10 January, 2009
  • ArtWanted.com Staff
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2008 Year-In-Review

Happy New Year! 2008 was another great year for ArtWanted.com - We wanted to take a minute and share with everyone a few significant items that happened in 2008...

  • We had over 6,500 new artists join our site last year. This brought in new talent, new members to our community and more hits to everyone's portfolios.

  • We improved our image policy and removed the monthly limit of only 3 images per month. Free account holders are now able to upload many more images to their accounts than before.

  • In 2008, we had 400% (4x) more artwork sales than in 2007. This is a huge jump forward and many members benefitted this year from selling their artwork. This increase in sales is mostly due to the changes we made with the re-design of the site in July, which put more emphasis on sales throughout the website.

  • As mentioned above, we changed the layout and design of our site in July to be more modern and improve the navigation of the site. This has resulted in more sales, a fresher look and less problems with users trying to find something on the website.

  • Throughout the year, we had over 30 new features/upgrades added to our website. Some of the major ones were the artist groups pages, new print products, ArtWanted.com bank account, featured image gallery, bookmark/share feature and many more. Most of these new features came directly from member suggestions. We love your feedback and use it to create a better site for everyone.

2008 really was a great year for the members of ArtWanted.com and we have even bigger plans for 2009. This year it's our 10th anniversary! We have a lot of new features and improvements planned for this year to make ArtWanted.com it's best year ever. Thanks for your continued participation on our website and we look forward to another great year!

PS - If you have not done so already, please take our member survey to help us shape 2009.

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31 Comments

Beatrix Jahn 10 Jan 2009

Happy Anniversary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is there a specific date? Are we going to party :-))))?!?!?! One happy member greets you and wishes you and us a successful year! Trixi


ArtWanted.com Staff 10 Jan 2009

Thanks for he comments. ArtWanted.com launched in March of 1999, but we will announce the official date of the upgrades as it gets closer to that date.

Michael Easter 10 Jan 2009

Happy Anniversary AW, I am so happy to be part of this community as it is growing!

Christie Crawford 10 Jan 2009

Happy Anniversary and many more to come!

jerry carlin 10 Jan 2009

I forgot something! I would like to be able to make a sketch and e-mail it to a friend! Like, "LOOK at what I can do on ArtWanted! jerry carlin

Kim Cady 10 Jan 2009

Lovely site and interface. I am very happy to be a part of the Artwanted family. It's wonderful meeting such talented and varied artists & new friends!

nikos kanellos 11 Jan 2009

Happy Anniversary and best wishes for aiming higher and stronger Yours Nikos kanellos

Freda Young 11 Jan 2009

Here's to 2009 for an even better year.

pa fredrik 11 Jan 2009

HAPPY NEW YEAR, LET'S WELCOME CHEERFULLY 2009

mel rigot 12 Jan 2009

Good site I appreciate it and enjoy it Thanks again

Than Kyaw Htay 13 Jan 2009

I was very glad being a member of the successful community of art. Thank you again and be great in coming years.

Regina Coeli deWinter 13 Jan 2009

It's great being a member of such a friendly artistic community. I hope everyone enjoys a productive and successful 2009.

Regina Coeli deWinter 13 Jan 2009

It's great being a member of such a friendly artistic community. I hope everyone enjoys a productive and successful 2009.

Terry Bullard 14 Jan 2009

Happy Anniversary!

Roy Boobyer 15 Jan 2009

Happy Anniversary, and thanks for the exposure the site has given to my work!

Ricky Corbett 15 Jan 2009

10 amazing years....Happy Anniversary. I love ArtWanted and the artists I have met here are amazing. The ArtWanted staff has done an amazing job with the site and I look forward to the future with ArtWanted. I tip my hat off to the entire staff at ArtWanted. Thank you for all that you do.

Anne Dubois 16 Jan 2009

Wow! 10 years...Here is wishing that the next 10 are wonderful as well! Happy Anniversary Artwanted!!!!!

Lynda Lehmann 17 Jan 2009

I appreciate your continued efforts to make improvements to the site and our art community!

Susana Araujo 19 Jan 2009

Thanks for your improvements and my best wishes for this year to all of you!

Kathryn Lewis 21 Jan 2009

Happy New Year!!! And thank you for the continued efforts to improve this wonderful site :)

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