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How To Sell Your Art Online
by Fiona R Ogilvie
http://www.froart.com
Unless you enjoy acting out the part of the proverbial
starving artist, chances are that you're always on the
lookout for good places to sell your art. What would you
think of opening a little gallery in a market that has
hundreds of thousands of visitors monthly, is open 24/7 with
or without you being there, provides excellent security and
even collects your fees for you? That market is the
internet. With literally millions of people using the
internet daily, more and more artists are discovering that
online is a great place to sell your art. Let's take a look
at three of the most popular ways to sell art online and see
if one of them would work for you.
Sound like an impossible dream? It's not - it's a digital
world, and you'll find all of those on the internet. If
you're an artist dabbling in any media, there are a number
of different ways to sell your art online. The three most
popular are your own web site, a gallery web site, or an
auction site. Your own preferences and skills should be the
key determining factor in which style of selling you choose
to sell your art online.
The most popular auction site on the internet is eBay. You
can sell just about anything on eBay, with a few exceptions
that are against their terms of service. In order to sell
your art on eBay, you'll need to sign up for a merchant
account on the site.
They provide: templates for designing your auction pages, a
large market interested in general bargains, some safety
features like buyer and seller feedback.
Display Your Art in An Online Gallery There are a number of
different models for online galleries the most common of
which resemble an auction site with the focus on art. They
range from amateur gallery sites for artists to exchange
critique and compliments, to highly polished, professional
sites where the intent is to provide an upscale market for
quality artwork.
You need: Quality digital scans of your art, enough
technical knowhow to be able to upload scans to their
gallery pages.
They provide: A market focused on artwork, a payment method
and escrow service, contact and exposure to other artists.
A third popular choice for selling your work online is your
own web site. When you choose to build your own web site,
you have total creative control over the look, feel and
behavior of your site. You can choose how to display your
art, what sort of payments you'll accept, and how often
you'll update your offerings.
The biggest disadvantage to building your own web site is
that you're on your own. You'll need a merchants' account,
though you can start off accepting payments through email
with a PayPal account. You'll also need to design and build
for yourself. By the same token, you won't owe anyone a
commission on any of your art that sells.
The bottom line is that the internet can provide a new
market for your art, whether you sculpt, paint, craft, sew
quilt or create digital art. It's the largest market ever,
and it's just waiting for you.
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