If you're looking for the best place to sell your art online, then look no further. For the past 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.
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
Our First Look at BoundlessGallery.com
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!
The following list of "don'ts" is for anyone who wants to customize their art website (or already has) and isn't sure if their changes are helping or hurting their chances of actually selling art online.. . .
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DiscoveredArtist.com launched in July with over 300 artists and nearly 3500 works of art for sale. It has a pleasing layout of neutral colors and strong navigational cues to help people browsing or searching for art . . .. . .
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Although Artocracy.org has apparently been around for a few years now, it only recently came to my attention when I saw that it was one of five art websites nominated for the 12th Annual Webby Awards this year.. . .
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Every few months I like to take a closer look at the online art market and see how some of the best art-selling websites are doing, traffic-wise. Let's start with the two art websites at the top. . .. . .
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Several months ago I posted a survey asking artists where they sold their art. The response so far has been incredible, with over 270 artists taking time to respond. After analyzing the poll, here are some of the more interesting results I found:. . .
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Zazzle.com is a print on demand supplier of various products, including posters and fine art prints. It's fairly similar to other print on demand services I've reviewed, but with enough clear differences that I'm sure some artists will prefer Zazzle over the competition.. . .
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CafePress.com was one of the first online markets to offer print on demand services to artists. Now CafePress has over 6.5 million members (each with their own CafePress shop) who sell t-shirts, mugs, stickers, cards, and yes, even posters and framed prints of their artwork.. . .
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Because of Etsy’s popularity, I’ve had several requests lately to review it - and while it’s not solely a fine art site (the focus is really on crafts and handmade items) it’s certainly possible for fine artists to use Etsy to display and sell art online.. . .
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