Artist vlog - selling on ebay or etsy - art tips w/ Lachri
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- In today's vlog I'm sharing my experience with selling artwork on ebay and etsy.
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Hi Lisa. Love your channel. Have you done or can you do a 2018 update to this video? I’d love to know what platforms you’re having success on and which art sells best where. Thanks and keep up the great work!
I wish Easy would go back to selling handmade items created by artists, instead of being swamped by mass produced crap!
Lisa, as a relatively new artist, I've been really impressed with your videos. Thank you for providing such great information not only on Art itself but also on the Business of Art, Copyright and the aspects that make up being an Artist and attempting to Sell your artwork and/or making a living at it. Enjoying all your videos. Thank You for taking the time to make them..you're a Great teacher!!
Your experiences on these sites are awesomely helpful! Been trying to consider lately where I might have success selling prints. Thanks for sharing!
Lisa, this is another great information video. All of these tips on how to do all the work in the background is most helpful. You share all of what you have learned, good or bad, to build up your production process. This helps all of us. Thank you very much.
Your artist vlogs have helped me so much. I love how honest and straight to the point you videos are. Also I love you voice. Thank you so much
Thanks :D
So from what you're saying i'd rather not waste my time selling on either of those. So where should we sell our art?
Marshall Plex Couture Oh, I don't think they are a waste, they are just time consuming. If you've got the time, I totally recommend ebay :)
Wow !! This was very helpful ! I was always wondering where to go to start selling some of my Artwork and Handmade items. I think I'll try eBay first. Thanks for sharing this info !
I never got on well with Etsy. Fees are far too high (my products back then were just small stickers and cards...so the fee proportion was huge in comparison to the price) and in my few months I'd sold about 4 items.
I started Storenvy last year and I'm getting close to 200 sales now, which is crazy! I love how there's no fee listing.
But they've introduced sellers fees if you're listed in their own marketplace, so people are getting a bit antsy about it :T
Never thought about selling work on eBay, I use it as a car boot sale for my older stuff hahaha
From your experience... where would you suggest us to sell our art on. Society6, Redbubble, Etsy?
We are cycling around the world and selling our art (painting, art prints, shirts, stickers) would be awesome to sustain us.
Cheers
Demis & Nancy
+VAGABOOM Society 6 takes a huge chunk out of your money for POD. You may want to look at there payout sheets. After I looked at product payouts I went with Artful instead. They are like society 6 but will combine with store Envy as well as Etsy to do fulfillment and you keep more of the profits.
I know I tagging onto a 2-month-old post; however, I haven't heard of Artful or Envy. I tried to Google them and was unsuccessful. Would you mind pointing me to these sites?
I searched "Artful Selling" and Google suggested "Selling on Artful Home" and I came up with this result: www.artfulhome.com/servlet/Guild/MarketYourArtwork
I searched "Envy Art" and came up with this result: www.storenvy.com/shop/category/art/
I think I might of heard of Artful Home before, maybe from an advertisement, but I had never been to the site.
Hi Lisa. I am new to you site. just signed up a couple days ago and I love it. watched your tutorials on pricing and on selling on e-bay. Found them very interesting and informative. One thing an artist has a hard time getting a straight answer on is pricing. Thanks for being so open about that. looking forward to watching some more. Have a great day.
+Sue Egland Thanks :D
I'm so glad you did this video because I do have an Etsy store as well as my main site. The Etsy fees are high and sales have been very small. If anything I'll probably pare the item variety down in the Etsy store to one media and change my main site to a lower fee one like Weebly. And also expand to a few other venues for print on demand. Fine Art America has nice product quality but like Etsy, an artist can get lost in the crowd. I have also gotten a few nice commissions via FB and still post, even with the constant changes. I will look into ebay now for sure :) Lisa, I love your TH-cam channel because it's so helpful. Thank you for all the great insight and advice! And thanks Rachel for your comment too - it's also helpful.
Thank you so much for your videos!! I am getting ready to go sell my work at Bonnaroo, for the 6th year in a row. Your videos are so helpful! I've had a creative block transitioning from one project to festival prep. And as always I've started second guessing my prices. In binge watching your videos I'm feeling confident and reinspired. I hope you keep creating these, they are incredibly on point and so helpful to other artists. Much love!! I'm off to paint :)
I had been selling on eBay for the past couple of years, was getting a very good following, but when they had their issue with privacy violations last year, everything went downhill and it seemed like an impossible mountain to climb to get buyers to come back to eBay. I tried again a few months ago and it was terrible. I might give it another spin in the new year and see if things get any better.
This video was sooo helpful thank you so much. I have never thought of selling on Ebay before, I only currently sell on my own website so I'll give it a shot! Thanks for being so wonderfully informative as always Lisa 💚
I could not agree more!!! Thanks for calling this out!
You do the most helpful videos! Thanks.
I'm not keen on ebay at all, I do sell my wearable art designs on etsy. I'm trying to decide whether to sell my paintings and illustrations on etsy or society 6 or even redbubble when I'm at the stage to put my art up for sale but I am not sure if these others are a better venue. I think in comparison to etsy as an overall selling platform for art they are better as they focus on art but do people really access these platforms when looking for art. Sorry if this sounds like I'm not making that much sense but I guess it shows my confusion. I'd love to hear your opinion and thanks for posting this video.
You give such great, detailed tutorials! I talk too slowly, so it would take me 3 videos to provide the same amount of info you manage to give in one. 😉 Loved your one on pricing too. I appreciate the effort you put in keeping it positive. I'm very new, but interested in the business end for when I retire. Thank you very much.
+Angela Green I'm glad I could help! :D
+Lachri Fine Art can u define original art work. Let's say I take a disney character but add another made up character together in one drawing is it original or not plz help.
Nope, the second you used someone else's character...Disney in this case, you violated copyright. And Disney does not mess around with that stuff. They sue people left and right for copyright infringement.
+Lachri Fine Art ahh ok thanks do you recommend us ring arches water color paper or another paper. Also is and is required to buy mineral sprits in usa ?
Lachri Fine Art So most of the art I do is of movie characters and superheroes and that means I wouldn't be able to sell any of my art on eBay?
Hello, so for Ebay, how do you go about posting the image of your print on the listing and making sure no one copies your print and resell it?
To cut in ... you can put a watermark across it (using programs like photo shop); however, a watermark can be photophopped out too. You can also make your picture small (about 400 pix wide or less) or diffuse the image using photoshop. The problem is that the image you're trying to sell is degraded but it's unlikely that anyone would try to make bogus prints from it. Another thing is that you can personally sign your prints by hand -- people aren't likely to try to forge it. And/or use a stamp on the back or supply a certificate of authenticity. You could also put your thumb print on the back (if it's paper). using an ink pad, and sign your name beside it (something artists should really do -- but they never seem to do -- imagine how many fakes could be so easily proven fakes.)
Thanks, I never had any luck on ebay, and have only had moderate luck on Etsy. Where do you sell now?
I am actually practicing my English with your fast talk
LOL Glad I could help. If you can understand me you should be able to understand anyone :P
Thank you for excellent info and fast delivery - Very valuable info. I gave up selling doll clothing on Etsy because of the competition from China - they sell cheaper than I can buy materials to make my handmade item. Still sell my paintings on eBay - You are correct about shipping - and I offer free shipping as I think people are reluctant to buy if they have to pay to ship.
I would recommend running a comparison -1. offer free shipping and charge more 2. Charge less and buyer pays shipping. Compare the sales over a period of time. From what I've read it comes out about the same. I charge the buyer for shipping and can set my price lower. I find it is much easier that way but to each his own :)
I use Dawanda, a french etsy in a way. It has 5% fee on each sale but listing is free. I sell more on dawanda. On etsy, i was really annoyed but the fee and even more annoyed that you have to pay to renew the listing every 4 months.
I noticed you have your own personnal shop on artistwebsites.com .. is it free to create a shop like that ? it doesn't look free.. is it expensive then ? i checked the website. 30$ a year doesn't seem too much. Is there any fee if you sell anything, do you have to renew your items ? do you sell a lot on there ? i don't know if it's a very popular place for people to buy prints but it looks like i should be on this as well. they said it's very popular and with millions of people searching on the website but there's also a lot of artists posting their work so i don't know if it's "that" easy to get noticed... do you think i should have my own store on this ?
artistwebsites.com is just a tool to create your own website. It does not give you any customers, you will have to attract your own. You will not have any viewers at all for a long time. Use eBay or another selling site.
Thanks! So easy to understand! What do you suggest as a guideline for printing fine art? I've only begun to check out the pricing, what do you suggest? Type/size/quantity?
I use Fine Art America. They make it really easy to set up, and they ship and handle sales so that is one less thing I have to do! :D
Ohh so nice advice! Thank you so much!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Hello! Your video was really informative and helpful! Please continue doing them. Thank you!
I’ve been selling my art on eBay for about a year and a half. I’m at the point where I sell 4 or 5 paintings a month.
You mentioned how much time it takes to do listings. Because I have an eBay store, I have templates. It takes 3 minutes to photograph, crop and edit photos of my paintings. It takes another 2 or three minutes to create a listing with a template. You could do the same thing without an eBay template by coping and pasting html from a template page you create with an html editor.
It takes much more time to promote your listings through social media and your website than it does to create the listing, although eBay makes sharing through social media pretty easy in the eBay app.
Views drive sales. Promotion through social media drives views.
Sales drive more sales. eBay rewards sales with more visibility of your listings.
Thank you for your honest opinion, you are totally awesome and I really dug your "straight to the point (no bullshitzy)" approach;)
Hi Lisa, I wanted to try ebay, but I got a question. How do you determine the starting price?
do you usually put a reserve price? Is it better to have a lower starting price (0.99$) but a reserve price or no reserve price and a reasonable starting price? Am I clear ? not sure.... must take another coffe...
Don't put it in auction. Use only BIN (Buy It Now) for most purposes. You can still allow folks to offer a lower price but that is up to you.
Very helpful, Lisa! Thank you!
Ever consider professional speed talking? All joking aside you are a very talented artist, I'm new to your channel and I have to say your acrylic paintings are some of the best I've ever seen.
How long does it take for you to complete a painting? If you sell so many a week?
I know this is an old video, but it was still VERY helpful and can still be applied today! I am new to your channel and am so glad I found it! Thank you for this video! :)
this was very very useful. i can use this info to begin my planning!! thank you very much!
I sell my work on both Etsy and EBay and have been averaging 1000 dollars in sales each month on each site. That's just on sales and then I get commissions off both sites too so I make a pretty decent income just off ebay and Etsy so I love those two sites. The fees and listing items are a pain but since I've been building my shop on both sites for many many years now I have found success but I can see if you only post a few things here and there you're not going to make any big sales. You really have to have a lot of inventory that you've built up over the years to make decent sales. Plus you have to sell things people want. Although the subjects you paint are very similar to what I paint so I think you would do really well on there if you invested the time or maybe paid an intern to build up your shop on Etsy and or eBay. I am curious where you make most of your sales or income! I really love your TH-cam channel and I just now have started making more videos so thank you for the inspiration!
1000$ a month ? what do you sell on etsy to have such a crazy income ? i only made 100$ in 3 months
Sakuems If you look on my Etsy shop, I have a looooooooot of art prints. That comes from 10+ years of pretty intense painting! www.etsy.com/shop/rachelsstudio
Sakuems I see you have a few different shops. Where do you sell the most?
rachelsstudiodotcom
private transaction (mail) and dawanda.
i've been drawing for 15 years and i open my shop 2 years ago. i have a lot of designs and customers are happy but i still don't have enough people to make a living out of this.
i don't sell animals, maybe that's popular... i noticed u sold some cow prints, i never though anyone will buy a cow print haha :p
maybe i should start include animals, i love cats, butterflies, horses
Sakuems Yes a trick is to find out what sells. When people see a painting that looks like their pet, if they can afford it, they WILL buy it if they like it!
Thank you for all these great advices !
But does this still apply ? Is ebay still high on serch engines, is etsy's search engine still crappy, and is there still so many mass produces stuff in etsy ?
(Love your art and your videos ! :D )
Etsy is worse than ever. Too bad there is no other site in that niche that is competitive. I list on eBay. I also have my own site with my own store and good sales but that has taken 8 years to build good traffic. I would recommend eBay as #1 for all beginners. Selling on your own site should be after you have several years of experience if at all.
Great advice. Can you help us find out how to make prints of our art?
Thanks. I may look into eBay again. It's been many years since I sold anything there so I know a lot has changed. I thought there was a listing fee even if you didn't sell anything. Maybe I'm confusing it with Etsy, which didn't work at all for me. I sold nothing and was out the listing fees. I think it helps if you have a large following and you can direct them to the site. Otherwise, like you say, your items get lost in the (massive!) crowd on Etsy.
I love ebay and I'm definitely selling on ebay. This is a great video! Thanks!
This was very helpful. How did she know that I'm doing Italian Greyhound paintings?
Wow, what was true when this video was made is even truer now. After years of Etsy, I pulled all my items (over 100) about 5 months ago due to exactly what Lachri is saying. I complained on various occasions about competitors who were selling machine-made items as handmade buy Etsy did absolutely nothing about it. Fortunately I also have a long-time online store but most do not have this option. Now, I am also going to start selling our originals on eBay (I have sold various things there for years).
Bravo!!!! So well done and very informative.
You can simply filter between "United States" & "Everywhere" on Etsy. Etsy is very useful when pairing it with other social media sources. If you get a following through instagram, facebook, G+ etc. then you'll get a following (returning customers) on Etsy. Etsy focuses strictly on handmade items, which in itself is an advantage over Ebay. I dunno, my girlfriend & I each have an Etsy business and it's what we do full time...
+Dan Kapla Good tips :)
Can you please do a 2020 version of this video?
Would love to hear your opinion about amazon handmade ,great video
Thank you for posting that video. I've always had more sales on ebay, though very small items, that really brings no profit, but has expanded my client base somewhat. You just have to put the time into it though. I've only been selling on etsy for a couple of years, and it's strange, I have ssssooooo many more looks, for example (I might have 10 looks at 1 item in a few hours on etsy, and on the other hand, the same item on ebay may not get 10 looks in 2 months! Yet, I will more than likely end up selling that item on ebay over etsy....strange.....because of all the fees, PayPal, listing fees, etc, I would actually make more profit if an item sells on etsy. With ebay by the time all is said and done, it's about 60/40 (me 60% of it and the other 40% goes for ebay fees, S/H, PayPal, listing fees, etc.) So anyway, thanks again for sharing. It lifted my heart to see another artist who has the same opinion. Thanks!
Take into account the added costs and charge more on eBay. Otherwise, you're wasting your time :) At this point I do not offer free shipping on eBay, buyer pays shipping fees. That may change if eBay starts requiring free shipping; at that point, I will increase my prices accordingly. Like others here, I am sick of Etsy and hope for an alternative.
Ive never sold on etsy but i buy once in awhile and i find it hard to understand why the seller would have to pay shipping since that cost is always paid by the buyer?
Good discussion. I will say that I had a thing listed on Etsy and it got pulled for copyright but it was a word I used in the description that described a supply item that has a brand name. I used the generic item in the item but I described it as the brand name. Always imagined some bot or person zooming in on my little creation to see if it was their product or their competitors. That plastic loop closure stuff that has a "v" in its name. Ridonkulous. So...they do have some standards, I guess.
have inherited a few items that i would like to sell including some art...among these items is an Abner Dubic painting about 20" x 24"....have no idea how to start...any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Just curious how do you feel about deviantart?
Shannon Rae I've not really used it enough to have an opinion one way or another.
ok thanks :)
Shannon Rae r u artist too? i wanna know if you sold art work ever online
Hi yes, I do art more as a hobby but I have sold some pieces online. :)
thats great...can you tell where you uploaded your drawing i have few drawings i wanna show you ..
great info, Thank you! :)
wow, 4 years ago...!! well, thank you so much from 2018
Maybe you can do a setting up online shop tutorial and how to do things with it for new people it would be great
I'll be doing a few videos about selling online, and have already posted a few.
can you do a "how to" on how to make prints?
Another fabulous post, thank you!
Your info on this is very helpful. Thanks
I sell loads of stuff on Etsy. I sell vintage and handmade in two separate shops. My handmade shop does ok, but my vintage shop does really well.
Can u please help me please reply Sureshmobiquick@gmail. Com
Sarah K what’s your shop? I’d like to check it out.
I tried ebay about a year ago, it was a big mistake. I put an Acrylic tiger painting up and it was open to bids. I didn't know anything about selling on there and thought that was the way to do it. It was on for a week and I got one bid 99p so I was stuck with having to give it away really. What are you supposed to do to get the prices that you want?
Diane Howe Art You always put the starting bid at the very minimum you're willing to take for the art, or put a reserve price on it. That way if someone isn't willing to pay what it's worth, then it doesn't sell :)
Thank you so much Lisa. I will try again and do it right this time ;-)
been on both not good on either. thanks for the video.
Being that this video was made in 2014 are you still have the same positive vs negative experiences with etsy and ebay... Thank you..
Personally, I pulled all my sales off of Etsy due to their lack of interest in maintaining their integrity. I use to sell quite a bit there but I got sick of the fake stuff I was competing with.
How do I make sure people don’t copy something of mine? Do copyrighted stuff on my art? I don’t know
Watermark all your photos. As far as something being copied physically, you are not goiong to be able to stop that. Move on to new ideas and stay one step ahead.
I have heard from my sister in law that eBay is better than etsy also.
This great. Thank you so much
how good must art be to sell?😊
Do recommend selling originals on Ebay or Etsy?
i think youre much too polite to say 'etsy sux' lisa. lol. ;-)
selling my products overseas almost never happens these days for me. it costs about $250AUS just to send 1 didgeridoo that weighs only 2 or 3kgs from australia. i do sell didgeridoos to japan by the dozen but the middle man pays for the crate and shipping.
Omg ur wearing a grr shirt!! I love it! :D
Thanks! Super helpful
Very helpful. Thanks!
what is a "reserve price"? Has anyone tried selling on Amazon? Thanks.
What about storenvy ??
I love your shirt!!
The reason that Etsy isn't so worried about ppl selling stuff there that may violate copyright is because A PERSON HAS TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY FROM ANY TYPE OF ARTWORK (say at least 1 million dollars) before anyone will even think about suing them.People on Etsy usually dont make THAT much money from the sale of their arts/crafts.
Etsy claims to be for handmade and vintage items. When I reported many times items that were obviously not handmade or vintage, Etsy did nothing. Pulled all my items out.
I sell Jewelry on Etsy but I have had little luck. Ebay is much better.
Hi can you please tell my how can I make Etsy account for my selling my paintings
How do i email you my painting to be critiqued
thank very much for this.
Good source of info!
How do some people afford to sell 80cm x 80cm stretched canvas paintings for like $30 , free shipping? I can't even buy a canvas that large for $30 thats empty
Yeah, well, the video did not go too deeply into all the expenses involved -- the major ones being materials (paints, canvas), shipping costs (including packaging), and multiple fees (not to mention taxes). She said she sold some at about $50 -- she'd be lucky to have made 5 bucks profit. This is why I generally don't sell anything on eBay (or other sites) that was costly to make and ship. The people selling their painting for $30 with free shipping were obviously hoping the final auction bid would end up high -- too bad for them. On the hand, countries like China have very, very low shipping costs (but very long waiting times) and they mass produce their stuff (e.g. a thousand reproductions of the same painting) so they are able to sell their stuff much cheaper.
Thanks so much!!
Really enjoyed your very informative vlog, loads of info and you've a brilliant screen presence....however I'm finding it hard to keep up! would it be possible to speak a little slower as I have to keep re-running your video....which isn't a bad thing....Thank you for everything, plz keep it going!
great video!
Stacy Serrano Thanks :)
now ETSY is set up so you can list multiples for the one .20 fee....
Thank you
I think Etsy has improved their search in recent months.
I always charge the buyer for shipping.
i also wanan sell my drawing ..as m amateur
OMG GIRR!!!
Nice shirt
copy right is not an issue with art, you can copy anything, you CAN'T copy a signature
😂😂😂 You may want to speak to a lawyer about your impressive misunderstanding about copyright.
Woooh!! Relax, breath deeply and talk slower.
Bro. she's perfectly fine.
Adjust your play back speed. I had her at 1.2x... I needed faster... everyone is different
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Great share! :D SUBSCRIBED!!! :D
MrRossT1 Thanks :)
Girrrrrr!!
I sell on Etsy.
WOW you are fast :)
GIR!!!
It seems that Ebay has kind of gone down hill since this video was made. : /
Uphill or downhill, eBay is by far the most visited online store for the things most of us are selling.
Selling original things online is becoming depressing everyone want used crap , even the resellers make more money than those of us selling original ideas, or am i the only one noticing this trend ?
True, in the past 20 years, original art has lost customers. Many galleries in our area have closed for good. However, there is still a market if you can reach millions of people, ie, eBay.
Has anybody had success through IG/FG as far as promoting your work and directing to your own website?
NEITHER. I CAN'T SELL ANYTHING ON EITHER, AND I HAVE A 97K INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT