SELL ART focuses on topics relevant to selling art.
Each of these art business topics has a page of its own. Below is an INDEX to pages within this section.
PUBLISHED PAGES have a dark red hyperlink.
Topics which have been published can also be accessed via the links on this page or the top menu. "Planned but not yet published pages" - NOT in bold Sections without a link are in development - and coming soon! |
Selling art is about converting interested prospects into paying customers
Regulations re. other countries will follow in due course and/or are highlighted on relevant pages.
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Rules & Regulations re. selling online on your own account and via third parties
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covers regulatory and permission issues
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includes lists of open studio organisations
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from your website / through shopping retail software
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Whenever I have to slap on my salesman's hat, I cringe. I hate having to sell. I'm just not a natural-born salesperson. Although there are books and YouTube videos to advise me on how to fight my inclination to shrink into a dark corner, it's still hard for me. I'm lucky if I remember to restock my wallet with business cards, and luckier still if I remember to give you one.
The Painter as Salesman by Michael Chesley Johnson
PLUS More "need to know" info for selling art! |
ELSEWHERE ON THIS WEBSITE
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How to price your art
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How to present art
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You can make a living selling art outside the art gallery system - but you have to have a portfolio of income streams coming from various venues and opportunities online.
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“All things being equal, people will do business with, and refer business to, those people they know, like and trust.” Bob Burg |
You control ONLY what you can control
Online - you are dependent on third party assistance for the host - but you have: more control
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With Third party assistance:
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NOT OPTIONAL: Compliance with Regulatory Requirements - Whether selling with the aid of a third party or independently - on your own account
You MUST make sure you comply with all the relevant law and regulations. These relate to ALL BUSINESSES. Artists and art businesses are not an exception! |
Regulatory requirements will vary by location. (I hope to develop more information over time)
Typically they can be located somewhere on official Government website pages relating to the conduct of business transactions Your ignorance of such requirements is no defence in law if you are found to have ignored them. |
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How to Sell Your Art Online covers
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Cory Huff is the man behind the popular website The Abundant Artist
Paperback: 192 pages Publisher: Harper Design Publication date: June 28, 2016 BUY THIS BOOK How to Sell Your Art Online
How to Sell Your Art Online
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Selling in Art Galleries
Selling via Third Parties
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Selling at Alternative Venues
Selling Online [NOT PUBLISHED YET]
Licensing Art [NOT PUBLISHED YET]
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Commissions
Selling Art "Face to Face" from Home
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Selling Art Online from home
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The more successful an online platform for selling art is:
CRITICAL Issue #1:
My experience of listening to and watching people who are successful online tells me that:
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Bottom line it's all down to YOU - not the platform
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Author: Annabelle Ruston is an editor with the Fine Art Trade Guild, one of whose main functions is to guide its members through the potential pitfalls of selling their work
Paperback: 176 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts; Edition:2nd Revised edition Date: 21 Nov. 2013 BUY THIS BOOK The Artist's Guide to Selling Work
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Plus a video by Susan Mumford of Be Smart about Art with her top three tips to selling art
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