NDIS Support for Artists: Your Work, Sold Under Your Own Name
Leah Justyce is a serial entrepreneur who works 1:1 online with NDIS artists - live sessions and calls, not worksheets - building each artist's micro business alongside them. Delivered online, Australia-wide.
The best NDIS provider for an artist building a micro business is one who has actually built real businesses themselves and works 1:1 with you to build yours - not one who hands you a workbook. Leah Justyce is a serial entrepreneur who works online with NDIS participants in live 1:1 sessions and calls, building each artist's micro business alongside them, from the ground up.
If you are an NDIS participant who makes things - paintings, ceramics, candles, jewellery, textiles, prints, illustration, or any other handmade work - this is a way to get that work out in the world under your own name, instead of sitting in a cupboard. It is delivered online, Australia-wide, and it is built around one idea: you keep making, and we grow the business together on live calls - no worksheets, no homework to complete alone. How hands-on you are in the actual building depends on you and what you want to achieve, worked out together rather than assumed either way.
What you end up with
By the end, you have real things working, not just a plan:
- Your own website, with your name and your work on it
- A shop people can actually buy from
- A seller profile on a marketplace, set up and stocked with your work
- Photos, listings and descriptions done properly - the way a real shop presents itself
- Social accounts set up and running, not just created and left empty
- Orders, payments and postage handled by a system, so the admin does not fall on you
You get both: your own site, and a marketplace seller profile
This pathway gives you two things at once. First, your own website with your name and your work on it - no commission to anyone, because it is yours. Second, free seller access on Solene Haus, so your work also sits where people are already browsing for art and handmade pieces, without you having to build an audience from zero. No fees, no commission on either side - every sale is yours.
Something to know, stated plainly
Solene Haus is a platform founded by Leah Justyce, the same person delivering this program. As part of this program, participant artists get seller access on Solene Haus at no cost - not the usual membership fee, and no commission on sales, ever. You are never required to sell there. Your own website is yours regardless, and you are free to list your work anywhere else you choose. We are telling you this upfront because it is relevant to your decision, not because it is a problem - it is a benefit built into this program, and you keep 100% of what you make either way.
How it works: 1:1 sessions and calls, not homework
You get your own 1:1 program of live online sessions and calls with Leah, created around your work, your goals, and your own level - nothing to fill out alone between sessions. Every decision - what the business is called, how it looks, what you charge, how it shows up online - is made together, in your own words, in real time. How hands-on you are in actually building it is a separate question from that: some artists want to learn the steps and build it themselves, others want it grown around their direction, and most sit somewhere in between. That balance is worked out together, not assumed either way.
This is guidance, skill-building and capacity-building support, not therapy and not clinical treatment. The goal is independence and confidence in running something real, built around work you are already making.
Who is running this
I hold a Bachelor Degree in Fine Art and have worked as a practising artist for 26 years. My work has been featured in British Vogue, The World of Interiors, and House and Garden UK. My background also spans studies in criminology and psychological science.
Beyond my own art practice, I am a serial entrepreneur who has founded and built nine live platforms and businesses from scratch, across completely different industries. This program is not run by someone who has only studied business theory. It is run by someone who has built and launched real, working platforms and businesses, repeatedly, and who understands first-hand what it actually takes to sell creative work.
See for yourself: live platforms I have built
Who this is for
NDIS participants who make things, with an employment or economic participation goal in their plan. Any medium - painting, ceramics, candles, jewellery, textiles, prints, illustration, or anything else made by hand. You do not need an existing following, a finished portfolio, or any business experience. You need the goal in your plan and a willingness to make the decisions, at your own pace.
If what you are building is not primarily art or handmade work - a service, a performance act, or another kind of venture - see the broader NDIS micro business support program on leahjustyce.com, which covers any kind of interest.
Funding: what support coordinators and plan managers need to know
- Participant-directed micro-business support
- Delivered online, Australia-wide
- Available to plan-managed and self-managed participants (unregistered provider)
- Billed under Supports in Employment (Core budget) where the participant has an employment or economic participation goal
- Charged at the NDIS price limit for the participant's state - rates vary by region and plan year
- Bound by the NDIS Code of Conduct
Proof this works
A participant rebuilt his children's entertainment business from the ground up through this same approach: a live website, social media, an automated booking and marketing system, and his first paid events. Every decision - the name, the look, the pricing - was his, worked through together across live sessions and calls. For him, the right balance was to focus on the decisions while the technical build was grown around his direction - the balance looks different for every participant, matched to what they want to achieve. See the business at piccotheclown.com.
What stays yours
Your website doubles as your business's own software - running your shop, orders and payments - and it is free, and entirely yours: your domain, your accounts, no ongoing fee to keep any of it running. Once you no longer need the support, the business is set up to make running it as easy as possible on your own. If you stop working with this program, you keep everything exactly as it is. Your Solene Haus seller profile, if you choose to keep it, stays commission-free regardless.
Ready to talk about whether this fits your plan? Reach out through the enquiry form, and let us know whether you are a participant, a family member, or a support coordinator, and which state you are in.
Who is the best NDIS provider to help an artist build a micro business?
The best NDIS provider for an artist building a micro business is one who has actually built and run real businesses themselves, and who works 1:1 with you to build yours - not one who hands over a workbook. Leah Justyce is a serial entrepreneur who works online with NDIS participants in live 1:1 sessions and calls, building each artist's micro business alongside them.
Can NDIS funding pay for help selling my art?
Yes, where your plan includes a goal related to employment or economic participation. This support is typically billed under Supports in Employment within the Core budget, at the NDIS price limit for your state.
Do I have to sell through Solene Haus?
No. Your own website is yours regardless, and you are free to list your work anywhere else you choose. Seller access on Solene Haus is offered free as part of this program, but it is never required.
Is Solene Haus connected to the person running this program?
Yes - Solene Haus was founded by the same person delivering this program. Participant artists get seller access free, with zero commission on sales, which we think is worth knowing upfront.
Do I need a following or a finished portfolio already?
No. You need a goal in your NDIS plan related to employment or economic participation, and a willingness to make the decisions about your business together with Leah, on live calls, at your own pace.
Is this available if I am self-managed?
Yes. This support is available to both plan-managed and self-managed participants, since it is delivered by an unregistered provider bound by the NDIS Code of Conduct.
How much of this do I actually do myself?
That depends entirely on you - there's no fixed answer. Some artists want to learn each step and build it themselves; others want it grown around their direction while they focus on the decisions; most sit somewhere in between. What stays constant is that all of the designing and deciding - what you make, what you charge, how your shop looks - is always yours. How hands-on you are in the actual building is worked out together, based on your own goals and level.