Selling online

Creating products at Cafe Press

Jul 9th, 2007 | By Aisling | Category: Selling online

A free Cafe Press shop is one of the easiest ways to build an extra income online. With a few images and half an hour, you can be making money by the time you go to bed tonight.
If you haven’t already set up your free Cafe Press shop, be sure to read my [...]



Make money: How to set up a FREE Cafe Press Shop

Jun 5th, 2007 | By Aisling | Category: Featured articles, Selling online

A free Cafe Press shop is one of the easiest ways to build an extra income online. With
a few images and half an hour, you can be making money by the time you go to bed tonight.
You may want to print out this series of articles, to follow as you set up your first [...]



eBay’s holiday slumps

Nov 20th, 2006 | By Aisling | Category: Selling online

When eBay sales hit a slump, some artists panic. They don’t realize how normal it is to alternately get lots of bids in a high range, and then have a time when nothing sells, even at absurdly low prices.
The Christmas shopping season is one of those times.
If you haven’t sold through [...]



eBay auctions – list consistently!

Nov 15th, 2006 | By Aisling | Category: Selling online

When you begin selling your art at eBay, it’s often just to get a bunch of art out from underfoot in your studio.
Well all do that.  We clear out things that are just sitting on the shelf, to make space (physical and mental) for more creativity. And, at eBay, we [...]



eBay selling prices

Oct 21st, 2006 | By Aisling | Category: Selling online

eBay selling prices can fluctuate wildly. It’s just part of the game, really. And, it’s not just in art.
One extreme is popular Pagan author Silver Ravenwolf (eBay username: veiledcrossroads). Her auctions came up when I was seeing who else was doing shrines, and who else was doing fairy-themed items.
One of her “magic” kits won’t sell [...]



9 Ways to Communicate a Rock-Solid Identity

Oct 6th, 2006 | By Aisling | Category: Selling online

Aisling’s notes: Bob Baker, author of “Unleash the Artist Within” and “Branding Yourself Online” offers some very helpful advice about creating interesting and helpful websites. This is a reprint of one of his articles. I wish that I’d read some of this [...]



You art website: Choose your niche

May 9th, 2006 | By Aisling | Category: Selling online, Your website

For online success–and perhaps art success in general–you must choose a niche. That’s the only way you’ll get a good listing at the search engines… and, to be found online, search engine placement is key.
There were over 398 million sites listed under “art” at Google, in April 2005. About a year later, [...]



Good eBay art auction titles

Nov 1st, 2004 | By Aisling | Category: Selling online

A good auction title can make all the difference, in terms of how popular your auctions are and how high the winning bids are. This article was written late in 2004; some information may have changed since then.
Andale.com helps you see what’s selling at eBay, and [...]