Digital BW, The Print

That was what i was thinking - thanks for sharing this.

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Arthur Davis" <jarthurdavis@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] selling prints


> Julian:
> How much time do you have to devote to your web site. It is not just a
> matter of putting up a site and having the customer come running to it. It
> just doesn't happen that way.
>
> Creating a site that sells takes time and a lot of work. You have to be
> constantly adding new content to the site. People want information. They
> want to get to know you and trust you before they spend their money.
>
> There is a saying that to make a site profitable you have to remember 4
> things. Give, Give, Give and then Give some more.
>
> There are hundreds of sites selling artwork and most of them have yet to
> make a sale. I for one have had a site up for over 4 years and have yet to
> make any significant sales. I spend 3 to 4 hours a day working on
marketing
> my artists.
>
> This takes away from production time. If you can find someone who will
> display your work on their site for a commission you may be better off.
>
> This will save you quite a bit of money from the web hosting side and free
> up your time.
>
>
> Jim Davis
> http://www.visual-artists.com
> davis.jarthur@...
> Supplier of fine art printing products
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julian Thomas" <julianthomas@...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 10:05 AM
> Subject: [Digital BW] selling prints
>
>
> > I'm thinking of learning HTML so that I can (at last) get a web page
> > together. I'm not sure whether to go for a portfolio kind of page or try
> and
> > sell online - what kind of success rate are people having selling prints
> on
> > line?
> >
> > Julian
> > -----------------------------------
> > Julian Thomas
> > Bruc 168-6-1
> > 08037 Barcelona
> >
> > Gallery at http://www.mwords.co.uk/galleryGuests.htm#
> > and
> > http://www.borderless-photos.de/jthomas/jthomas-01.html
> >
> > tfno 679676321
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