Larry Phillips on mon 26 feb 01
Marie Gibbons wrote:
>
> About websites and sales and such.....
> first of all, I tried visiting your site and I don't think you listed your
> url properly, as it just goes to the hosting site...
That was not a URL. It was some sort of mail address. URLs do not have
an '@' in them.
--
Procrastinate now!
http://24.113.44.106/larry/
Cheryl K Hanley on mon 26 feb 01
If most of you have web pages, how often do you get people to purchase
you items? How many search engines are used? This may seem a little bit
odd but I just had a web page built and I have not really had any takers.
I have to still put the dimension of my pieces on there yet and I am in
the process of doing it now. I was hoping to get a little bit of
feedback of this subject. Is there a good way of using the Web page to
help potters seek clients? I can use all the tips I can get. In advance
I thank every one for there information and for this Clay Art list serv.
It has been the best information source I could ever dream of. Thank
YOU!
There is my web page
littlecreekpotter@bizland.com
and my e-mail address is
littlecreekpotter@juno.com
Marie Gibbons on mon 26 feb 01
About websites and sales and such.....
first of all, I tried visiting your site and I don't think you listed your
url properly, as it just goes to the hosting site...
I have had my work online for up towards 6 years now.... I have made several
sales from online visitors, however... not enough to pay the rent. I never
did set up my site with the intentions of selling however. For me, the web
provides me a space to exhibit my work.... being a sculptor of one of a kind
works, it is a difficult thing to set up a selling site, it would take much
maintenance - i.e. keeping up with no longer available pieces, etc. I do
however use my site to expose my work to galleries, and individuals, and for
that it has worked great. (to save space... you can read about some of my
opportunities found in the Jan 2001 issue of Clay Times magazine: websites
for artists)
If you are not getting the 'hits' you had hoped for on your site, I would ask
you a couple of key questions:
Have you listed your URL in as many search engines as possible? there are
tons of them... my top rec. would be Google.com, Yahoo, Ceramic Sculpture....
after those, just continue on and get on all the freebies..
You may also try to search out email addresses of galleries that you feel
would be appropriate venues for your work, interior designers in your area,
collectors, etc. and create a mailing list that you could contact and include
your URL.
I think many people have the hopes of selling tons online, I don't know if
that is the case. It seems to me that people have a hard enough time making
a decision about buying a piece of art in person, when they can touch it, and
walk around it, viewing from all sides, bring in swatches of their couches,
etc..... online they have a flat image to look at, and must be capable of
visualization, which we as artists take for granted that everyone can do....
Best of luck to you....
Marie Gibbons
Arvada, CO
www.oooladies.com
(new works just posted 2/26/01)
In a message dated 2/26/01 6:29:21 AM Pacific Standard Time,
littlecreekpotter@JUNO.COM writes:
>
> If most of you have web pages, how often do you get people to purchase
> you items? How many search engines are used? This may seem a little bit
> odd but I just had a web page built and I have not really had any takers.
> I have to still put the dimension of my pieces on there yet and I am in
> the process of doing it now. I was hoping to get a little bit of
> feedback of this subject. Is there a good way of using the Web page to
> help potters seek clients? I can use all the tips I can get. In advance
> I thank every one for there information and for this Clay Art list serv.
> It has been the best information source I could ever dream of. Thank
> YOU!
> There is my web page
> littlecreekpotter@bizland.com
> and my e-mail address is
> littlecreekpotter@juno.com
>
Rick Monteverde on mon 26 feb 01
Cheryl:
At 8:57 AM -0500 2/26/01, Cheryl K Hanley wrote:
>There is my web page
>littlecreekpotter@bizland.com
>and my e-mail address is
>littlecreekpotter@juno.com
Your web site should be in the form:
http://www.ceramics.org
You used your email address by mistake.
If you also use the "http://" as above when listing your web address,
it's clickable in most people's email messages too, which is
convenient.
- Rick Monteverde
Honolulu, HI
Jeff Brown on tue 27 feb 01
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 08:57:29 -0500, Cheryl K Hanley
wrote:
>This may seem a little bit odd but I just had a web page built and I have
>not really had any takers.
> I have to still put the dimension of my pieces on there yet and I am in
>the process of doing it now. I was hoping to get a little bit of
>feedback of this subject.
http://littlecreekpotter.bizland.com/
In my experience with the internet(as short as it is) and from talking to
others (with much more experience)it takes time to build sales on the web
just like anywhere else. Think of it as more like opening a new high end
retail gallery on a dirt road near a farm, or in the back of an industrial
park. You need a big sign and/or advertisement(with good directions to
your gallery). Even then you might not get sales for a year or two.
The main thing is to get your website up and work out the bugs later. The
longer it's out there the sooner you will get a response. It took a year
and a lot of time on the computer, listing my site around before much
happened.
Good luck ,
Jeff Brown
http://www.jeffbrownpottery.com
jeff@jeffbrownpottery.com
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