thinking about going full artstation and getting rid of the website

Billabong

Has anyone just gone full artstation with their portfolio and gotten rid of their website? The only reason I'm hesitant is because my email is linked to my website and has been for 10 years now, but I'm sick of the high costs. I just wanted to see if anyone else has done this and how has it been with people getting in touch with you.

 Thanks for any feedback.

  -B

lefix

Not a bad idea, your Artstation page has a lot more visibility while personal pages get little to no visitors usually.

RyRyB

I ditched the personal website about 4 years ago and haven't looked back. Didn't get much traffic mind you, but ArtStation is just so much easier to manage.

SkyGround

You can have you site/domain linked to you artstation portfolio. I did that and now when some one goes to my site - artstation folio appears. Email is still linked to my site

thomasp

main traffic goes to artstation for sure and the job offers mostly come from there but my webspace is pretty inexpensive so i'm keeping it. comes in handy sometimes.

also: CGHub.

zachagreg

Yea my personal website exists mainly because I own the domain and it's nice and tidy on my documents and business card. That being said it's just a spruced up and recolored Artstation Pro page. If the personal site is not getting hits and costing you money I'd look into actually purchasing the domain outright and just redirecting.

Billabong

Some good avice. Thanks guys!

-B

Jonas Ronnegard

Yeah I have noticed I started to feel annoyed looking at portfolios that is not artstation portfolios. Also me as well as many others do most of their artist searches on Artstation.

carvuliero

Just keep backup of your work somewhere just in case CGHub happen again

garcellano

@carvuliero
Yeah, I'm a little worried about that, too, but I may want to give the ArtStation Pro thing a shot.

PixelMasher

artstation is not going the way of cghub. They have a full on business model with recurring revenue, a decent sized team in place and are steadily growing their userbase. It's not going anywhere. It's the Uber of portfolios options now.

most of you guys have probably read this but its relevant, more so for the why behind it:
https://www.polygon-academy.com/why-your-portfolio-needs-to-be-on-artstation/

Billabong

PixelMasher said:

most of you guys have probably read this but its relevant, more so for the why behind it:
https://www.polygon-academy.com/why-your-portfolio-needs-to-be-on-artstation/

 That was a really good read and help me just make my decision. Thanks PixelMasher!

Zi0

Billabong said:

PixelMasher said:

most of you guys have probably read this but its relevant, more so for the why behind it:
https://www.polygon-academy.com/why-your-portfolio-needs-to-be-on-artstation/

 That was a really good read and help me just make my decision. Thanks PixelMasher!

I got rid of my website a month ago after reading that article. Currently updating my portfolio and will be getting a artstation pro soon.

root

I'm kinda glad that Artstation exists so I can just use my website as a website.