Selling Art Online: How to Choose an Online Art Website Service

January 14th, 2010

Etsy, Artfire, Foliotwist, 1000Marktplaces, Big Cartel…these are just a few of the places online that artists and crafters can go to open a website, an online store, or online portfolio. While have a number of choices is great, it also can make it a big hard to choose the right one for you? In this episode, I’ll talk about how to find and choose the right online service to help you build your website or sell your artwork.

1. Decide what kind of features you need- (ecommerce capablity, blogging, marketing, search engine optimization etc)

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Selling Art Online: Building a Online Store on Your Art Website- pt 2

September 22nd, 2009

In the previous post, I discussed some of the basic components that you need in order to sell your artwork directly off of your website and how those components work together. So now, how do choose the right ecommerce system for your website? In this post you’ll learn how to choose the perfect ecommerce system for your website.

1. Know what your needs are

  • Are you selling hard goods? Soft goods?
  • Do you want to offer discounts? Coupons?
  • Do you want to sell on multiple sites?

2. Figure out who will be installing and maintaining your shopping cart

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Selling Art Online: Building a Online Store on Your Art Website

September 17th, 2009

If you want to sell your craft or your artwork directly from your own website, there are a number of things you need to put together to make it work. But with all of the different components to put together, how to pick something that’s not too confusing or too expensive? In this episode I’ll discuss what you need to do to turn your art website into a online web store.

E-commerce sites have all of these components:

1. Payment Service Provider- a payment provider allows you to take payments electronically

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