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2009 Calendars - Call for Entries

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:08:32 MST

ArtWanted.com is excited to announce that we are now accepting entries for the 2009 Daily Art Calendars! As a member of our site, you can submit artwork for these calendars without any entry fees and have a chance to be spotlighted in these upcoming calendars.

The ArtWanted.com Daily Art Calendar is now in it's fifth year of production. These great calendars showcase beautiful artwork from hundreds of our members and each year we strive to make them even better. We gathered some great feedback from our members and here is a list of upgrades to the calendars for 2009:

2009 CALENDAR IMPROVEMENTS:

Entry deadline has been pushed up by two months, to get the calendars out way before the start of the new year.
Every US order will be shipped via Priority Mail to greatly speed up the shipping times.
Every order within the US will be sent a tracking number for delivery tracking/confirmation.
Real-time preview of your calendar page when your artwork is submitted.
New calendar themes to allow for more artist submissions.

2009 CALENDAR THEMES:

For 2009, we will have three unique calendar themes. Each calendar will contain 365 tear-off pages from artists on our site, for a total of 1,095 unique artwork/photography entries. Here are the categories:

Traditional Artwork (paintings, drawings and other traditional mediums of all subjects)
Digital Artwork (digital illustrations, 3D renderings and digital paintings of all subjects)
Photography (traditional & digital photos from our members)

CALL FOR ENTRIES:

We are now accepting entries for each of the three calendars. Members may submit up to three images, one for each calendar. Artwork for the 2009 calendars will be selected by our staff in August from all the entries received. There is no entry fee to submit your artwork, so there is no reason why every member should not try and submit at least one image. The deadline for all submissions is July 31st, 2008.

CALENDAR PRE-ORDERS:

For those that would like to be the first to receive your calendar, you can also pre-order a copy of the calendar(s). As a special bonus for your pre-order, you will be guaranteed at least one page in the 2009 calendar and also be able to select the date your page will be featured on. The price of the calendars is $15.95 and the price drops for every additional calendar you purchase. Pre-Order Today.

2008 CALENDAR BLOW-OUT:

For those that are interested, we still have a few 2008 calendars remaining. We have slashed the price to only $2.95 each for this closeout. If you were featured in the 2008 calendars or would just like some great art on your desk every day by your fellow members, here is your chance for a great closeout price.

CALENDAR SUMMARY:

We enjoy creating these calendars every year, because it gives our members an additional opportunity for exposure to new art fans. Every calendar page includes your website address to point people back to your online portfolio to see more of your artwork. We hope all our members take this opportunity to submit artwork for the 2009 calendars!

SUBMIT YOUR ARTWORK NOW!

New mobile website! ArtWanted.mobi

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:41:45 MST

ArtWanted.com is excited to introduce our new mobile website...ArtWanted.mobi

Grab your iPhone, smartphone, PDA or cell phone and browse to artwanted.mobi to experience an all new mobile version of our website. This special website is designed to fit ArtWanted.com content on a smaller screen size and reduced bandwidth, but still deliver a fun user experience.

On the mobile version of our site, you can check out the most recent uploads, browse ArtWanted.com image galleries, search for members/artwork, see today's featured artist and view random images. We also want this site to generate more sales for our members, so we have created a simple way for anyone to purchase artwork from our members while on the go.

Cell phones outnumber computers 2 to 1 in the world and mobile website content is exploding. We wanted to make sure that ArtWanted.com can be seen by as many people as possible, so we have built this new mobile website to reach that population.

It's tricky to design a website for so many phones and mobile platforms, so ArtWanted.mobi is currently in 'beta' mode while we continue to test the mobile website on various phones. As more and more users surf the web on their phones, ArtWanted.com will continue to add more and more features to our mobile website.

We look forward to getting your feedback and comments on how we can improve this new mobile website for the art enthusiasts. Grab your Internet enabled cell phone and type in ArtWanted.mobi for an all new mobile experience!

www.ArtWanted.mobi

Greeting Cards are Back!

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:49:06 MST

We are excited to announce that we have brought back our greeting cards and postcards for our print program. We have recently found a new system for our greeting cards and all of our tests have produced great results.

The additional products that are now available are:

3.5x5" Folded Cards (Quantity: 12 and 24 cards)
5x7" Folded Cards (Quantity: 1, 10 and 25 cards)
4x6 Postcards

Greeting cards include envelopes and if you order 10 or more, they come in a box. The front of the greeting card features the artwork that was ordered. The inside and back of the card are blank (white).

Postcards feature the artwork on the front and standard postcard design on the back with most of the back left black for writing.

Greeting cards & postcards are now available on over 20,000 existing images on our website and can feature landscape or portrait images.

If you wish to not sell these items of your artwork, you can turn them off at anytime. To do so, create custom pricing in your members area and set the retail price to $0 for these items.

Please let us know if you have any questions and we hope you enjoy these new products!

PS - We have also fixed the bug in the shopping cart that added all products if you clicked the order button and added a 'Remove All Items' link on the shopping cart page.

Print Program Demo for All Members

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:17:50 MST

In celebration of our website's 9th Birthday this month, we have created a limited-time promotion called the Print Program Demo. This special promotion will allow ANY member of our site to order any of the ArtWanted.com Print-on-demand products. We want all our members to try out our print services to see the quality products and service we provide. We also hope to gather additional feedback on how our print program and products can be improved as we aim to increase sales in 2008 for our members.

The ArtWanted.com Print Program is normally only for Premium Members, but we are opening it up to all members for the month of March. We hope that everyone will take this opportunity to try out our products using your own artwork, and give us your feedback. Our members will not pay the normal retail price on these products, but will only pay the low 'artist cost' price to order these products. You can order prints/products for yourself, friends or for others that want to buy your artwork.

With this new program, you can order the following products using your own artwork:

Photographic Prints

Canvas Prints

Mouse Pads

T-Shirts

Puzzles

Mugs

Buttons

Magnets

Coasters

Tote Bags

Key Chains

Ceramic Tiles

HOW IT WORKS:

We have created a special 'Print Program Demo' account, that any ArtWanted.com member can login to and order prints/products. Here is all you need to do:

Logout of your own account and login to the new Print Program Demo account. The username is 'printdemo' and the password is 'demo'.
Upload your artwork to this special account like you would normally.*
Locate your artwork on the Print Program Demo Portfolio.
Place any print-on-demand product in your shopping cart.
Order and enjoy beautiful prints/products that feature your own artwork.
You will be sent a survey to give us your feedback on your order.

* All artwork that is uploaded to this special account will be deleted within a week of the order being shipped. This demo program will end on April 30th, 2008.

If you have any general questions about our print program, check out our help section. If you have questions about this special demo program, contact us or respond to this post with your question.

We hope this limited-time program will allow all our members to see the great products/services we offer an we can use your feedback to continue to improve our site and products. Enjoy!

ArtWanted.com Charity Event Results

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:49:16 MST

We would like to thank all those that contributed to our Charity Event this year. We were able to collect $1,086.16 in donations from many of our members. 100% of the money collected will be given to the 'Save the Children' organization within the next few weeks.

If you would still like to donate, you can make your donations directly on the Save the Children website.

More information about this great organization can be found at: www.SavetheChildren.org

Thanks!

Shopping Cart Improvements

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:32:38 MST

In our effort to improve the buying experience for our customers, we have made a few upgrades to our shopping cart and checkout process. Here is a quick look at these changes...

1) MY CART

We have added a 'My Cart' link at the top of every page. This link jumps right to shopping cart page, which displays all of the items in the users shopping cart. If the buyer has any items in their cart, the number of items will be displayed next to the 'My Cart' link. This constant reminder of the items in the customers cart should increase the sales behavior of the art buyers that visit the site.

2) PRE-POPULATED SHIPPING ADDRESS

If you are a member of our site, when you get to the 'shipping address' page of the checkout process, the form will be pre-populated with your account information. This feature is a big time saver during the checkout process and allows you to quickly check shipping rates on any products you are interested in buying.

3) SINGLE SHOPPING CART

In the past, our shopping cart was only for print products, but our other products had a different checkout process. In order to create a consistent checkout process, we have rebuilt our entire website shopping cart to accept all of our products. This upgrade allows our customers to have a familiar experience, no matter what product they are buying. This also allows for our customers to use any major credit card, PayPal, Fax, Check or Money Order to purchase any products on our site.

4) SECURE PAYMENT REMINDER

On all of the pages of the checkout process, we now remind our buyers that they are using a safe and secure website to make their payment. This extra assurance to our customers should make them feel better about buying online. We also display icons of a 'padlock' and the credit cards that we accept for an extra visual representation of this information.

We hope that these changes will provide a better shopping experience for our customers and increase artwork sales for our members. Additional improvements are planned for the ArtWanted.com website in the upcoming months as part of our 2008 goals to increase artwork sales for our members. Enjoy!

Introducing Zero Sales Commissions with PayPal

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:36:18 MST

ArtWanted.com is excited to announce that we will no longer be charging commission fees on original artwork you sell on our site! If you have a PayPal account, simply add your PayPal e-mail address into your ArtWanted.com profile to take advantage of this new program.

If someone is interested in buying your artwork, and you have a PayPal account in our system, when the user clicks on the ORDER button for that item, they will be directed to YOUR PayPal account instead of the ArtWanted.com shopping cart. This means you get 100% of the sales price and ArtWanted.com does not take the normal 15% commission on the sale of the artwork!

We made this change to encourage additional sales through our website and to put more money in the pockets of our members. This is the first of many changes we will be doing to our site over the next few months to increase artwork sales for our members. Enjoy!

*** IMPORTANT NOTES ***

If you get a sale directly into your PayPal account, ArtWanted.com will not know about it. It's important that you contact the buyer thanking them for the purchase and providing a tracking number (where possible) when shipping out the artwork. You are responsible for shipping out the item and working out any other details directly with the buyer.

This zero commission program only applies to artwork sales where you are doing the fulfillment. It does not apply to the ArtWanted.com print program, which has not changed.

To add your PayPal e-mail address to your profile, click on the EDIT CONTACT INFORMATION link in your members area and add your PayPal e-mail to the appropriate form field.

This zero commission program only applies to new artwork sales made after 1/25/06 when the user does not use the ArtWanted.com shopping cart or merchant account. Normal commission fees will be applied if the buyer uses the ArtWanted.com payment process.

If you have artwork for sale that you will be shipping out, you can list those items for sale on the EDIT IMAGE page or when you upload the original image.

If you don't already have a PayPal account, click here to sign up and start the process of putting more money in your pocket.

Happy New Year!

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 10:12:14 MST

We wanted to wish everyone a big Happy New Year!

2007 was a great year for ArtWanted.com and we have huge plans for 2008. Later in the year we will be launching a complete redesign to our entire website along with many new features that will benefit all members.

Thanks for your membership in ArtWanted.com and we wish you the best in 2008!

ArtWanted.com Year End Sale!

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:44:40 MST

ArtWanted.com is excited to announce a special SALE on our products/services through the end of the year. Here are the details:

1) PREMIUM MEMEBERSHIPS

We have reduced our yearly Premium Membership to only $29 until the end of the year. This is less than 1/2 the cost of our regular month-to-month pricing. Now is the best time to convert from month to month to a yearly account, extend your existing membership one more year or upgrade from a free account! Dozens of extra features are included in our Premium Membership. Upgrade Now

2) 2008 CALENDARS

Our new 2008 Daily Calendars are out and they look great. We have reduced the price of all 5 calendars to only $12.95 for this special sale. Enjoy great artwork from our members every day on your desk. Order Now

3) CREATIVE MINDS BOOK

We have slashed the price on our amazing ArtWanted.com Creative Minds Book. The full color soft-cover book is now only $9.95 and the hard cover is only $14.95. This is a special price that will not last. If you don't own this beautiful book full of artwork from our members, it's time to get it. Order Now

These are all limited time offers through the end of 2007. Enjoy the Savings!

NOTE: These savings only apply to new purchases until Dec. 31st, 2007 and can not be applied for past purchases. Thank You.

ArtWanted.com Charity Event

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:06:51 MST

We want to thank all of you that have given your thoughts and your time toward the ArtWanted.com Charity Event. It's great to see so many people that are willing to help out those in need.

We have calculated the votes from our members and the winning charity that has been chosen is the 'Save the Children' organization. More information can be found at: www.SavetheChildren.org

"Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children in need in the United States and around the world. Recognized for our commitment to accountability, innovation and collaboration, our work takes us into the heart of communities, where we help children and families help themselves."

We are now collecting donations through the end of December, 2007 in any amount. All members are encouraged to donate any amount to this great cause. 100% of these donations will be passed on to the Save the Children organization in January.

If every person that reads this page only donates .99 cents, together we can really make a difference in the lives of hundreds of children around the world.

To make your donation, please go to:

www.ArtWanted.com/charity.cfm

Thanks a Million!