Watermarking

[Kraezler]

I've only been on MCM a few weeks and I've already lost other $50 to scammers and made about $30, The reason for this is because I sell art that's really easy to remove watermarks.
Atm my watermarks are looking like this (ik its a render not art but o well.)

The owner of this literally told me they removed the watermark I'd left a couple mins ago and I'm getting sick of it (saving to buy manga studio and I should have it aswell as ranks on MCM.) Anyways, anyone have any advice on how I can make a watermark harder to remove or prevent my art being stolen??

 

[PC_Joe]

I'm not an expert in gfx but cant you just render it into the image like in the background?

 

[Taiga]

Take a picture of the screen with a phone. Just make it so it's low quality AND watermarked. They are only soppused to see how it looks for changes anyway.

 

[Krislyn]

Uh, I've never had this problem and I have a watermark which covers less area than yours
Something I do is having a required at least 50% upfront payment, especially if the user is new or not as reputable as you. This also helps prevent them from backing out of deals.
Another thing that I think is important is having a solid TOS that the users directly has to agree to. I have seen staff say that terms of service which the user does not directly agree to / having a TOS that says something along the lines of "By contacting me you agree to these terms." will not be able to help you in the event of a scam report. (Sorry if that's wrong )
Finally, don't send the full sized image to the user. Only send screenshots of portions of the image.​

 

[Christopher]

Make part of your TOS that they can't remove the watermarks, then if they do open a scam report or something, better then nothing...