[Hidden-tech] monetizing Wordpress

[Rich Roth]

I saw a lot of suggestions, not too many from artists - anyone with actual experience ?

Working from some experience myself with local artists,
if she is selling already made print (eg, originals), go with etsy,

you can get a plugin to easily integrate etsy shop with her wordpress website,

make sure to put LOTS of keywords on each etsy posting, their search is terrible.
Since it sounds like buyers are coming from her WP blog, that is not so critical.

A few hints:
keep your eyes on your etsy shop, you normally pay for 3 month listings,
and their notification of renewals is pretty unreliable.

IF, on the other hand, she doesn't want to do production, explore http://www.zazzle.com/
She uploads her art as images (high res was well as web normal)
and they do all the production of prints, t-shirts, and a long list of whatevers
(obviously they take more of cut)

You might also pointer her at a few local Artist support groups,
     http://www.fosteringartandculture.org/ -- we have a summit coming up in May (2015)
     http://www.artisansofwmass.com/

Rich


On 1/5/2015 12:43 PM, Dan Richardson (t) wrote:
> My wife is an artist. She has a long standing daily practice of doing a
> drawing and posting it online at https://eyespider.wordpress.com/. She's
> looking for a simple way to make it possible for people to buy the
> originals or to contribute to help defray her expenses. She's not
> interested in doing prints, and wants to make the originals cheap, $20
> and up. She's looking for the easiest system, both for her and her
> viewers. Doesn't have to be on Wordpress, but she's happy enough there
> otherwise. Click a button by a picture, takes you to an address form and
> maybe a PayPal link, and also marks that picture as sold. Something like
> that.
>
> Any suggestions?
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