone except the companies that print, ship and list our products.

What you promise us

For every piece you list, you confirm that you made it yourself and own all the rights needed to grant this licence; that it doesn't copy anyone else's work or use anyone else's characters, brands, logos or a real person's likeness without permission; that it isn't generated by AI; and that it isn't unlawful. If someone makes a claim against us because one of these isn't true, you'll cover our reasonable costs of dealing with it.

What we choose to sell

We choose which pieces to list and may decline any piece, or stop selling it, at our discretion. We take works down promptly if we receive a credible notice that they infringe someone's rights, and we'll tell you when we do.

What you earn

For every print sold at our standard price, we pay you a fixed amount that depends on its size and finish:

Other shapes pay the same as the nearest size: 12 × 16 like 12 × 18, 18 × 24 like 16 × 24, and 24 × 32 like 24 × 36.

You may set a price above our standard price for any piece. When you do, we pay you the amount above plus everything you've set above our standard price. Our standard price is the minimum; you can't price below it.

Our sales, bundle discounts, discount codes and affiliate commissions come out of our share and never reduce what we pay you. Shipping and tax charged to the customer aren't part of the price for this purpose.

Changes to what you earn

We can change these amounts or our standard prices by giving you at least 30 days' notice by email. Changes never apply to prints sold before they take effect. If you don't accept a change, you can take your work down before it takes effect.

Returns and reprints

A payment is confirmed once our 30-day return window has passed. If an order is fully refunded or charged back in that time, there's no payment for it; if it's partly refunded, the payment is reduced in proportion. If a print arrives damaged or flawed and we reprint it free, you're still paid in full for the original sale.

Payment

We pay by PayPal by the 15th of each month, for payments confirmed by the end of the month before, once your confirmed balance reaches $25. Anything below that rolls over. Payments are in US dollars. Each payment comes with a statement listing the prints it covers. If something looks wrong, tell us within 60 days and we'll look into it in good faith.

Taxes

You're an independent contractor and responsible for your own taxes. We'll ask for a tax form, such as an IRS Form W-9 or W-8BEN, before your first payment, and may hold payment until we have it. We report payments to tax authorities where the law requires it.

Customers

The customer buys from us. We set the terms of sale, take payment, handle questions, returns and reprints, and keep customers' personal details private, which means we don't share them with you.

Leaving

You can take down any piece, or leave the program, at any time by emailing us. We'll take the work off sale within 7 days. We can end this agreement with 30 days' notice, or at once if you break it. Either way, orders placed before the work comes off sale are still made and still paid, and the licence ends for everything else, except pictures already published in places we can't edit, such as past emails.

Liability

We'll take reasonable care with your files and your work. Except for amounts we owe you under this agreement, neither of us is liable to the other for indirect or consequential losses, and our total liability to you is limited to the amounts we've paid you in the 12 months before a claim.

The rest

This agreement is governed by the laws of California. If we change it, we'll email you at least 30 days before the change takes effect. If any part turns out to be unenforceable, the rest still applies. Questions go to hello@madten.com.