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Learn how to sell art online

This group is for visual fine artists who want to know more about where and how to sell their art online.  Lenses included in this group all provide an in-depth and analytical review of your options. The emphasis is on the provision of links to advice, information and services for artists about the selling art online. It's not about 'how to draw' or 'how to paint'.

Applications to join the group are encouraged.

  • Read the first module below to find out more about the type of lens which is accepted into this group and how it works.
  • Read the section at the end for the reasons why an application to join will be rejected.

Resources for Artists - How this group works 

Purpose of the group and criteria for inclusion of a new lens

WHAT THIS GROUP IS ABOUT: This group focuses on the selling art online(ie it's not about commercial art or tattoo parlours). It provides resource links for visual artists who want to sell their work and/or learn more about how to get a good service and deliver a good service.

To be included the majority of content in a lens should provide useful information for other artists.

WHAT THIS GROUP IS NOT ABOUT: It's not about promoting the artwork of individual artists and it's not about "how to" make art.

If you want to join the group - please take the time to sample some of the existing lenses and read the module at the bottom of this group about what you need to know about joining this group and how you can having an application to join rejected.

You can find out more about the Group Master and many of the lenses in this Group by visiting Who is Making A Mark? or Making A Mark on Squidoo and the popular art blog Making A Mark.

Getting started........... 

Options for displaying and selling Original Art 

Options for Print on Demand 

Communicating with the Customer 

Shipping artwork to the customer 

Making A Mark 

Katherine Tyrrell's blogging portfolio about: - Making a mark creating drawings with pastels, pencils and pen and ink - Art projects - Notable Artists - Developing art careers - Art blogs and blogging about art - Reviews of art books and exhibitions - Inf

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Joining this Group: what you need to know and why lenses get rejected 

Please read before submitting a request to join

The focus of this group
This group is about selling art online and where and how you can make this a success.

Applications to join the group are encouraged.

Why applications to join are rejected
Your request to join the group may be rejected if one of the following is applicable:
1) its scope falls outside the scope of this group (see above). The group is about selling art online in the context of the business side of fine art. It's not about illustration, commercial art, tattoo parlours or crafts per se etc. (You can always start a group for your own area of interest).
2) the lens does not emphasise the provision of good quality information about the fields of interest covered by this group - which is selling fine art online(e.g. the majority of content in an acceptable lens are non-commercial links)
3) the lens is not yet well developed - reapply when it is. This includes lens which contain mainly commercially oriented links AND/OR the lens mainly comprises lists which are the results of google searches or RSS feeds (ie there is very little, if any. original input by the lens owner).
4) the lens focuses mainly on the work of an individual artist or artists. The lens is about the business of selling art online but it is not about promoting individual artists per se.
5) the lens contains no or few references which makes it relevant to the visual arts. A generic topic has to be tailor made to the business of visual fine art to be acceptable.
6 ) You failed to read any of this section. The only people I ever write too are those who missed 'by a bit' as opposed to 'by a mile'.

In addition, if I'm not sure about whether your lens fits with others in the group, I'm likely to look at other lenses you have produced to see what they say about your interests and expertise.

Want to join this group? Post your lens below. 

If the groupmaster likes it, he or she will add it to the featured lenses lists above.

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Who is Making A Mark? 

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What you need to know if you want to start selling your art online. An in-depth and analytical review of your options (more)

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