Artist website DOs and DONTs to boost sales 🎨

[@ChuckStaley]

At age 93, we are so blessed... being able to sell our art ALL OVER THE WORLD. ❤ your work!

[@KaylaCarlileArt]

I couldn’t agree more! Thank you 😊

[@OkieSketcher1949]

I just started selling via my website. You have tapped onto several of the issues and questions I have with what I have. I intend to forward this video to the person who made my website and see what he can do to make mine better. Several points you made I have already been told by viewers so I have a feeling they see and feel what you see and feel. That adds validity to this video. Thank you. By the way, congratulations on the baby news. May the two of you (and your husband) stay healthy and have a blessed life together.

[@universe4623]

Hi Kayla, thank you for being so honest and open! If possible, could you please make a video showing how much you roughly earn from your website sales monthly, on average? Specifically, it would be great to know about your income from originals, prints, and canvases. Also, how many paintings are you able to complete in a month? Wishing you more success!

[@sandynilsson1647]

Daaaamn girl this was EXACTLY what I needed to hear today! I,5 year into my business and have felt for a while that I need to make changes to my website, but I sure needed to hear it from someone else. I will put a date on redesigning my page and really appreciate your word here! Thanks so much for giving me the final push!

[@AezlyndWanderin]

Currently working on setting up my site. The first steps can be overwhelming. Got to love how the government wants to make the process of starting a business as complicated as possible for us and yet we're concentrating on making the buying experience as easy as possible for our customers.

[@WendyDewarHughes]

Such great information and tips! This came at the perfect time for me as I'm re-doing my website night now. Many thanks! ❤

[@mimisart]

Stars are aligning here (or God is just bringing me the right stuff...fully depends what you believe in, but I digress). I am in the process of setting up my art website and these are awesome tips! Thanks so much. I've watched a bunch of your other videos over the past week and I'm starting to get a better understanding of the business side of things and how to price my art.

[@yopestevens1505]

This was a lot of helpful content coming at the right time for me. My own instincts towards 'perceived value' are confirmed, so I will make&keep my website as classy as possible. Almost ready to launch. Thanks!

[@danielforster719]

Lots of golden advice in this video. I've tried to explain #11 to so many other artists and photographers, it is really a hard concept for people to grasp. But is it 100% true and important. Thanks for sharing, Kayla.

[@MiriSue]

Very helpful, thank you. I find I hesitate to put my work clearly on the internet because I am afraid of someone lifting it. What do you do to avoid this? I step down the quality, add watermarks, and it just comes out annoying to look at. I do the same with my instagram. I never post straight on shots, which makes my insta less appealing too.

[@yopestevens1505]

3:50 "Oh,IgetsooutofbreathbecauseI'mPREGNANT"!? Cool way to introduce that little newsbite-congratulations!😊

[@artofandreosmith]

This was very helpful! I am now rethinking my approach to how my artwork should be valued. Thank you so much for this video!!

[@KaylaCarlileArt]

You’re so welcome! Glad you found it helpful 😀

[@EstherMalkaHerbst]

Thank you for taking the time to make this:)

[@studiotezart]

Very usable tips - thank you! I will save this video and redo my webbsite :D.

[@Rockhoundsc864]

You are awesome . Perfect advice for a new artist . Thank you

[@Nadinesenbergsart]

Hi Kayla, you're so adorable and generous with your information. You deserve to be successful 😊

[@KaylaCarlileArt]

Aww you made my day, thank you!

[@LyndaBlackARtiSt]

EXCELLENT tips !! ♡ I've been working on my Website / ARt ShOP all this year !! ♡ it's been SO much fUN & I'd say it's finally setup to a point I'm happy with =) only problem is i have so much ARt to sell - i LOVE Painting and ive done SO much ARt- now it's finally time to focus on promoting my Shop & reaching the right customers who will LoVE it! ♡ Thanks for this video =)

[@TheUntamedJournal]

Wise words!

[@lindawilson2549]

Great advice. Thanks!

[@wendydashwood7879]

Thank you, very very helpful. 👍

[@MissAmandaMay]

Do you recommend Museum-Quality Matte Paper Poster or Premium Semi-Glossy Paper Poster for photography art prints?

[@girlcurious]

What type of camera do you use to photograph your original pieces of art?

[@KaylaCarlileArt]

Honestly just my iPhone!! 😅

[@NataleeArtistePeintre]

Wow ! Only the phone 😮. Do you have a video on how to take pictures of our arts somewhere ?​@@KaylaCarlileArt

[@silverarrowtarot]

hi! do you use squarespace or wordpress or ? for your website?

[@KaylaCarlileArt]

I use Squarespace!

[@markusstorzer4545]

can I ask you some questions, get a recommendation for a total newbiew to selling online? I'm thinking of different products and so yes, Etsy be the best I guess but have read a lot of not so great things about it in the past year

[@KaylaCarlileArt]

I still think Etsy is a great place to start selling if you don’t have your own audience or way to bring traffic to your own site- since there are already millions of people looking on Etsy everyday!

[@markusstorzer4545]

@@KaylaCarlileArt thank you for replying!!! What do you think I should start with, I have so man ideas but don't want to get burned out creating too much. TBH bit overwhelmed here - do plan on a mix out of paintings/prints and clay made items. Also like you said don't want to overwhelm people that visit the shop. should I maybe start with something easy to remake to have in stock if there is a sudden demand?

[@karenl6086]

Great video, totally agree with every point you made. One question, Squarespace recommends you reduce image sizes, to make sure they don’t slow down load times. Of course this will reduce the quality of the image. What image sizes do you most use on your site? Thanks 😊