If you're looking for the best place to sell your art online, then look no further. For over two years EE has been reviewing the best (and worst) art-selling websites on the internet as well as sharing tips and techniques specifically for artists selling art online.
In 2009 we also launched foliotwist artist websites, a unique portfolio website service for artists that combines several powerful art-selling tools with a professional design and an easy-to-use interface. If you're looking for a personal artist website that's both easy and effective, make sure to check it out.
Now, here are a few must-read articles on selling art
NOTE: Each of these articles focuses on art-selling techniques for the internet. For additional marketing tips, check out EmptyEasel's section on marketing art.
7 Tips for Selling Art Online (Getting Buyers to Find your Artwork)
How Building an Authority Art Website Can Help Me Sell My Art Online
10 Things Every Online Artist Needs to be Successful
And here are some of EE's most popular reviews
Imagekind: A New Way for Artists to Sell Art Online
Zatista.com: More Than Just an Art Marketplace
RedBubble.com: Online Art Gallery and Community
Want more art selling help? Everything else is below
From the most recent article to the very first, here's everything EmptyEasel's ever published relating to selling art on the internet. Enjoy!
Even if you’ve been a diehard gallery artist your entire life, this is the year to put your art online. Here’s why:
1. Internet users are everywhere
According to Business2Community.com and the latest US Digital Media Usage Report, 3 out of 4 people in the US will be internet users. . .
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As promised, today I’ll be sharing the results of last month’s “Choose Your Own Price” promotion over at Foliotwist.com. If you missed out before, here’s how the promotion worked. . .
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Not surprisingly, things have been pretty hectic over at Foliotwist HQ ever since we launched our “Choose Your own Price” promotion on May 1st. In fact, we’ve received so many questions about it that. . .
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Having a website for your art can get expensive. . . but this month we're doing something a little crazy to make SURE that Foliotwist websites are affordable for all artists. Here's how it works. . .
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As many of you know, in April of 2009 I launched my artist website service over at Foliotwist.com. My goal was to create a system where artists could manage their own websites, free of hassle, with no hidden fees or artwork upload limits. . .
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As some of you know, for the past few months we’ve been working on a big new feature at Foliotwist.com. Today, it’s no longer under wraps, so I’m going to tell you all about it - including what it is, and how we got the idea. Read on. . .
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Earlier this year in April, on the one-year anniversary of Foliotwist.com, my business partner and I sent a survey to over 100 Foliotwist artists and asked for feedback. It wasn’t a standard survey with little bubbles to fill in, instead. . .
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If you’re an artist, you need a website, right? After all, the first thing anyone will ask you (when you tell them that you’re an artist) is, “Where can I see your work?” If you don’t have a website to point them towards, you may have just lost a potential sale.. . .
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