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!
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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There may finally be some light on the horizon for BoundlessGallery artists. . . in an email that went out from BoundlessGallery HQ last week, the company offered the following olive branch to its members. . .
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Today is a sad day for the online art community, as a well-known internet art gallery is shutting its doors for good. BoundlessGallery.com, a website which has been connecting buyers and sellers of fine art since 2003, now displays a simple home page with this message:. . .
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20×200 is an online gallery which features affordable art prints from a variety of talented artists and photographers. Two new prints are posted weekly (one on Tuesday and one on Wednesday) and each one is produced as a limited edition. . .
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ArtFire.com is a unique online marketplace for artists, crafters, and makers of handmade items from around the world. Whether you want to sell fine art, jewelry, handmade books, or any number of things, ArtFire.com has a place for you.. . .
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I usually get several emails each week asking about the features that foliotwist offers, so today I thought I’d just write them all out in a long list along with some explanations of why they’re important.. . .
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1000markets.com is an online marketplace for artisans who make handcrafted goods and artwork. You won’t find anything mass-produced here. . . it’s all one-of-a-kind pieces, from art and handmade jewelry to clothing and objects for the home.. . .
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Foliotwist already offers a simple way to sell original art on your own website - but today we've added something more. Now, all foliotwist artists will have the ability to link to their art prints, giclees, and other products, wherever they’re located online.. . .
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