How To Sell Online Without A Website - Resources for Artists

How To Sell Online WITHOUT A Website

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empowering your art to go the extra mile!

© Linda Parkinson-Hardman 2009 - http://www.growabetterbusiness.co.uk

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What do you do currently?

How do you sell your work or yourself at the moment?


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Can you do it differently?

More importantly, do you WANT to do it differently?

Why do you want to do it differently? extra income greater exposure attract sponsorship encourage agents


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What we are going to do today? Have a look at existing online services that

enable you to sell your work. Consider some alternative ways of presenting

the work you already do. Have a look at where you can also use your

skills.


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What do your customers want cards posters postcards prints things to touch!


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The obvious ......

the untitled gallery accepts a wide range of original art including abstract,

sculpture, digital and photography must be submitted and may not be admitted instant purchase available to the purchaser

Originals Online –based in UK, free to join, commission charged

artgallery.co.uk – based in UK, free to join, 25% commission charged

Boundless Gallery – International, charges £30 to join + 10% commission.


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The not so obvious ....

redbubble it’s free to join – yippee!!!!! wall art, designer tee shirts, posters and greeting cards they have a base price, you add your mark-up they take care of payment, creation and shipping you collect the money at the end of the month you retain copyright to your work protect the digital image with watermarks


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The joy of ebay!

Two choices: standard listings or shop Standard listings:

Auction format – start at 99p with reserve Buy now or best offer

Ebay tricks:- check successful listings see examples of others listings and emulate what works always use good quality digital images link to your own website in your About Me page


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Cafe Press

Useful for expanding your market with additional gift items

Can set up a shop free Make one-off items for promotional purposes What can you sell? Great for international marketplace – US They handle everything – base price + your mark-up


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Lulu

Started out as print on demand – books What do they do now? Also produce your own art book for sale How about selling on Amazon? Free to get started Get your own shop front Simply link in from other websites as well


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Royalty Free Stock Images

What is royalty free? pay for the image only once and then you can use it as

many times as you like, with just a few restrictions Images must not BE a product, rather they are a

supporting element

Dreamstime istockphoto shutterstock big stock photo


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What sells?

People Business images, Images showing diversity, age, white, black, asian etc., Food shots, Sports, Conceptual, Family images, Spa, massage, workouts, Office, corporate.

Think About Current Social Trends ....!


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Legal and other issues

Must be your own work Model Release forms Property Release forms Avoid, labels, logo’s characters, trademarks

coca-cola bottles, harley davidson bikes, ferrari Minimum Sizes:– 800pixels preferably larger

File Formats:- JPG, PSD, EPS, AI, PNG and PDF


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Don’t ignore .....

LinkedIn – as a way to build your personal brand & profile

Dorset Visual Arts Vistaprint –business cards, postcards, special offers

Flickr – private or public

Wikipedia – add a page about yourself

yell.com artinfo – social networking for artists

artists working to commission - £60 fee to join


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Oh alright then, if you really want a website easy to set up easy to update easy to index easy to link to easy to make it look different so, what is it? - wordpress


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Selling your skills

I Freelance guru.com greeting card association – members looking for

freelancers


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The End?

Ask Me About My Courses Ask Me About My New Book Ask Me About My New BIG Project/Experiment

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How To Sell Online Without A Website - Resources for Artists