Comments on: Let Google Sell your Painting for You http://www.artisthideout.com/2007/05/let-google-sell-your-painting-for-you/ Inspiration for Artists Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:35:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Chris http://www.artisthideout.com/2007/05/let-google-sell-your-painting-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-719 Chris Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:23:02 +0000 http://www.artisthideout.com/let-google-sell-your-painting-for-you/#comment-719 If your artwork is any good at all, why bother with Ebay, where you get rubbish bids from the carboot-sale mentality viewers? I gave it up long ago. I use my own website, which I built myself in the late 1990's, then built a replacement two years later. I agree that it is always a good idea to look out for new online opportunities; never wise to put all your eggs in one basket. Since I'm UK-based, I have found most American sites very unproductive for sales. My three sales to USA buyers have been through my own website. There is no "best" online gallery, however. I would naturally recommend those on which I had successfully sold pictures, and not where I had failed to do so. It is "pot luck" where your buyers happen to be, online. As for Google, I haven't tried it......yet. But keeping an open mind, I have earmarked three new places online to investigate, now I will include Google also. If your artwork is any good at all, why bother with Ebay, where you get rubbish bids from the carboot-sale mentality viewers? I gave it up long ago. I use my own website, which I built myself in the late 1990’s, then built a replacement two years later.
I agree that it is always a good idea to look out for new online opportunities; never wise to put all your eggs in one basket. Since I’m UK-based, I have found most American sites very unproductive for sales. My three sales to USA buyers have been through my own website.
There is no “best” online gallery, however. I would naturally recommend those on which I had successfully sold pictures, and not where I had failed to do so. It is “pot luck” where your buyers happen to be, online.
As for Google, I haven’t tried it……yet. But keeping an open mind, I have earmarked three new places online to investigate, now I will include Google also.

]]> By: Google Base and Selling Art http://www.artisthideout.com/2007/05/let-google-sell-your-painting-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-478 Google Base and Selling Art Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:09:02 +0000 http://www.artisthideout.com/let-google-sell-your-painting-for-you/#comment-478 [...] Tatyana writes in her response to my post “Let Google Sell your art for you“ [...] [...] Tatyana writes in her response to my post “Let Google Sell your art for you“ [...]

]]> By: Tatyana http://www.artisthideout.com/2007/05/let-google-sell-your-painting-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-480 Tatyana Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:59:21 +0000 http://www.artisthideout.com/let-google-sell-your-painting-for-you/#comment-480 I have 2 questions regarding the subject: 1. How to really make Google SELL art for you? As advised in this post I listed a couple of works on Google Base but with no positive end result so far: the paintings have been on GBase for 3 weeks and they had only 6 impressions so far (the amount of time Google actually showed them). Do you have any advice how to at least increase the visibility? 2. What is so unique about www.artflock.com? What do they do better than anyone else? I looked at their site briefly and they seem to offer pretty basic stuff: static display of art works with some information attached. There are sites that offer artists & visitors much more: for example, www.capucinesboulevard.com gives and opportunity to download artist's videos, audio files (artists' interviews, their favourite music, etc.). And the membership is absolutely free. I have 2 questions regarding the subject:
1. How to really make Google SELL art for you? As advised in this post I listed a couple of works on Google Base but with no positive end result so far: the paintings have been on GBase for 3 weeks and they had only 6 impressions so far (the amount of time Google actually showed them). Do you have any advice how to at least increase the visibility?

2. What is so unique about http://www.artflock.com? What do they do better than anyone else? I looked at their site briefly and they seem to offer pretty basic stuff: static display of art works with some information attached. There are sites that offer artists & visitors much more: for example, http://www.capucinesboulevard.com gives and opportunity to download artist’s videos, audio files (artists’ interviews, their favourite music, etc.). And the membership is absolutely free.

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