Posted on May 27th 2021

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How sell art online?

There are two different ways to get into the art business: create or curate. Katherine, an online business owner, constructed her business by creating and selling her work and selling the work by others in her shop. Which one is ideal for you? We should explore the two roads.

As an artist, you are the maker, delivering unique artwork and generations of firsts and selling straightforwardly to your clients or in a roundabout way through a display, retail, or specialist. It's never been simpler for artists to sell directly, with arising creator tools popping up consistently. Contingent upon your style and medium, pick a business model where your desired audience hangs out.

What to sell?

As an artist, you may decide to sell unique work, reproduction of that work, or both. It will rely upon the idea of your art and your selected medium. Fine artists utilizing exemplary mediums and selling at exorbitant cost focuses may decide to sell firsts, for instance, while digital art can be repeated without loss of value, and it is incredible for prints and merchandise. In any case, most craftsmanship made in 2D mediums has different choices for generating total sales on a single artwork.

Some mediums, like sculpture, are more challenging to repeat or use for merch applications. There are still approaches to produce extra pay from a single plan for those difficult to scan and print. For instance, clay works may utilize similar mold to produce comparative pieces, and 3D designs can be made again and again with a 3D printer.

Think about these options: 

Original art (Note: you can sell both the original and prints of similar work.) 

Limited or open-version prints

Desktop downloads (wallpapers, templates, print-on-demand work, and so on) 

Custom art specially made from a client demand or charged by a business.

Merch (your art imprinted on caps, mugs, shirts, pins, invitation cards, writing material, and so forth)

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