Lisa Eshkenazi 06 May 2007

A few here and there but I don't think anyone's getting rich from them. :)

Cathy Savels 07 May 2007

It doesn't seem like it. When I asked before I was told there were between 10 and 100 sales per day but these are mostly prints. I still wonder how many people would actually trust buying a piece of art over the internet. It's so easy now to 'doctor' a photo and make it look good and then you don't get the exact representation of colours or textures anyway. I think the internet is a great tool for getting yourself known and talking to other artists but not the best way to try and sell.

joseph fedele 07 May 2007

I agree..ive been on this site for about 6 months and never had a bite...i know im not the best artist in the world but come on! I found my best source of sales is placing my work in local businesses

Terri Lloyd 08 May 2007

No sales from this site. I'm not here for that. Besides, my clientele wouldn't buy from a site like this. The quality of the prints isn't archival or museum quality. I'm here to keep my google ranks high, (SEO) and to have yet another place to park my jpegs.

Most collectors and buyers usually don't buy off the internet, unless they know you and your work already.

But don't let that discourage you. We all have to work the marketing and PR machine. The more you are out there, the more likely new people will come to discover and experience your work.

Atula Siriwardane 11 May 2007

if it is a matter of trust one can use Guru.com. Atula

James Mann 12 May 2007

I have had no direct sales from this site, but I get click throughs... that sometimes lead to print sales or commissions after some inquirey & additional discussion. Original art without a commission is purely speculative... you create something you want to make and hope someone else wants to own it. I don't even try to sell original "fine art" on the web... people need to see your work live and fall in love before they part with big bucks. Enter shows or niche venues, if you want to sell originals. Otherwise, I recommend prints... something affordable in a broad range of most people's discretionary spending. It adds up over time. I do get commisions for original work, mainly from architects, developers and agencies, etc... a specialized field of folk, with the need to promote their own agendas with visuals... It's art become product, aimed at a particular market. AW is a good porfolio, an advertising medium that puts samples of your work out there for the search engines. Jim

Terri Lloyd 13 May 2007

Guru.com isn't necessarily the best choice. As far as trust, they do provide a secure payment structure (they do take a percentage of your payments from the client, plus membership fees if you want your bids to be seen by prospects).

It's primarily set up for commercial artists to get gigs. Again, this is a site that makes it money on membership fees. It's highly competitive with other countries where 7.00 per hour --or less-- is considered a great wage. So if you are a 100 dollar per hour designer or consultant, you're up against others who are willing and able to do the work for pennies on your market value.

Kathy Hat 27 May 2007

I have had a little action on etsy.com. They just charge listing fees. I just sell prints there.

Maria Aminta Henrich Nonone 28 May 2007

I have no sales too , but I think to present art it is a good place, it is very difficult to sale serious art pieces in the web, cause most of people must to see the pieces and they build an art relationship to a specially art-piece.

When I make an exhibition I show this prosces, interesting people on a piece art come again and again....and when they decide when this relationship is enough strong , they buy "this" piece....

Maureen Girard 01 Jun 2007

Although I haven't sold any of my paintings directly from this website, it has led to sales & lots of exposure. I can only take so many paintings with me when I do shows and festivals so I always have brochures on hand. I always tell people that they can view more of my images on line. THEN...I get a sale.

Also, last year a gentleman stumbled across my AW page & contacted me through this website about one of my paintings. Although I didn't sell the painting, he paid me for the use of the image & it graced the cover of his magazine for the next two months. Since then I have contacted twice more for future work. Thank you AW! :)

tina mcfarlane 12 Feb 2008

I'm on here more for exposure & meeting artists rather then sales. I do my selling on the local version of craigslist, and to avoid scams, i only deal locally. most people dont mind paying in person or picking it up if they got nothing to hide.

Marja-Leena Landry 25 Feb 2008

Helloo from Madisonville,KY.Trying to get accustomed to this great site for all the artists-around the world-I can see.Pretty new and totally amazed by the breathtaking images I found so far...I too would like to know :What sells?Anybody out there who is greatly delighted by her/his sales?? JUST VERY CURIOUS!!!!

chris newbrook 13 May 2008

I think artists who are seriously looking to sell should market their work in numerous ways. I've been with agents, galleries, websites and art fairs. There is no one perfect way to sell, unless you find a fantastic agent/curator who has buyers queueing up for your work.

I dont expect to sell on here, unless I recieve serious enquiries to buy or acquire prints. I've had over 8,000 hits on my portfolio and I know this is from other artists. So it's good to share work and ideas with other artists on here, the main reason for this site I think.

Frances Perea 15 Aug 2008

I am new to this site and like it very much. Just curious---does artwanted provide any statistics on how much art is sold?

elena COVALCIUC 30 Oct 2008

I have never sold anything either trought this website or any other website. The good thing is that the artwork gets a lot of views.

lynn aranow 23 Nov 2008

I agree with elena.

Hope Bryant 18 Dec 2008

Many artsites are mostly web Promotion tools. Often times you can use their services for a lot lower expense to buy product to take with you to shows, fairs, and conventions. Make up brochures to let people knwo they can get stuff online from you through these places.

But yes, its the face to face that sells the most!

Nikolaus 19 Dec 2008

I use this website because it is much easier to make type edits and uploads than to my own....

I actually use my own website Domain Name(www.NicksArtwork.com) .....and just do a "Re-Direct" to automatically go to this website here(to my page specifically)...it's almost transparent...as though it is my own website.

For me it's just an on-line brochure that is easier to make instant changes to than a printed brochure. And much cheaper than printing too...;)

mandy thomas 07 Jan 2009

exposure exposure exposure the more you show the more people look ....the more places you advertise the larger the numbers of viewers one thing leads to another....you have to sell yourself good luck to all x

Gonzalo Marino 11 Jun 2009

That is what I do personally, not really interested in selling, mainly because most people think that Sculpey, is just play for 3 year olds and little ones only. I would like to sell some of them, at one point in time. So I have made a bunch of small 10 by 10´s for sale. And I have art posted on this sites, at ArtSlant, Espectro, Artelista, and waiting for a reply from other artsites. But let us face it there are millions of artist there. So it really is just luck, and getting to be recognized through contests and exposure.