#023 Building an Artist Website Part 2

Birgit O'Connor and The World of Watercolor Painting

Part 2 of our discussion of building an artist website

Notes from our conversation

Absolute Art https://www.absolutearts.com

https://www.absolutearts.com/cgi-bin/portfolio/art/get_art.cgi

Absolute Arts is an online marketplace for artists to sell their unique masterpieces, including paintings and sculptures.

You can sign up as an artist to promote and sell your products.

List up to 20 works of art for free, or you can choose from one of the other subscriptions to list more artwork, have less commission taken from your sales, and access to other features.

The best part is that Absolute Arts can also take care of some of the marketing for you!

Do you want your art on products?

Do you want to be in a fine art gallery?

Do you feel that that having your art on products cheapens your work?

Etsy

Etsy is craft site dedicated to items that are handcrafted, custom-made, unique, or vintage, painting etc. When it comes to ranking all the marketplace options, many consider it the best place to sell handmade items online.

• Pros: Etsy has been praised for its ease of use, so you can start selling crafts online in no time. It also offers a large customer base of people who are interested in buying unique, handmade items.
• Cons: there’s a lot of competition, which tends to drive prices down. That means it can be a little harder to make money selling crafts online with Etsy. There are also some fees for listing your items and getting access to all the tools Etsy offers. Firstly, Etsy takes a five percent transaction fee when you make a sale. There’s also a $0.20 listing fee for every item you put up for sale. You’ll need to sign up for Etsy Plus to customize your shop page with banners or get featured listings. It currently costs $10 a month, and is set to increase to $20 a month in January 2019.

Easyup https://www.ecanopy.com/craft-show-tents.html

Pro Panels https://www.propanels.com/

Email sites

• Mail chimp https://mailchimp.com/
• Constant Contact https://constantcontact.com/

Wordpress sites

• WordPress.net
• WordPress.org

Be aware that WordPress sites can be vulnerable to hacks so it must be constantly updated

Student sites

• www.Flyingpigdesign.com
• www.Helenbond.com

Clear Bags

• https://www.clearbags.com