Setting up your Gallery

What is Your Gallery?

Your Gallery is an online store.  It is the place where you as an uploading artist will showcase all your products using an interactive design.

From the store your collectors can browse your artwork, see your contact information, see your location, and all other information in one view.

You can see your Gallery  page by navigating to Seller Dashboard → Visit Your Store .

We have set out below some basic housekeeping which you need to do to know that your gallery is set up.

Banner

Your banner will represent your brand by using one big image. You should use a good visual interactive image to grab the attention of collectors. You can change your banner by following these simple steps:

Step 1. – Click Vendor Dashboard

Step 2. – Select Settings

Step 3. – Upload New Banner Image

Step 4. – Save your Changes (Do not leave the page until you have seen the green ‘Saved Changes’ message).

Profile Picture

You can easily change your profile picture by following these simple steps:

Step 1. – Click Vendor Dashboard

Step 2. – Select Settings

Step 3. – Upload Profile Picture

Step 4. – Save your Changes (Do not leave the page until you have seen the green ‘Saved Changes’ message).

Bio

You can insert your Bio into the text box here.  Bear in mind the following information advice and guidance when creating your Bio.:

• Written in third person (S/he – His/Hers)
• A BRIEF description of your current work.
• Your past: art instruction, influences, and what has shaped your art etc.
• List relevant recent exhibits or venues.
• List relevant recent collections or commissions, accolades, awards, etc.
• Where you were born and where you currently live.
• Add more relevant things and remove less relevant things over time.

Step 1 – Vendor Dashboard

Step 2 – Settings

Step 3 – Write Bio

Step 4 – Save Changes (Do not leave the page until you have seen the green ‘Saved’ message).

Artist Statement

Vendor Academy → Uploading Your Artist Statementt

• Written in first person.
• Be brief – only a couple paragraphs.
• About your current art – not past periods.
• Compel the viewer to want to look at your current work.
• Don’t include bio info here.
• Don’t mention other people’s work which has influenced you.
• This is a statement about YOUR art.

Step 1 – Vendor Dashboard

Step 2 – Settings

Step 3 – Write Artist Statement

Step 4 – Save Changes (Do not leave the page until you have seen the green ‘Saved’ message).

Contact Information

It is up to you what you share on the internet.

The ONLY piece of information we suggest you provide is your country location.    Anything more is up to you.

You can update your contact info by following these steps:

Step 1. – Vendor Dashboard

Step 2. –  Settings

Step 3. – Complete your PUBLIC contact information

Step 4 – Save Changes (Do not leave the page until you have seen the green ‘Saved Changes’ message).

Support Button

Every Gallery has its own ‘support button’.  You can edit what this button says.  It enables your collectors to get in touch with you.

Ideas for what you might want to say include:

• Get in Touch
• Ask a Question
• Ask the Artist
• Contact Me

You can also add your own support button text by following these simple steps:

Step 1. – Vendor Dashboard

Step 2. – Settings

Step 3. – Add your support button text

Step 4. Save your changes (do not leave the page until you have seen the green ‘Saved Changes’ message).

Shipping Settings

This page contains your store-wide shipping settings, cost, shipping and refund policy. You can enable/disable shipping for your products. Also you can override these shipping costs while creating or editing a product.

Social Profiles

Social profiles help you to gain more consumer trust. Consider adding your social profile links for better user interaction. You can link every social networking sites with your store from this page.  ArtMarketDirect has a simple view and it’s easy to link up your other online accounts by following these simple steps:

Step 1. – Click Vendor Dashboard

Step 2. – Select Settings

Step 3. – Select Social Profiles

Step 4. – Add the URL’s of your different Fan Pages, or other Social Profiles

Step 5. – Update Settings (Do not leave this page until you have seen the green ‘Saved Changes’ message).

Store SEO

Your store SEO can help you to increase your store traffic. You can set your SEO title, meta description, meta keywords, Facebook title, description, image, Twitter title, description and image.

The most important is the top section, which you should complete as a MINIMUM by following these simple steps:

Step 1. – Vendor Dashboard

Step 2. – Settings

Step 3. – Select Store SEO

Step 4. – Complete the Store SEO

Step 5. – Save Changes (Do not leave this page until you have seen the green ‘Saved Changes’ message).

YOUR GALLERY IS NOW SET UP –  CONGRATULATIONS

Next Steps:

Selling Artwork: PayPal or Stripe?

Promoting Trust:  Vendor Verification

Creating Products (Listing Your Artwork)