Recommendations that I found online about selling art have been to find out what others are doing and do the same thing yourself. The instructions include visiting Etsy and eBay to locate similar art as yours and price yours the same. That is pretty good information, however there are other things to take into consideration when pricing your work and selling online that you should know so that you prosper as an artist.
Within your price, you need to include replacing the materials that you used otherwise you will not be able to make more art to sell. Additionally, you need to tack on another five percent so that you can get extra supplies to grow your art business. Your talent, skills and time that went into creating your art should also be taken into consideration. You are very valuable!
To increase your online art sales, it is important to write full details about your artistic works. Explain in full detail about how the art piece was created, why you utilized the materials that you did and include a story of how your artwork came about or what happened while you were doing it.
What is the background of the artwork? What gave you the idea to do it? Tell a story about the art that you created because, doing so, will increase your sales.
The best tip to sell your art online is to produce great photographs of your work. Words cannot tell as good a tale as a very good picture does. To take great pictures of your art isn't hard to do. You only need a large piece of black material that is not shiny, a flat surface and a step ladder. Put your artwork on the material, get on the top of the ladder and shoot the photographs from above.
Many photos should be shot including full shots, close-up shots and different parts of the painting that highlight technique. When sizing your photos, be sure to maintain the same width for each. Doing so will make your photographs line up nicely in your presentation.
You want to go for professionalism in your description, so photographs that align are one key point to keep in. Having photos the are different widths from tiny to huge looks unprofessional. Maintain consistency on the width to create professionalism.
It is okay to have the height different sizes and just keep the width the same. A rule of thumb is to make your photographs about 400-500 pixels because it will create white space around the photos which makes it pleasant to look at. Creating the presentation in this manner will ensure that a person will stay to find out more and increases the chances of sales.
The finishing touch of your online sales copy to sell your art should be to speak about the benefits of owning the painting to the potential buyer. After-all, you didn't do the piece of art for yourself, you did it for an audience. Don't focus on only speaking about yourself, write as if you are speaking to a single person.
Art is communication and you want yours to go to the person that your art most speaks to. There are certain things that an owner of art would find beneficial when considering owning it such as pleasure in ownership, that it's one of a kind, the artist signed it, the color pallette is one that would match any decor, that it would be a great piece in the home and even in an office setting, etc. Include several reasons that a person would feel are beneficial in owning an original into your presentation.
It is fine to include a brief bio of yourself that is 2-3 sentences at the end of the description, if you so desire. Doing so gives your reader more reason to buy from you because of your training, appearances and dedication to your art.
To make reading the description easy, use small paragraphs. This creates more white space which is a style that keeps a reader interested.
Have a wonderful time with your original art sales. May you flourish like never before.