ArtisansMarket.com was created by a group of artists and small business owners that decided it was time for an e-commerce Website that could be networked to give all artists; well known, unknown or obscure a professional platform to competitively sell in an industry that is very difficult to make a living in. Our goals go way beyond just making artists successful. We want to network and provided better services, educate the public and offer a full spectrum of information and networking ability for our artist, suppliers and any type of facility that deals with education, preservation, historical or associations that support our goals. We want to bring back the tradition of hand made craft and fine art.
Truly there is a slow but constant wave of change in the world today. We believe people are tired of the two-job commute to the city and all the kids in day care. Families want change. They want quality and items that will be well made and considered an heirloom to leave their heirs.
We did a lot of research in the development of our Website and the following list of items is what makes us different.
- There are no contracts. You sign on and are considered month to month should you buy a discounted extended plan and decide half way through this site is not for you then give us 30 day notice, you are prorated and the unused portion of your monies returned to you.
- We do not Spam or have annoying pop-ups on our home page and a customer never has to “sign-in” to look at any gallery.
- A clean and attractive ecommerce website that supports artists and only artists.
- The gallery you open is your own. You have as much space as you need for no additional cost. You may add unlimited items to your gallery.
- Personalized service with a live 800 - customer service number that provides personalized attention to your needs as a vendor and your customers.
- No per item fee, or hidden fees. What you see is what you get! There are no “extra” fees for any of the services we presently provide.
The research we did provided us with lots of very interesting information and we came to realize that the reason so many artists do not advertise is because the costs are high as is the maintenance of a store or gallery. Also although a website can be relatively inexpensive to build, the cost to maintain it and draw traffic are high. Therefore we have provided a way for the artists to network a portion of their sales to provide them with a competitive marketplace. For each sales ArtisansMarket.com receives 10% of that sale. These along with your membership fees pay for the following services:
- 800 # we provide for you and the customers.
- Personalized customer support for you and your customers. We are available 7 days a week.
- Hosting and the maintenance of the website with a guarantee of no more then 4 hours down time a month this includes maintenance and updates. Presently we use IWC Solutions see their website at www.iwcsolutions.com
- Merchant service fees for each sale and the shopping cart solution that does multiple transactions, notifies you automatically of sales, the customer of delivery and provides a way to calculate shipping based on item, packaging, and size so you never loose a dime to a miscalculation of shipping materials.
- Tech support of our e-commerce portion of the site
- SEO work done on a daily, weekly, monthly basis. All our Search Engine Optimization is done by Morepro Marketing see their website at www.morepro.com.
- Traditional marketing
- Monthly email News Letters
- ArtisansMarket.com Blog
Whether you want to sell online or just have an affordable online presence for your company, ArtisansMarket.com offers an astounding solution that is innovative, constant and creative. Where else for less then a $0.30 (thirty cents) a day can you have provided a web-presence with the services stated above?
ArtisansMarket.com is truly the website for the artist community.
Sincerely,
ArtisansMarket.com Staff
Virginia Curry - President of
Artisans Market, Inc.
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