Your
First Exhibition Space
 Your
first free exhibition place will probably be your own home enabling
possible enquiries from friends, family and relatives. It's also
an opportunity to gather objective comments and opinions before
expanding your potential sales field.
Your
second free exhibition space could be your office, or place of work,
thereby expanding potential sales to your colleagues. If space is
limited, or discretion is required, you could change an existing
reproduction with one of your latest masterpieces - which creates
interest, demonstrates your versatility and could be a style or
subject that appeals more to an intending purchaser.
Joining
an Arts and Crafts Society can be an excellent way of promoting
and exposing your work to the general public.
Once
you have mastered the various replication techniques, a further
income stream can be generated by running courses in creating replica
oil paintings.
The
Internet
With the rising popularity of the Internet, it has never been easier
for anyone to sell their own products. Quality painting reproductions
are always in demand and replica paintings based on the canvas transfer
technique are one of the easiest and least expensive way of creating
faithful painting reproductions.
You
can find out more about the market for canvas transfers by referring to this
interesting article by Tricia
Bisoux.
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Selling
by Post
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When
selling your work on the Internet, it's usual to sell just the replica
canvas. This not only saves the time and expense of stretching and
framing, but also reduces postage
and packing costs, as well as the risk of damage. It is therefore
the customer who is responsible for having their replica canvas
stretched and framed. Your completed canvases are simply rolled
and dispatched in readily available postal tubes.
With
the Secrets of Faking It, you'll also have a competitive
edge for setting up your homebased business, whether in the real
world, or the virtual world:
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Knowledge
for creating top quality replica oil paintings with the look
of originals. |
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Orders
and commissions can be tailored to the customer's requirements. |
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Profit
margin of at least 100%. |
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No
expensive outlay - specialist tools and equipment are not
required. |
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No
expensive overheads - everything can be easily done at home. |
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Techniques
and materials for creating robust and stable oil painting
replicas which will last as long as originals. |
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Know-how
for complementary skills to further increase income: |
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Canvas stretching in the traditional way using stretcher bars. |
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Picture framing. |
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Hints
and tips for creating a value-added sales package, to increase
customer satisfaction with potential for repeat orders. |
One
method of selling your replica oil paintings is by creating online
stores using eBay and various Arts and Crafts sites, some of which
are listed under Links
and Resources.
Having
your own web site is ideal for displaying your shop window to the
world and enables you to:
Increased exposure of your artwork and services world wide.
Expand your market and customer base.
Promote your business identity.
Reinforce customer confidence.
Enable direct customer enquiries via e-mail.
Add your site link to your eBay store, and other sales sites.
Enables additional free advertising through Froogle.
You
will find even better ideas for selling your work in the
Secrets of Faking It.
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