Sell Your Art Online – Why You Should Consider It

Being an artist myself, I know how hard it can befestival you are just out all of that money.
to sell your art in the real world that is oneIf you sell your art online you can decide when
reason you might what to try to sell your artwhere and how long you have your art up on a
online. A few years ago I decided to start sellingwebsite and although there are some sites that
my art online and I’m glad I did. Now, I’mmay charge you to have your art on them, most
not getting rich doing this, but I have made moreof the places are free and the ones that do
sells online than I ever did in the real world. Plus Icharge it’s usually a very small amount. Also
don’t have schlep my artwork from place tomost places where you can sell your art online will
place.let you set your own price and won’t charge
Lets just take a look at some reasons you shouldyou a commission. So you can keep 100% of
consider selling your art online.your art sells. Also on most places that allow you
Convenienceto put art on their sites, you can put up as many
In the real world you have to sale your art inor as little as you want.
galleries, art festivals, fairs, libraries or any placeA Worldwide Customer Base
that will allow you to place your art and sell it.When selling your art in the real world your art
Now consider you have to pack up your artworksales are usually limited to the place where your
and carry it to these places and in some of casesart is at the moment. If you are exhibiting at a
hung the work yourself. Also consider that thegallery your art sales are limited to that gallery
pieces that don’t sale you have to take themand the people that come into that gallery. If your
down, pack them up and carry them back toart is being shown at a fair your art sales are
your home or studiolimited to the people that see your art at that fair.
However, when you sell your art online you justI think you get the picture. For the must part in
put up some photos of your artwork on athe real world your art sales is going to be limited
website with some information on the size,to local or regional sales.
medium and price and depending on where youOn the Internet you have a worldwide audience
put it you may be able to keep your artworkto market your art to. Because of selling my art
there indefinitely. Even if the artwork doesn’tonline I now have my artwork in Japan, France,
sale on a site where it has to be removed, all youGreat Britain, Canada and other places that I
have to remove is a photo and some information.would not have been able to reach in the real
No packing and no carrying bulky paintings backworld. It doesn’t matter where you are in the
and forth.world you will be able to reach people from
You Have Total Controldifferent countries. An artist in Italy can sell a
By selling your art online you take over totalpiece of art to a buyer Russia or an artist in India
control of your art career. No more middlemencan sell a painting to a buyer in the United States.
telling you how much to price your art for andYour online presence is your art gallery to the
then taking a cut of your money when the artworld.
sells. Galleries will take anywhere from a 40 toI’m not saying not to sell your art in the real
50% cut of your art sales. Art Festivals willworld, but as you can see by opting to sell your
charge any where from $200 to $500 fees justart online you have more control and a wider
to be in the festival and demand that you have abuyer reach. However there’s no reason you
certain amount of inventory, which you have tocan’t do both.
pay for. If you don’t sell anything at the