Good or bad we want to hear it, your feedback is important and appreciated. The focus of the ezine addresses relevant art industry topics including website design, generating website traffic, cultivating media exposure, pay for clicks , merchant affiliate programs, self-publishing artwork, virtual and portfolio galleries, and auction sites. The editor and publisher is California Figurative artist Marques Vickers whose credentials offer a unique insight into an emerging phenomina in art sales. He also conducts seminars on the subject and has done so in conjunction with the US Small Business Administration, Kansas City Art Institute, Amsterdam Arts, Sonoma Valley Community Arts and other organizations. The whole process of Internet exposure and direct sales for visual artists is an infant industry that has lagged behind other retail segments, observes Vickers.
Substantial opportunities exist for Internet savvy artists and galleries.
However, for most segments of the artistic community, the process of establishing an initial presence in cyberspace is confounding as there exist few proven guidelines for navigation. The Internet will permanently and ultimately alter the channels in which visual art is distributed and sold, but the restructuring process will be transitional and not immediate. Unrealistic expectations and an impatience for financially profitable business models will doom many of the initial art oriented e-commerce commercial sites, but opportunity has never been more prolific for entrepreneurial artists. There are no responses to this message. Notify me by email of all message replies.