Nice effort, very informative, this will help me to complete my task.

Can I post here? I'm an artist, but methinks I picked the wrong passtime. I have spent far more time and money producing inventory than selling it. Even when I give shows, people come by and say lots of oohs and aahs, and then walk off. C'mon! If it's so pretty, show me the money!

just joined foundmyself.com, sounds promising. It's free on the basis that, if it proves helpful, you can donate something later...I like that concept, very positive and trust-inspiring. You can showcase and sell your work commission-free, there's useful info and the layout looks good.

New kid on the block. Check out www.artibly.com.

Kind of surprised ArtFire didn't make the list.

I'd also love to point out that there are also free places to promote and sell artwork, one of which is FAEBAE, a newer site that provides classified ads and auction listings that are only art, craft, handmade or collectible items. It is growing pretty fast and also provides some really amazing social networking or promotion features...even an export tool to list artwork on Craigslist :-)

One way to sell your art if you use a site like ebay or etsy is to set up your own website and use google keyword tool to find what art terms people search for that are low competition. Optimize your page for those terms and link to your etsy and ebay art page from within your site.

Foliotwist was co-founded by the creators of www.emptyeasel.com a well known website that reviews other online art community and offers tutorials for artists ranging from studio tips to advice for gaining exposure online. The bad part about that is that www.foliotwist.com features several things that Empty Easel has trashed other online art communities for such as only offering members a brief demo of the site before they have to start paying, bold claims of how great the site is for exposure when the site is barely on the radar of Alexa and other website ranking sites.

The fact that the site costs really tuned me off because Empty Easel has made a point of warning artists not to waste money paying for similar sites. But they do have a history of supporting other pay sites that happen to buy ad space on Empty Easel! It makes sense that they have knit-picked other online art communities given the fact that they had Foliotwist under their belt this whole time. BOOOOOO! All is fair in business but it just seems catty for them to put down the hard work of others only to do the same thing and in some cases worse. It just comes off catty and unprofessional.

For artists that want to sell prints, try thevespergallery.com. You will need to have print-ready copies of your work, but they take care of everything else and don't charge a fee.

I tried selling online through my website and didn't have much success. Personally, if I was buying an original work of art I would not buy it online. I'd want to see it in person to get a better feel for the colors, texture, and size. So instead I use my website as more of a portfolio. However, with prints, I don't think that's the case. But I haven't tried selling them in the online market. So I'm interested in giving it a whirl using the sites listed. Thanks for the handy-dandy info.

Selling art on the web and being successful at it is really my dream. I've tried several microstock agencies and various POD sites but have had limited success. I decided that selling my work for literally nickels and dimes on microstock sites was a futile venture so I don't pay much attention to it. Now I'm focusing my attention on Zazzle and am having greater success. $40 in 3 months. For me, it's something to get excited about. But it's hard for me to see it as a primary source of income. I don't know if it's the quality of my art or my inexperience with marketing. I know there are people who are very successful selling art online but my question is can I be just as successful? Hopefully, yes. Fotos to Fractals

You might also like www.zenfolio.com

Like ImageKind, but I think the interface is a lot classier!