What is The Design Agent (TDA)?
The Design Agent (TDA) is an online platform that allows retailers and manufacturers to purchase designs from creators who are part of The Pattern Cloud network.
How does it work?
Once a studio links their account to The Design Agent the designs are automatically added to TDA's sales platform, where a global customer base can view and buy them. TDA offers strong sales growth and frequent marketing opportunities through its expanding customer database.
Key Benefits:
1. Global Exposure and Sales Growth
TDA has a large, growing customer database, and sales have increased over 250% since last year.
By connecting with TDA, designs gain visibility to a worldwide audience.
2. Effortless Sales Process and Customer Growth
Any designs uploaded to your website are automatically added to TDA’s platform, where customers can view and purchase them.
An invoice is automatically generated when a customer buys your design, and TDA handles the payment process, ensuring quick payments (within a month for credit card transactions).
The studio receives the customer details (name, company, and email) to help them grow their own customer database.
3. Promotions and Marketing Support
TDA promotes designs through email marketing, social media, and custom pin boards to reach more customers.
Studios are also featured in TDA’s marketing campaigns to increase visibility.
Pricing and Discounts on The Design Agent
Pricing
Studios have full control over the prices of their designs. All pricing is set independently by each studio, and The Pattern Cloud does not alter or interfere with these prices. Nevertheless, TDA is available to offer guidance based on industry benchmarks and standard pricing trends.
Discounts
TDA may occasionally apply discounts (up to 10%) to encourage purchases—but only if the studio has opted in. If you'd prefer not to offer discounts on your designs, simply untick the Allow Discounts option.
To enable or disable discounts: Go to Admin Area > My Agents > The Design Agent > Settings, then check or uncheck the Allow Discounts box.
If discounts are enabled, customers will see the discounted prices when browsing your designs.
The Design Agent Commission
The Design Agent will take a 25% commission fee for selling the design. There are no monthly fees or upfront costs, our platform only charges a commission when a sale is made, so you only pay when you earn."
How to Join The Design Agent?
To link your account to The Design Agent:
Go to the backend of your website > select My Agents tab > click on The Design Agent > in the settings task panel (dialog box):
Approve and accept the Terms and Conditions.
Add your prices in the 3 currency boxes. Please ensure your prices are correct and all currencies are filled in.
Decide whether you allow the agent to discount your prices when selling. If you choose to allow discounts, customers browsing your designs will see the discounted price reflected.
Once you have set this up, you don’t need to do anymore! All of the designs you upload to your site from that moment on will be automatically uploaded.
Important
If you are a new studio and plan to connect with The Design Agent, please link your account before uploading designs to ensure they are shared correctly.
A pre-recorded setup tutorial is also available for you to watch below:
Get Featured! Showcase Your Designs in TDA’s Promotional Materials
We love celebrating the creativity of our community, and we’d be thrilled to feature your designs in The Design Agent's marketing materials! This includes promotions, social media content, and other marketing campaigns that highlight the incredible work of our designers.
If you’d like to participate, here’s what we need from you:
Original, high-quality images.
Any captions or descriptions you’d like us to include.
Your consent to feature your work by filling out this form: Marketing Image Usage Consent
By submitting your images, you’ll have the opportunity to gain visibility and connect with a wider audience.