So Ty Clark from Veritas asked a question on our Facbook site a few days ago.
The question went like this I am about to build a new site for my art. Anyone have any opinions on carbonmade, bigblackbag, virb etc...
There were quite a few responses
Tom Trial Have you checked out Artfire.com ?
Jaclyn Touchstone check out whiteloupe
Bonny Leibowitz i use foliolink.com
Jacque Allen Forsher other peoples pixels is another site, easy to use and you can sell through paypal.
So the question is: Have you used any of these art site, and if so which do you use? Also have you had good sales?
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I don't use any ecommerce websites for art at all. Most gallery directors have told me essentially the same thing- that the internet market for art is fairly poor (which is why they don't use them either). However, in terms of portfolio use, I work with Ovation TV's community site, Artbistro.com, and Facebook (fan page).
ReplyDeleteI agree with Aaron outside of Etsy, I was against Etsy for a long time and figured I would try it on some less expensive pieces and it has been pretty succesful, I even picked up a collector in LV who has purchase numerous large pieces. As for ecommerce sites if you are not selling a smaller "craft" not much will happen. I was looking for portfolio sites in the above conversation and ended up building out with wix..
ReplyDeleteI use http://www.JAMISONSARTESCHI.com
ReplyDeleteI tried a number of websites including Artbreak, Saatchii Online, Brooklyn Art Project, BRIC Arts, Etsy, & several others, but found that Facebook works best. It has a huge community of artists and fans of art. Considering Facebook has a worldwide community of 250 million users and counting, it makes sense that it works for art in addition to it's traditional purpose.
ReplyDeleteI have sold more paintings via Facebook than all other websites. Also, many of the sales are to Europe and I live in the US, so it is nice if you are trying to establish an international market for your artwork. I am not aware of a way to do the sales transaction directly through Facebook. but PayPal has worked in every case.