Well, it's been tons of work & I'm about half way there. I don't see much of an improvement in hits to my website, or sales on eBay, yet. My auction pages do load fast & look very clean, so that's good.
But I'm not convinced it will make a big difference yet. Maybe after search engines index a few times they will pick up more images. A Google or Yahoo search of images, using the keywords - modern original abstract art- is starting to look pretty good. Especially on Yahoo, where my Flicker images dominate. But, I want images from my website & from my auction listings to show up more.
So, time will tell. It's kind of hard to judge right now because sales seem down everywhere. You would think that my stuff would sell rather steady with the average cost under 30 bucks each. But such is the nature of selling original art. It's not a product most people actively search out.
I have a bunch of new stuff listed. I'll post pics in my next blog.
Showing posts with label original. Show all posts
Showing posts with label original. Show all posts
Monday, May 4, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Changes to my listings on ebay. M..u..s..t ...a.d..a..p...t
I have revised all of my images and listings and am slowly filling up my store. It has been, and continues to be a ton of work re-naming & optimizing my pics, loading them on daviniart.com, and then creating brand new auctions with a new, simpler template.
If anyone had trouble with slow loading pages that should be resolved. I dumped Auctiva so the scrolling gallery is gone, and the images have been optimized for fastest loading.
I also realized that while I was searching for something to purchase I would skip the sellers who didn't offer free shipping. Well then, what was I thinking charging for shipping? So, now shipping is free again & will stay that way.
As some of you know this is not my main source of income. I enjoy it (possibly addicted to it?) and love creating stuff. I'm not here to make a ton of money [although that would be nice] so I am not really going to pad the price to cover listing costs. I'm eating approx 7 to 15 bucks on each shipment. If I feel the painting deserves it, I will try to cover those costs in the sales price, but for the most part I'll keep the prices low & still ship for free.
Thanks, Danny
So, check out the new listings & art now at
http://stores.ebay.com/Modern-Original-Abstract-art-Gems
If anyone had trouble with slow loading pages that should be resolved. I dumped Auctiva so the scrolling gallery is gone, and the images have been optimized for fastest loading.
I also realized that while I was searching for something to purchase I would skip the sellers who didn't offer free shipping. Well then, what was I thinking charging for shipping? So, now shipping is free again & will stay that way.
As some of you know this is not my main source of income. I enjoy it (possibly addicted to it?) and love creating stuff. I'm not here to make a ton of money [although that would be nice] so I am not really going to pad the price to cover listing costs. I'm eating approx 7 to 15 bucks on each shipment. If I feel the painting deserves it, I will try to cover those costs in the sales price, but for the most part I'll keep the prices low & still ship for free.
Thanks, Danny
So, check out the new listings & art now at
http://stores.ebay.com/Modern-Original-Abstract-art-Gems
Saturday, April 11, 2009
2 new videos featuring my 2009 art gems
I have finally gotten around to making videos of this years series of art gems. I am ahead of schedual because I am already up to number 60 & 10 or more drying. With the goal of 100 a year, I either need to slow down or adjust my goal.:>
More videos coming soon! Thanks
More videos coming soon! Thanks
Saturday, March 28, 2009
SEO, keywords, facebook, twitter, blogs, tags, titles AND selling art.
We all know the importance of all this stuff to get placement & good rankings from the almighty search engines. I have to say it is driving me crazy. I have known something for a while but have never felt the need to change it until now.
IMAGES ON MOST HOSTING SITES GET RENAMED.
Yes, my image titled davini-art-original-abstract-gem-0955 for example is named farm4.static.flickr.com/3560/3383931182_eb15 on flickr.
or it is named...
img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/4/3/5/8/0/webimg/245527683_o.jpg on Auctiva
gone is the davini, art, original, abstract from the title of my image. Sure, the tags & titles & descriptions you give your images helps search engines to find them, but the image title itself is pretty important.
Why do you think Flickr, Auctiva & other hosting sites change them? BECAUSE IT DRAWS PEOPLE TO THEIR SITE!!!
Enough I say!!!
It's going to take hours and hours of tedious work, but I'm going to host everything on my website. It's not the easiest way & the image uploader stinks, but at least my images will have the info that will hopefully draw people to my auctions, website, and various other places.
To me, the fastest way to search for art on the major search engines is to search "images". But I have never had an image in an auction show up.
I am not very educated on all this stuff, so I'm not sure how much this will help. I'll post the results when I start to link the images from my site. If I am thinking correctly, a search of images should pick up those in my auctions, therefore increasing hits.
Now all I need is for people to actually search for "original abstract art". Maybe after the spiders gobble up my new image info things will pick up...(but who knows when I will even have time to start this task?)
Great, something else to obsess over.
IMAGES ON MOST HOSTING SITES GET RENAMED.
Yes, my image titled davini-art-original-abstract-gem-0955 for example is named farm4.static.flickr.com/3560/3383931182_eb15 on flickr.
or it is named...
img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/4/3/5/8/0/webimg/245527683_o.jpg on Auctiva
gone is the davini, art, original, abstract from the title of my image. Sure, the tags & titles & descriptions you give your images helps search engines to find them, but the image title itself is pretty important.
Why do you think Flickr, Auctiva & other hosting sites change them? BECAUSE IT DRAWS PEOPLE TO THEIR SITE!!!
Enough I say!!!
It's going to take hours and hours of tedious work, but I'm going to host everything on my website. It's not the easiest way & the image uploader stinks, but at least my images will have the info that will hopefully draw people to my auctions, website, and various other places.
To me, the fastest way to search for art on the major search engines is to search "images". But I have never had an image in an auction show up.
I am not very educated on all this stuff, so I'm not sure how much this will help. I'll post the results when I start to link the images from my site. If I am thinking correctly, a search of images should pick up those in my auctions, therefore increasing hits.
Now all I need is for people to actually search for "original abstract art". Maybe after the spiders gobble up my new image info things will pick up...(but who knows when I will even have time to start this task?)
Great, something else to obsess over.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Some of my favorite new paintings.
I don't like everything I create. Some I just like & figure someone else will love it. Happens all the time.
Then there are the ones I think turned out amazing. You wouldn't believe how many I still have un-sold. haha. I guess just because I think it's great doesn't mean it will sell. As a matter of fact I tend to ask more for them. That could be a reason why they havn't sold yet:>
But, I am more than willing to wait for the right buyer. I had one I almost listed for 25 bucks. Even though I thought it was one of my best ever it just would not sell. So I figure I'll lower the price and be done with it.
Well, I changed my mind and stuck it in my store for 85 bucks. Not a bad price for a 4x12 inch painting. The VERY SAME day I got an offer of 70 dollars for it. I accepted it. I'm glad I waited because the right buyer for the piece came along.
Enough blabbing. These are a few of my new favorites.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
modern original abstract painting DAVINI Art Gem #0931
Striving for Raw & Organic natural designs, my "Art Gem" series has given me some of my most satisfying results. Each one is unique, with patterns that reflect beautiful natural flowing elements.
The best way to describe my paintings is to compare them to gemstones. I get much of my inspiration from jasper, moss agate and boulder (matrix) opals. You will see rivers of color suspended in a transparent flow.The technique I use to make these result in paintings that are everything from eclectic, wild & full of movement to calm surreal dreams. Some have described them as topo maps from a distant colorful planet, and like the outer reaches of another galaxy.This series employs new styles of pour techniques. I have developed a few tricks & I custom mix my paints, inks, pigments & varnishes, pouring layer upon layer, to create one of a kind works with color & blends unlike anything else.From smooth & flowing to bold & organic these abstracts look great alone or grouped with others.
See all of my available paintings here
Sunday, February 1, 2009
original abstract modern paintings Davini Art Gems
Striving for Raw & Organic natural designs, my "Art Gem" series has given me some of my most satisfying results. Each one is unique, with patterns that reflect beautiful natural flowing elements.
The best way to describe my paintings is to compare them to gemstones. I get much of my inspiration from jasper, moss agate and boulder (matrix) opals. You will see rivers of color suspended in a transparent flow.The technique I use to make these result in paintings that are everything from eclectic, wild & full of movement to calm surreal dreams. Some have described them as topo maps from a distant colorful planet, and like the outer reaches of another galaxy.This series employs a new style of pour techniques. I have developed a few tricks & I custom mix my paints, pigments & varnishes, pouring layer upon layer, to create one of a kind works with color & blends unlike anything else.
The best way to describe my paintings is to compare them to gemstones. I get much of my inspiration from jasper, moss agate and boulder (matrix) opals. You will see rivers of color suspended in a transparent flow.The technique I use to make these result in paintings that are everything from eclectic, wild & full of movement to calm surreal dreams. Some have described them as topo maps from a distant colorful planet, and like the outer reaches of another galaxy.This series employs a new style of pour techniques. I have developed a few tricks & I custom mix my paints, pigments & varnishes, pouring layer upon layer, to create one of a kind works with color & blends unlike anything else.
See them for sale on my website, www.daviniart.com or http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Modern-Original-Abstract-art-Gems
modern original abstract painting DAVINI Art Gem #0902
#0902
4x12 inch mixed media painting on stretched canvas This painting turned out with the rare and hard to acheive "webbing" in the paint. One in about every 20 do this, and some not as appealing!
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