Returning to Ebay and Trying to Sell My Art But Only One Sale!
Summary: juleneallenstudio shares their experience returning to Ebay to sell art after previously having success selling other items. Despite having almost 100 listings and using Ebay promotions, they've only made one sale in three months and express concerns about the high fees. In response, krazzykats notes that abstract art may not be popular now, and tobaccocardyahoo highlights that art is seen as a discretionary purchase, which might affect sales in uncertain times. This respondent also suggests exploring art and crafts shows as an alternative. Additionally, inhawaii advises avoiding the use of all-caps in listing titles as it can be off-putting.
Hi Everyone,
I used to sell all sorts of items on Ebay in the past and I had consistent sales. Now I'm back on Ebay selling my art. I have been back for 3 months now and I've completed one sale. I've been told that there is a strategy to selling on Ebay. I'm not sure what I am missing. I have almost 100 listings of my art. I'm not sure if there is certain type of art that sells more or if I am getting the necessary visbility on Ebay. I have also activated Ebay promotions. That's something I did not have to do in the past. I'm at a 9% rate. I refuse to go any higher. The art that sold, Ebay took out its fees and the promotion fee. That was a huge chunk of money, in my opinion. I just found out about the offers feature. So I activated that as well. I am wondering if I missed some sales because I did not send offers to past viewers. Any input or advice would be great.
inhawaii
·1 month ago · EditedOne tip: Get rid of your ALL CAPS titles. That's a huge turn off.
tobaccocardyahoo
·4 months agoArt is, for many people, the most discretionary of discretionary purchases.
Most people buy art only when they redecorate, with money they do not need for necessities.
Adding a frame to your pastels, which many would deem to be essential to protect the drawing, would increase the cost to double or triple your sales price. It would take a strongly motivated buyer to make that commitment. When there is a war on, and the stock market is behaving like a yo-you it is hard to find many people that motivated.
Although I am known to buy art online, it is usually not aesthetically motivated, I am buying multiples by artist I know and can usually recognize the work. I find making an aesthetic judgement based on an online listing to be difficult and unsatisfying, and not likely to happen unless I have the right to return the item, and the shipping cost is modest.
As for the Ebay costs, none of the gallery owners I know would agree to a commission as low as your Ebay fees, even with promotion.
Please note, that I am not making any judgement about your works. None of the subject matter you have chosen holds any appeal for this soon to be octogenarian. The audience for the subject matter is likely to have their own strong opinions of your renderings.
Good luck. I suggest you consider the art show/crafts show circuits. My eldest daughter is having some success selling on them.
krazzykats
·4 months agoAbstract art may not be at the top of many people's shopping lists right now.
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