Ways to Sell Art Online
1. Etsy – a community of artists who make hand crafted pieces. See our post on How to Sell Your Art on Etsy.
2. 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.
3. Ebay – the world’s largest auction site. Follow @ebayart on Twitter to get an idea of what kind of art does well on ebay.
4. 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.
5. Imagekind.com – high quality printing & framing, community, and marketing tips. See Imagekind Power Selling Tips.
6. Cafepress.com – for designing shirts, other screen printed things
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. DailyOriginal.com – feature one piece of art each day on the site.
10. EmptyEasel.com – the most comprehensive guide to selling paintings on the internet.
11. Yessy.com – buy, sell art gallery
12. FineArtAmerica.com – sell prints at any price you want to set
13. Fuelforart.com – a marketing book for artists
14, Foliotwist.com – ready made art websites w/Paypal shopping cart built in
15. Vistaprints - great professional websites that allow you to also sell artwork online w/Paypal
Organization & Business Tools for Artists
