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Selling art online

by Shounak Gupte
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Hi fellow warriors. A friend of mine wants to earn some extra $$$ selling some paintings done by her. An e commerce site with good SEO sounds like a plan, but what else can I do to help sell the paintings online?

Any ideas are welcome.
#art #online #selling
  • Profile picture of the author Igor Kheifets
    Create an affiliate program and post it to affiliate networks
    such Clickbank, PayDotCom and others.

    Next, tell her to start an art blog and go out to forums,
    social networks, facebook and stumbleupon.

    The letter 2 also have a paid advertising option which can
    target demographics and interests as well as age and gender.

    Igor
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    • Profile picture of the author ERMathews
      Originally Posted by igorhelpsyousucceed View Post

      Create an affiliate program and post it to affiliate networks
      such Clickbank, PayDotCom and others.

      Next, tell her to start an art blog and go out to forums,
      social networks, facebook and stumbleupon.

      The letter 2 also have a paid advertising option which can
      target demographics and interests as well as age and gender.

      Igor
      I have never attempted selling art through affiliate programs, please keep me posted if this works. However, I have had a friend sell a great amount of pictures by creating a blog and advertising through social networks and forums.
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      • Profile picture of the author summer07
        1. Write an SEO press release announcing the new art website.
        2. Optimize the press release using local keywords or any others that will attract art buyers. Think of genre-related phrases, occasions to commemorate with buying original art, etc.
        3. Include anchor links in the press release that point to the site.
        4. Submit the release to free distribution sites like PRLog.org, PressZoom.com or PRFocus.com, etc., or pay $20 for WebWire for wider distribution.
        5. Repeat every few weeks with press releases announcing the availability of different pieces of artwork.
        Press releases submitted to PRLog or WebWire usually get posted and indexed by Google within a couple of hours. The anchor links in the press release will create relevant backlinks to help boost the site in the SERPs and also drive targeted traffic to your site based on your chosen keywords, so doing good keyword brainstorming about the potential market will be important.

        Also, don't forget the small business market for original artwork. Lawyers, real estate brokers and other professionals often buy original pieces to set themselves apart from the crowd -- at least here in the US that's the case.

        If your friend is open to offering a sales commission, real estate agents could make good sales partners, since they usually develop and mantain large networks of consumers and other business people.

        Your friend could also sell the original paintings, and retain the rights to print them on the front of blank greeting cards, and sell the cards at a lower price point to build her brand.

        Good luck to you both on your venture!
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      • Profile picture of the author Shounak Gupte
        Originally Posted by ERMathews View Post

        I have never attempted selling art through affiliate programs, please keep me posted if this works. However, I have had a friend sell a great amount of pictures by creating a blog and advertising through social networks and forums.
        i will definitely keep you posted whatever i do
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  • Profile picture of the author CIKMarketing
    The best online art selling site that I know of is etsy.com

    I have several friends that use this site to sell their work and they all make a few sales here and there. Hope it helps!
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  • Profile picture of the author MassiveMarketer
    Your friend could try & upload to different blog sites that could promote her works.
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  • Profile picture of the author Shounak Gupte
    any more?? will start implementing all by end of this month
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  • Profile picture of the author Shounak Gupte
    can ebay help? anyone tried selling art on ebay?
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    • Profile picture of the author ryan_acidhedz
      Are you looking to sell actual paintings through the web or digital art / digiatal versions of paintings?

      For the first I would just use craigslist.

      For the second I would start up a blog site and market digital prints (never tried that, so I'm not sure where you could set that up), and shirts/knick knacks through printfection or cafepress.
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      • Profile picture of the author Shounak Gupte
        Originally Posted by ryan_acidhedz View Post

        Are you looking to sell actual paintings through the web or digital art / digiatal versions of paintings?

        For the first I would just use craigslist.

        For the second I would start up a blog site and market digital prints (never tried that, so I'm not sure where you could set that up), and shirts/knick knacks through printfection or cafepress.
        it will be actual paintings. is craigslist useful in Australia?
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