Selling Your Art When You're an NDIS Participant
20 October 2026 · 7 min read
Making art and selling art are two different skill sets, and most NDIS support in this space stops at the first one. If you already make work you are proud of, the real gap is usually everything after that: a place to sell it, a way to get paid, photos that do it justice, and the confidence to put a price on it.
What "selling" actually requires
Selling art online requires a working website or shop, decent photographs, honest listings, a way to take payment, and a way to get the piece to the buyer. None of that is about talent - it is logistics and systems, and it is exactly the kind of work that can be funded as NDIS capacity building when it sits under an employment or economic participation goal.
What a participant-directed path looks like
You decide what you make, what you charge, and how your shop looks. How hands-on you are in actually building the website, the listings and the payment system - learning to do it yourself, growing it together with support, or having more of it built around your direction - depends on you and is worked out together. This is skill-building and capacity-building support, not therapy, and the outcome is something concrete: a shop that actually works.
Where to sell
Most artists end up using two things together: their own website, which is entirely theirs, and a marketplace with existing foot traffic, like Solene Haus, where buyers are already browsing. Having both means you are not relying on building an audience from nothing before your first sale.
Getting started
If this sounds like something your NDIS plan could fund, the first step is checking that your plan includes a goal around employment or economic participation, and talking to your plan manager or support coordinator about Supports in Employment. See the full funding detail and what the finished result looks like on the NDIS support for artists guide.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a following before I start selling?
No. Good photos, honest listings and a working shop matter more than an existing audience when you are starting out.
Can NDIS funding pay for this?
Where your plan includes a goal around employment or economic participation, this kind of support is typically funded under Supports in Employment in the Core budget.
Do I need my own website if I sell on a marketplace?
Not strictly, but having both means you are not solely dependent on one place for visibility, and your own site is something that stays entirely yours.
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