Selling Art Online Information on where (and how) to sell art on the internet

If you're looking for the best place to sell your art online, then look no further.

We've been reviewing the best (and worst) art-selling websites on the internet since 2007, as well as sharing tips and techniques specifically for artists selling art on the web.


We've also just updated our own line of artist websites to help you sell art online by combining powerful art-selling tools with sleek, professional designs. So whether you're looking for a simple marketing solution or a full-featured website to display your art, make sure to check those out, too!

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? It's all below.

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How to Sell Art from Home

Maybe you’ve always thought you needed gallery representation to sell your artwork and be successful . . but in today’s digital world, that’s no longer true....
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How To Sell Art Online With Social Media

“How do I sell art online?” You only ask this question if you’re one of three people. You’re either an artist, professional art agent, or you’re an affiliate marketer who’s looking for ways to make money online. And regardless of the category you fall under, the answer to the opening question is the same: Probably the easiest way to sell artwork online is through a...
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Easel – A Better Way to Sell Commission Art

In February 2017, a light bulb went off. I was talking to a software engineer working at a physics research company, and hearing her talk about her fear of and love for the art world. She was an aspiring artist, had worked in watercolors for years, but was too scared to take the final leap of dedicating herself full-time—something I could tell she wanted so...

Do Artists NEED to Have an Art Website to be Successful?

If you’re already a professional artist, or if you want to be a professional artist, do you NEED to sell your art online? You might think by now this question has clearly been decided. But the debate is still ongoing, with strong convictions on both sides. What’s the right answer? Is there a right answer? What’s the purpose of an art website? Plainly put, an...

A Quick-Start Guide to Advertising Your Art on Facebook

If you’ve read through my previous posts on using Facebook to sell your art, you know that I’ve tried to cram as much as possible into each one. Hopefully you’ve gotten something out of all of them—if you’ve missed them and have the time, I recommend going back and reading part 1, part 2, and part 3. But since advertising on Facebook is such a...

How to Start Selling Art on Facebook

Having enjoyed some solid success with marketing my own art through Facebook I thought it was about time to share the tips and tricks that have helped me. I’ve just returned to art these past few years, and am genuinely amazed at how successful I’ve become through Facebook. However, I do have a secret to tell. . . Before returning to art, I spent fifteen...

New Art Website But No Visitors? Here are 7 Ways to Start Getting Traffic

So you just launched your new art website—that’s fantastic! You’ve worked for days (maybe weeks, even months!) or you’ve paid someone to make everything perfect, and now that your new website is live you’re ready to start selling your art! But. . . it’s been a few days, and nobody seems to be visiting your site. What gives? Beautiful, but no traffic? No problem. Keep...

How Professional Artists Photograph their Artwork in 8 Simple Steps

Anytime I talk to artists, I almost ALWAYS hear the following question: “How do you get high-res images of artwork? I have such a hard time getting good quality images!” The truth is, for most emerging artists, getting high-quality digital images is either too expensive or too difficult. Usually this means going another route, such as photographing their art themselves or finding a friend who...
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