@WhiteDogGallery
I have an twitterX account. I've actually had a few pokes from that and maybe it'll lead to some sales down the road.
I tried getting on meta - Facebook said I'm not a business, Instagram said i'm not a person. When trying to switch then they both said i needed a meta account. Then facebook said i had to make 2 more accounts - business manager, etc... finally i have like 4 Facebook accounts, 2 Instagram accounts, and still can't get the bloody facebook marketplace working right. So that was the extent of my facebook effort. I gave up on the Meta space. I don't know what it used to be like, but they've made it super confusing these days to get it set up.
Truth is i've had NO social media before this year. I've only started poking at it for the advertising.
Socially i'm a very anti-social, introvert, can't-stand-people type of person. Which makes most of the free-advertising methods incredibly difficult to me. Self-Marketing and a Social-Avoidance personality do not go well together.
@Ccfbarb
I looked at Etsy and Shopify and the fees seemed a bit high. But if you've had luck down that road then i'll give it some further consideration. Though those shops do offer an established visitor base it also places me right next to competition. A painting can be done in a few hours or sooner, but i have to charge higher prices because the detail i put in my pencil work can make me spend 80hours on just once piece. and pencil art doesn't photograph well at all. But i'll take your advice and give Etsy another look-over.
(Nice etsy store, btw)
Currently, I did my main website with Google Sites (free) and use Square just as my storefront.
This way if Square ever increases fees i can switch to a different merchant without having to re-do my entire website.
Hey! I just found this forum has settings!
