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Mo Lee

6 Years Ago

Wildlife Artist

I am not subscribed to the full Fine Art America. Does this make a difference in selling art work. I have not had any enquiries as yet for anyone interested although I get plenty of commissions not through Fine Art America.

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Phyllis Beiser

6 Years Ago

Mo, it absolutely does. I have had many people find me for originals as well as prints here. I also send people here and just use it as a website so they can see what sort of work that I paint. Thirty dollars a year is very cheap for a website alone.

 

Floyd Snyder

6 Years Ago

I started selling pretty much from the first weeks and for over 4 years my sales were directly related to the number of uploads I did.

So, yes... It do make a difference. I think the number of images you have is the one thing that makes the biggest difference, assuming all things are equal.

 

David King

6 Years Ago

Floyd, I quadrupled the number of images I have this year, still have not had a single print sale in over a year.

 

Roy Erickson

6 Years Ago

I have around 2,000 images - does it make me sales - do people find my photography because I have that many images - NO! Marketing is the key - you can have my 2k images and lousy marketing (that's me) and be lucky to get one or two sales a year. If you aren't selling fairly regularly, you are unknown, or no one knows your work is here - you will not be found. your work will be found - if we could see that many pages down without giving up.

 

Val Arie

6 Years Ago

I am under the impression that it doesn't matter how many images you have, if you don't do any marketing your chances of selling are slim to none.

 

David King

6 Years Ago

It's not just marketing you have to do Val, it has to be effective marketing. I've spent hundreds of hours blogging, tweeting, pinning, etc to no avail.

 

Roy Erickson

6 Years Ago

What David K said.

People have to know you and your work are here - tell your family, tell your friends - shoot - tell your enemies - and for sure tell the people who might purchase something with your image on it.

Tags/key words - may help - but they won't help in FAA/Pixels search unless you are a seller that sells pretty consistently. There are too many "eagles, flowers, horses, alligators, gators - etc." - that I don't care what search engine is looking - they won't find those 'generic' search words.

 

Rose Santuci-Sofranko

6 Years Ago

Mo, your work is AMAZING, btw! Welcome!

 

Chet Dembeck

6 Years Ago

In all honesty, it is tough to sell art in today's competitive market. All of the search engines and social networks are giving preference to paid ads. That was always their plan.

Here, I have sold a few prints over the years. I have quit this site and recently came back. But it isn't just this site where selling art has become a greater challenge. It is the same on Esty, eBay and Amazon. It's no longer a given that if you have good work and promote it you will make consistent sales.

That's my experience and take.

For example, on this site, all of my work is buried so far back it is doubtful anyone will ever see it. Yet, the front pages are filled with duplicates and in some cases not the best representative work. Go figure. I know all the reasons, but none of them seem fair.

Also, facebook groups are fickle and will expel you at the drop of a hat, if it is perceived you are not playing by the rules, even if you think you are. Put another way: Online selling is no longer conducive for making a constant revenue stream for most artists, not all. Those who succeed have found a way to post enough links on fruitful sites and page. They also know how to work the system here.

Those secrets, of course, will never be shared. Can't blame them.

 

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