No Sales Is Very Demotivating

Wait for it. The usual suspects will soon be here.

They will probably start with Descriptions or lack there of.

Without descriptions and tags no search engine will find your works.

Your lack of visitors tells me you don't promote your work.

Simply sharing to Twitter should give you an almost immediate 5 view. Those would be bots, but if the bots never find you, you will never get into the search engines. Without a description, the bots will not list you anyway.

Without keywords, you will not be found in an FAA search.

Hi Anjum,


TITLE – Give it a short but descriptive title – “A Beautiful Scene” will not tell perceptive buyers that your image is actually a Butterfly on wildflowers in Central Park.

KEYWORDS – Very important for internal search – you can use up to 500 characters, use them all if you can. Note: they must relate to the image. Do not use words or phrases that have nothing to do with the image you are uploading.

DESCRIPTION - Just like your biography when you're uploading art into your gallery, use the "Description" field to tell the story behind the art. Google loves a good story and that can help you in searches. Tell what it is, where it is, why you painted it or photographed it.


It is up to you to drive customers to your work. The site will advertise the general site but it is not their job to drive customers to your specific work - that is your job. Use social media, blogs, business cards, art shows, anything that will drive folks to see your work on your sales page.

This is a good place to start:

https://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=6439449

You have to promote your work, you need to learn how the site works and what to do when you upload your work.

Creating artwork is the easy part. Promoting and selling it is the hard part.

The “upload and hope” strategy is not likely to result in any sales.

Some of what has been uploaded looks to me like it has not been cropped cleanly and may not print even if someone did order it.

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Look at your cropping and edges like this one. And you have no keywords/tags

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/gond-traditional-art-anjum-ziaee.html

You need more complete keywords and descriptions, first off. And each work needs a unique and descriptive title as well. Tell us about the subject matter, not the media. No one will find your work without that.

You can't just wait, you have to promote.


some of your images have cropping issues. This has no keywords either.


this is wrinkled and has cropping issues, also has no keywords. The work has to be presentable, flat, without background showing. They MUST have keywords or you won't show in the search.

You must have a description. It shouldn't be - this is my water color, you have to describe what the image is, its for the buyer and google.


Everything should be in a collection, and there should be cover logos for each one.

At a glance you have many styles, which is not really a good thing, because there isn't enough consistency. Adding photos just adds more random confusion as to the type of art you sell. Every artist ends up with a style whether they want one or not, you have to find yours. Buyers tend to like a style and then stick with that person. But if its everywhere, with random subjects it would be harder to place.



this is really nice. And I can see it selling. But, its really small. There are no keywords, no description, etc.

Are they all your images? Just wondering because have one with butterflies on her face, another of an indian chief that seems to go to other artists. I just looked up that flower one I liked, and that too seems to go everywhere. You have another one of a child behind lotus flowers - also, goes to some other artist.



Anyway, upload only YOUR OWN WORK... Then make sure your work is cleanly cropped and looks good. Add descriptions and keywords to everything and don't cheat there. Turn your pinterest button on and advertise.


----Mike Savad

Also remove the expletive from the bio. It doesn't look professional. Also remove "I do not judge and hate being judged ," always keep it positive.


----Mike Savad

this one literally has someone else's watermark on it.


----Mike Savad

Thank you very much All , I really appreciate the feedbacks

As others have already said, there are no keywords or descriptions on any of your photos. Without those identifiers, your photos will never be found. You also have to promote your work outside of this site.

Some of your photos will not print here as you can clearly see the edges of your paintings. They need to be clear and properly cropped and a large enough file size in order for the printer to print your photos.

On this one, there is someone else's signature, copyright and ™ clearly visible on the photo. Make sure to only upload and sell your own work.


This one seems like the photo was taken of a photo that is behind glass. The person taken this photo can be seen in the reflection in the glass.

Ignore comments about your style. However the work must be yours alone. Do not load other people's work

I've always believed, that if you are a painter, then paint. If you are a beginner at photography, then post it for friends. Photos are too easy to compare to other people's and its easier to stand out for the thing you do that is unique. And adding random photos doesn't really help support the work. And taking other people's work not only could land you in court, but you also lie to the customers.


this was taken text and all.

Also be wary of shooting other people's sculptures, just because its outside doesn't mean it doesn't have a copyright. Those horses for example would be one of those.


----Mike Savad

This is just a screen grab. If it is your work , it is too small. Get rid of anything that is not yours. Get a nice sharp photo with lots of pixels and crop it carefully. The put in all the keywords and descriptions before you up load. That will get you to ground zero. Then you have to get eyes on your work.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/flowers-anjum-ziaee.html

Most of the images that appear to belong to someone else are screen shots. And they have copyrights right on them. Here are two more examples.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/love-anjum-ziaee.html
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/art-quotes-anjum-ziaee.html

Anjum, did you not see the copyrights on these? That means you need permission or a license to use or sell them.

People think cause they find an image on the internet or in a Google search that it's free for the taking. It's usually not. It's usually copyrighted.

And if you are sitting around "waiting endlessly" instead of actively marketing and promoting your work (note I said YOUR work) then that is likely the reason you aren't making sales. You have to be proactive. You have to be like a salesman. A salesman doesn't sit around waiting for sales. He goes out and makes them happen.

As said above, the ones I looked at have NO tags, so nobody will find your work in the search....that is on you, and nobody else....on, and using other people's work is wrong too... unless you bought the copyright to it? If not, they can sue you.

I think its something like $100,000 if you lose in court. The images, besides the fact have a copyright on them, are easy to reverse search. If the owners see you are trying to sell their work, they can send a lawyer after you. And while I don't really see it going to court, they can hound you for licensing fees which would be pretty expensive even if you didn't sell it at all. Its that you are trying to claim you made it.


----Mike Savad