Selling Art On Ebay

Ebay has worked with members of the art community on ebay as well as various third party organizations serving the industry to develop a code of conduct for selling works of art on the site.

Selling art on ebay. I ve sold things on ebay for about 10 years and i don t think selling art or photography is a good idea at all. Selling art policy overview. Almost no one is going to pay you a fair price even if you have quality stuff. Featuring auctions from world famous art brokers like sotheby s as well as.

With the vast selection of art for sale online at ebay you can find something for just about anyone. 39 533 results are shown. Ebay encourages the lawful sale of art on its website. I ve actually tried to sell a photographic print and yes it is a good one of bruce springsteen that i shot at a show back when he was just starting and that got 0 bids.

A large chunk of that price goes to the gallery owner and the artist gets the rest. He wrote that he was going to attempt a trial run and put a painting of his own on ebay and i admit i m curious as to his results. By dan in art business advice selling art online. I came across this topic a while back on william lehman s blog artist hideout.

From affordable reproduction prints to highly collectable original paintings theres sure to be a piece of art to suit all. You should link your ebay account to your website and also consider creating marketing emails or a facebook account to advertise your auctions to your customers. Make sure your listing follows these guidelines. Art paintings for the most discerning critics.

Ebay is simply 1 part of the art selling puzzle. I took a look at the second painting on the list since the first one was really a limited edition print. Have you considered selling your art on ebay. Whether you re in search of a modern art deco piece earthy folk art or landscape photography ebays wide selection ensures youll be able to find a piece that fits your personal style.

Since i had been selling on ebay and other auction sites i found it was also important to find a way to promote my art so i built a site for promotions and then allowed other artists to join where we have organized the site by artists topics prices categories and include on most links to their ebay and shops they have online such as zazzle and other pod sites. As with other sales channels like etsy and art fire unless you re incredibly experienced selling on ebay or have the time to put in to aggressively marketing your work you will not want to depend on ebay alone. This is actually a top rated seller at ebay who has a feedback score of 300. Ebay is one of the better ways to circumvent this system in order to get better deals directly from the artists.

It is highly doubtful that many artists are actually selling art through ebay but some of them must be successful at it. Ebay is also the way you can buy art from a seller who doesn t pay rent for a gallery space therefore the artwork s cost usually remains fairly reasonable.