selling your artwork online (USA)

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  • slappy1

    I started a small Etsy store for car illustrations I do. It gets a surprising amount of traffic considering it's quite niche.

    I have 50 illos up and sell around one or two digital downloads a week ($10).

    I'm really just testing the water. I printed Tshirts using Printify and Printful and the Printful shirts were better quality (DTF). Very easy to link to an Etsy store too with a couple of clicks.

    Sometimes you still need to get involved, but mostly it's pretty smooth.

    I only sell digital downloads though as it's easier. Selling products means two transactions, you get paid from buyer, you get billed from print provider, you pocket the difference. You then have to collate the data for tax purposes.

    • Also, the quality of paper prints from print on demand suppliers is terrible. A colour photocopier basically. You may want to control this process.slappy
    • looking forward to buy a download of my Merc! Thanks for the input!!pr2
    • It’s coming right after my next commission :)slappy

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