Making A Living on eBay: How to Create Art That Sells on eBay

[mandy]

Artist with several blog tips and articles on selling art on eBay:

7 tips on creating art to sell on eBay:

How to Create Art That Sells on eBay

1. Bright colours. The little thumbnails that eBay gives you have to provide an image of your work that has clout - so make it brightly coloured. The brighter the better - intense, vibrant colours sell better.
2. Box canvas. EBay is all about instant gratification and not spending too much money - having to frame a piece of work puts buyers off. As an artist you don't want to pay lots of money to framers, so paint on box canvases...

full article: http://www.artistsanon.co.uk/blog/2005/0...-ebay.html

10 tips on 'Making a Living on eBay:

Making a Living on eBay

I’ve been selling art through eBay for the last 10 months. Here’s what I have learnt so far. It’s not an exhaustive list:

  1. You need to be prolific. Most artwork sells for under £100, so you need to be regular in putting up new work.

  2. On average, 5 out of 10 auctions won’t end in a sale. Don’t be discouraged by this.

  3. Expect eBay and paypal feed to take away 25% of your profits, then expect the taxman to take his 22% of whatever is left.

full article: http://www.artistsanon.co.uk/blog/2005/1...-ebay.html


The Joy of eBay:

The Joy of eBay

If you read the eBay discussion groups that deal with art you'd be forgiven for thinking that eBay and artists just don't get on. The boards seem to be full of artists lamenting the lack of sales, low selling prices and high eBay fees.

full article: http://www.artistsanon.co.uk/blog/2006/0...-ebay.html

Artisan or Tradesmen:

Artists or Tradesmen?

A group of us were discussing the pricing of our work yesterday. Some of us were very shy of fixing a price, feeling that perhaps the buying public would have a very negative reaction to any artwork that was priced in the hundreds of pounds.

full article: http://www.artistsanon.co.uk/blog/2005/1...esmen.html

eBay Tips 2: Nobody will buy your paintings ! http://www.artistsanon.co.uk/blog/2005/1...-your.html

EBay Tips 1: Be Prolific! http://www.artistsanon.co.uk/blog/2005/1...lific.html