There are almost too many resources that will help you sell your art online. Here are 15 great ways to get that canvas, video, book or other piece of art out the door. This list will be updated over the next several weeks with links to experts who will explain how to sell your art through these venues.
Ways to Sell Art Online
- Etsy – a community of artists who make hand crafted pieces. See our post on How to Sell Your Art on Etsy.
- Adwords – Google’s advertising program. If you have a website where you sell your work, Adwords is a highly effective way of targeting those looking for art to buy. If you’d like some tips on how to use Adwords, please contact me directly.
- Ebay – the world’s largest auction site. Follow @ebayart on Twitter to get an idea of what kind of art does well on ebay.
- Amazon – the single largest directory of online stores, Amazon turned itself into one of the world’s largest retailers by creating a platform for anyone to sell anything. There are literally thousands of stores that use Amazon as their main source of sales. If you make handmade jewelry, Amazon has a section just for you on their front page.
- Imagekind.com – high quality printing & framing, community, and marketing tips. See Imagekind Power Selling Tips.
- Cafepress.com – for designing shirts, other screen printed things
- Craigslist – in certain cities, people use Craigslist for everything. In Portland, I have seen everything from couches, to cars, to beautiful pieces of art for sale. Think of it as the world’s largest classified ad.
- Artfire.com – a little bit like Etsy, but with a different focus. ArtFire’s Community Directed Development asks their artists to tell them what kind of features and products to build.
- DailyOriginal.com – feature one piece of art each day on the site.
- EmptyEasel.com – the most comprehensive guide to selling paintings on the internet.
- Yessy.com – buy, sell art gallery
- Buysellart.com – another gallery
- Fuelforart.com – a marketing book for artists
- Foliotwist.com – ready made art websites w/Paypal shopping cart built in
- A personal consultation with Cory Huff, the creator of this site, if you are very serious about your work and have the money to hire a professional.
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Bonus: More Ways to Sell Art Offline
- Swap meets
- Craft Fairs
- Farmer’s Markets
- Network – go to networking functions at local museums & art galleries
- Enter competitions
- Ask local shops & businesses to display your work
- Submit to stock photo & image sites
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A pretty good website that will also get you some traffic without any promotion is http://www.absolutearts.com/
YES! This is great! Love the “Ways to Sell art Offline” ideas. Did not even THINK of that! Spring time, here we come.
Hi, There’s a new specialist website for artists who want to sell their own original artworks which includes marketing services, pop-up galleries, and even fully insured delivery! It’s about to launch at http://www.artfuly.com, but you can see the pre-launch site for artists at beta.artfuly.com. It is by invite only, but please send samples of your work to artists@artfuly.com.
Cool article! Thanks! I will share this with some other artists I know.
This is a great/useful post! Thanks for the insight, I’ll definitely check these out
My wife is an artist of mixed media (maryjane potts) that has shown her art all over the world but has since then(10yrs) entered a hibernation period. I am looking to re-new and rejuvenate her career as well as our bank account. We are both in New Orleans where unfortunately our city has become synonymous with stupid assembly line paintings of dogs and crooked houses……..clearly the art world down here could stand an enema..
What can I do and where can I start to resurrect her artistict career.
I recently opened a Luulla shop selling multiple items per day. I’ll have much better luck if I post a few items every day.
Thanks- very helpful. How about FineArtAmerica?
I am an artist and have just started a blog, and i have put a link to this article, if that’s alright with you, if not let me know, and i’ll take it off, thanks, diana
http://www.etceterata.co.uk offers a flexible commission system with free portfolio and directory entry.
A fellow artist on Fine Art America, another site where you can sell your artwork, directed me to your blog. I’m wondering what you think of that site?
You have some great information here.
Another idea is to approach local stores about selling cards with your artwork printed on front. The returns are less than from prints, but it’s a good way to get your work out there.
What do you think about redbubble? I designed some terrific iPhone and iPad cases there, including an iPad case for my college-aged daughter who says her friends love it, but I’m not getting much traffic there. Anyplace else where you can use your artwork to design products like that?
FAA & Redbubble are great ways to bring in some lower-end sales and prep people for bigger sales down the road.
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