Choosing a career as a painter is a very tough life to become stable. However if one has really become lucky, or is really great, the payoffs are extremely big. Not only in terms of monetary value, you will be able to establish your legacy throughout time when you have become famous. You’re name will be known throughout many generations like Michelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci.

One advantage you will have compared to those renaissance painters is that you now have more ways or avenues to sell your painting. This is because of the modern way we do things through the internet. The internet will prove to be a cheap avenue where you could display your works. However a buyer will have a hard time to look for great paintings because searching an art work on a search engine will give tons of results.

The internet has got cheaper galleries because web hosts re cheaper than renting an actual place. Web hosts galleries are also more flexible. The commissions they would require are smaller compared to actual galleries. Some online galleries would only require you too send slides of your paintings. It will be the online gallery’s duties to reformat it. When a sale is made, the online gallery will then contact you and you will send the painting to them.  The painting gallery will handle the insurance, invoicing, and shipping to the customer. Some online galleries will simply display your art work because they have credentials that their site is well visited.

Here are some advices and tips when looking for online galleries. Compare lots of galleries and try to shortlist those that will not represent your work well. Compare their services, terms and commissions. Be wary however of online galleries that offers very low commissions. Email the gallery and ask them the following questions: how long have they been in business, how many unique visitors they have each month, how many paintings do they sell each month, and what is the professional standing of their best artists?

Other ways to sell Online:

Through your own website:
1. Build your own website. This is not an easy task to do for a person who has limited knowledge on cresting websites. Building your own site make also look very amateurish. It’s probably best to hire someone to create your own website.
2. buy your own domain
3. Find a web host that’s cheap. Reliable and has great security services.
4. Market the site effectively by: having a distinctive theme, have a unique site that will make buyers or searchers come back frequently, pay to be listed on Yahoo and other search engine sites.
5. Have an ecommerce way of getting paid like Pay pal.

Online Auctions:
Online auction sites are easier than creating your own website. All you’d need to do is register to sites like eBay. You’d also need to register to Paypal, and Auctiowatch. Photograph your art work and upload it as a jpeg file and enter the details. Just enter the details of how much you’d want your starting bid price will be.