12 Reasons Why Your Art Doesn't Sell Online

[@kayvesea]

This was really helpful! Thank you!

[@skyrider4789]

I'm a long-time artist in Los Angeles, finally coming back to my work and committing to making it my main focus. I just found your channel and appreciate the content. I've seen 3 other videos and just subscribed. Thanks, and keep up the great work.

[@karenfletcher3153]

Fantastic clear advice. Thanks!

[@lemonade708]

Very helpful tips, thank you!

[@pelitahati8]

a very insightful video, as always. i was wondering, if you can make a video on how important a title is to an artwork. (Or is it not important?). I do find sometime an artist put his/her artwork as 'untitled'. what do you think? 😁😏😁

[@VeryPrivateGallery]

Very good point! Titles are important, as well as the artist statement (discourse). Definitely!

[@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122]

If you don’t have traffic (paid ads or huge social media following), it makes no difference.

[@kerengurionart]

So many great tips, thank you so much!!

[@gem1551]

虽然无法要求博主一定要用中文拍视频，但是否可以拍英文视频的同时，在视频下面加中文字幕，一个中国人看中国人拍英文视频的无奈......

[@Sharperthanu1]

That is the weirdest looking microphone I've ever seen.It's got HAIR on it.

[@VeryPrivateGallery]

Ahahaha the hair is called a “dead cat” (windshield). It’s the weirdest filmmaking gear I’ve heard of!

[@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122]

Were you living under a rock? 😂 Those are super popular!

[@starveartist]

It's called a pube mic

[@dolphinboy9717]

certificates of authenticity are pointless and do nothing to authenticate the art. There are no standards or governing bodies for it. The artist writing 'this is authentic art by me' is silly and redundant. I talked to a prominent museum curator and he said the COA is worthless, neither galleries or museums or their collectors or affiliated institutions would ever recognize them. He said the work itself with the artist's signature is the COA. No reputable galleries or artists in them use COAs. Artists are deceiving the art buyer with an internet fad that got invented by art platform marketers year ago, which does nothing more than blow smoke up the buyer's butt. The COA needs to die, and artists, consultants, advice givers, need to start thinking critically about marketing gimmicks like this and ALL the other advice they give based off hunches, yt vids, common knowledge, gurus, and how to websites. I rarely see anyone with real experience AND success talking about these topics.

[@VeryPrivateGallery]

I kind of agree. But I want to abolish more useless t things such as wedding rings. It's pointless to have wedding rings, they are silly and redundant and often worthless. No institutions would ever recognize them. However, people still buy them, right?

[@AtomicElf1]

​@Very Private Gallery My wedding ring is a symbol of my wedding vows and a public sign that I am not available for intimate or romantic engagement. Wedding rings serve a useful and meaningful purpose for many people. Whether or not a COA is valuable depends both on the meaning people ascribe to it (the "market," collectors, galleries, art community, general public) and the format of the certificate and whether there is any way to definitively link it with the actual piece of art. A piece of paper that essentially says "I made this!" is indeed useless in many venues. A gallery is not going to tout that a piece of art has a generic COA unless it is the secondary market and there is some actual way to link the COA to the work. The easiest way to accomplish this is by creating a COA that is designed in a unique way, perhaps with hidden information known only to the artist, and an offer for authentication by the artist. If the market for your art is the general public who knows very little about the art world, a paper certificate you printed on your home ink jet printer may thrill them to death. Just like a serious art collector may be thrilled to go to an artist's studio and pick through the stacks of paintings they have leaning against a wall, whereas some members of the public would cringe at the thought of having to do so and would rather have a piece presented to them in a gallery setting and then wrapped up and delivered to them with a bow.

[@skyrider4789]

Your comment is 'absolute', but incorrect. Maybe in your specific case or niche. I've worked with collectors and artists regarding both originals, limited editions and COA are definitely valuable and without them, the pieces are simply worth less (I'm talking pieces ranging from several hundred to six figures USD). Again, maybe in some niches you're correct, but in the ones I'm familiar with, they are the norm and FAR from dead.

[@Art_of_Ramon]

My COA is an artwork in itself. I infused my DNA into it, and in the future, tricorders will be a reality. You can easily see how authentic the DNA in the certificate is with the DNA found in the artwork itself.

[@holgerkoch1692]

Top!!!

[@pelemaria6570]

I want to sell my art but is hard cause I don't know how to sell it

[@gt4748]

Thank you.

[@mohamedakram-sd4kv]

Great which Art academy THAT YOU studied in China.

[@giddibawse]

Thank you so much for this insightful video, I have learnt some new things to run with.

[@mikecurtis6353]

Nice details!

[@VeryPrivateGallery]

😊

[@KJensenStudio]

This is the best art content channel on youtube, and I think that by now I have seen them all! I had to laugh though, when you said ' what do you do when you see someone you'd like to get to know', and I immediately shouted out 'Stalk them!' 😂😆😂😆😳 It made me laugh like a donkey. And...maybe I better switch to decaf? 😄

[@VeryPrivateGallery]

HAHA! 😂 I would grab that guy by his love handle and take him home - That's exactly what I did (I better switch to decaf for sure).

[@KJensenStudio]

@@VeryPrivateGallery Atta girl, yes! 🤣😂🤠

[@linserwayne1587]

I did not think of numbered and signed giclees as a type of original -- thanks!

[@changingviewspc]

Your analogies are awesome!👍👍. Thanks!

[@VeryPrivateGallery]

Glad you like the video! More are coming.

[@dr.kavithabalakrishnan8060]

I live in India. Which platform is better for me?

[@stevesidare2493]

Very good data!

[@kayakMike1000]

Maybe it sucks. I see a lot of really bad art.

[@VeryPrivateGallery]

I see also some ugly human but they eventually found love and got married. So I think although aesthetics has standards, beauty in the eyes of beholder is really relative.

[@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122]

Most artists are starving. Art is a hobby, and 99.99% of artists never sell a single original art. It’s laughable to hear that those tips would help 😂 Who do you have in your circle that would buy original art? Or art from unknown artist, technically a hobbyist? People barely buy reproductions from artists like Van Gogh etc Most aren’t even buying ikea or Walmart prints made in china 🙄

[@NnaemekaAmamasi]

You smart Asian chic...lovely video...!

[@jjsc3334]

Etsy fine arts all low end garbage,

[@VeryPrivateGallery]

Etsy is a platform with millions of products (over 60 million according to some sites). I am sure most are bad, but maybe 1% is not that bad. Possible?

[@mohamedakram-sd4kv]

Great informations in your channel. CAN I know few gallery which i CAN sell My paintings. Thanks

[@zinovyshersher]

You are great, thanks!

[@lapassion24]

Could you show me where I can upload my art online !!??

[@VeryPrivateGallery]

It depends on where you live. If you are in North America, you can try eBay and Etsy. If you live in Europe, you can try Catawiki.

[@lapassion24]

@@VeryPrivateGallery oh ok

[@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122]

Your own website is the best place. No need to give a penny to these rhird parties, of you still have to pay for traffic!

[@lapassion24]

@@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122 thankyou mike!!

[@Art.ASMR-You2]

😃

[@houcine339]

❤❤❤😊

[@sevignyart]

Thank you!

[@Animeworld56019]

you are amazing

[@bellaeusebio849]

I learned a lot!

[@maureenburger9121]

Thank you!

[@xiaoweizhechong5107]

兄弟，你做畫廊，簽我。

[@karlabritfeld7104]

Nobody is buying art.

[@JennyFloravitaArt]

I've been making sales. People ARE buying art...but yes, they are careful and thoughtful of their purchases. I can see that as a trend.

[@bluemingsounds2837]

I've been on Etsy for almost a year and a half now and not one sale.

[@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122]

@@bluemingsounds2837 How exactly are you bringing TRAFFIC to sell? How much did you pay for ads? Or how many hundreds of thousands of social media followers do you have to sell to? No traffic, no customers.

[@uvindurukshan8590]

This is helpful so much thank you 🤍

[@VeryPrivateGallery]

Thanks for watching!

[@mikenoneofyourbusiness7122]

So, how many pieces did you sell? 🙄