How do I go about selling my paintings on the net?

Question

And what's the best way to package them for sending?

Answer 1

I have no idea of the type of paintings you do but, other than selling your work off at too cheap a price (on eBay!), have a look at this: http://www.isendyouthis.com/ I have subscribed to this site since November and it's excellent value for money.

You don't have to be a computer expert to design your own website etc. because it's all done for you here. All you need to do is subscribe, then upload your images and info. All your p&p info can be added plus a load of other features! Check it out and see how good it looks. OK, it will cost you around £8 per month but it comes a lot cheaper than selling yourself short on internet auction sites. You get your own domain name plus, as I said, a load of extras! Go for it!!!

Good luck!

Answer 2

the problem with doing this is the shipping part. you could make your own web site and design it for selling your paintings but then you have to make sure that you put coating on your painting (which really you should already have) so that it can last through extreme heat and cold. also bubble rapping might be a bad idea because the plastic might stick to the paint and when the plastic is torn off so is chips of your painting.

I'm thinking you should get a selling license and try selling them in front of a grocery store first. (i don't know if you have seen this before but it is very popular for artists to do this in CA.) make sure to ask the manager of the grocery store if this would be OK, and set up a bunch of your paintings with prices on them. starting off small like this can be good because then you can get a feel for what paintings people like more than others and also you can figure out what kind of prices you can get away with as well.

Answer 3

Get into Deviant art (google it) you post (on the net) what ever you think is art and people pay in order to download pictures and pay per size its quite a good idea, I'd have to say though that some of the artists are incerdibly talented so I would make sure that your work is 100% otherwise you wont be able to get a fan base and no one will look at your work.
Good Luck.

Answer 4

Ebay is a great way for artists to reach an audience. Take a few good digital photos of your work, be open and honest, and good luck. I recently bought a large art deco painting from a young Argentinian artist living and working in New York. He shipped the canvas inexpensively in a cardboard tube, and I framed it here in Japan. It was a good deal for both of us.

Answer 5

take serveral pictures and post the best ones, make sure there is good lighting. When you ship them I would just pay the 5-10$ extra and have a hipping company do it so they are solely responsible for anything that may happen.

Answer 6

Maybe ebay?

Package them with lots of bubble wrap or newspaper.. if you don't want it bent like if it isn't in a fram put two pieces of cardboard on each sides.

Answer 7

My sister sells hers on Ebay, and has a link there to her own website. Usually, for prints, she rolls them up and sends them out in tubes.

Answer 8

Some of the ideas above are very good - others are idiots with nothing better to do. To ship paintings, check out www.uline.com. They have every conceivable packing/shipping option at very affordable prices.

Answer 9

mostly the easyway is on ebay but try www.originalartsales.co.uk or http://oilpainting.ws/send.asp and the best package is bubble wrap it twice and put a card on the front of the main picture you have drawn so it doesny get damaged oh and by the way a guy didnt answer you the correct answer so i repoted him

Answer 10

Have a look at etsy.com - it's a worldwide community of sellers who make handcrafted goods. There are many artists on it. They let you set up your own shop just like ebay.