RE: Selling on the Net

["Eric Boutilier-Brown" <ebb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I've been showing my work in a personal gallery online since 1995, with a
steady increase in income from on-line. The problem with on-line sales is
that while they happen, they are inconsistent - one month, nothing, another,
as much as 4x my regular income might be sold through the site. Last summer,
I funded a ten day expedition to the other side of Canada, complete with a
model, through advance sales on-line. This summer, a two week expedition to
Boston is being paid for through internet sales.

Should you quite your day-job, certainly not. Will the sales pour in? Doubt
it. Will be start to sell, and see an steady increase of interest in your
work? I would say, if you work is good, and you are passionate, yes, without
a doubt.

If you are on-line to make money, you will be disappointed. If you are
on-line to share your work, and don't mind selling to patrons, you will be
pleased.

Best of luck,

e.

Eric Boutilier-Brown
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Evolving Beauty
http://www.ebb.ns.ca

> Greetings
>     I always enjoy this forum, plenty of good  info and URL's to a
> lot of interesting IR galleries on the web. It's great to see what
> others are doing. It does raise a question though, " Does selling
> your work over the internet work?" Several IR galleries have a line
> about purchasing prints. I would be interested to hear from others as
> to whether or not they have actually sold any of their work or maybe
> gotten an assignment due to a client seeing their work on the
> internet. It would be nice if it was broken down into pro vs. amateur.
>
> The reason I'm asking is that I now have some of my work up at:
>
> http://www.hawkeyestudios.com/   look in Gallery 4.
>
> Should I quit my day job to look after all the sales??? (joke)
>
>

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