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I'm opening a Ruby Lane shop and would like to give someone a referral credit. If anyone here has a Ruby Lane shop, PM me your user ID and I can fill you in as the person who recommended me, so you get some kind of credit. 

Hi thentavius,

If you don't find a TT boardie with one, head on over to auctionbytes... there's a few RL users over there (along with quite a few disgruntled RL customers, also!).

If you don't mind me asking, why did you choose RL over Tias, goantiques, et al ? (just curious)

I don't have any experience in any of the malls... but I have had some really nice phone calls form GoAnt. reps wanting us to open up a store there. 

Never heard of Tias and goantiques. LOL.

I can list on those as well. Do they allow artwork? Or does it all need to be antique?

You can also check out Trocadero.  Not sure about their fees.

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Never heard of Tias and goantiques. LOL.

I can list on those as well. Do they allow artwork? Or does it all need to be antique?
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LOL!

I'm not certain of their listing policies regarding (presumably) newly made artwork... but here are the links:

http://tias.com/makeashop

http://www.goantiques.com/join

http://www.trocadero.com/ExpressStorefront

http://www.cyberattic.com/newdealer

Best of luck! 

Cheers

Thank you both.

Fiberguy, your links and posts are always so helpful. You're a wealth of knowledge. Thank you so much for sharing.

OK. Checking these things out. My big question is, how do we know which of these antique/art venues gets the most sales / traffic?

They're all charging about the same price, give or take, and none of them are super cheap. Any success stories out there? Any sales charts?

They all look great.

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My big question is, how do we know which of these antique/art venues gets the most sales / traffic?

They all look great.
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Alexa comparisons
ebay.com 12
overstock.com 471
ioffer.com 2,150
etsy.com 3,739
ebid.net 11,548
rubylane.com 17,786
tias.com 22,006
ecrater.com 24,251
goantiques.com 24,822
trocadero.com 29,440
bidville.com 30,346
wagglepop.com 40,397
tuliptools.com 68,091
t.r.s. 147,571
cyberattic.com 180,818

Thanks!

Thentavius, you might even go over to the Antiques community section on ebay and see if there's any scuttlebutt talk over there about other venues.  I know there were grumblings several years ago about no to few sales on rubylane, but things may have changed.  I'm sure I've heard talk about Tias from over there before.  You can forget about visiting the art & artists board.  It sux.