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If you've been thinking about the Internet as a forum for displaying your works of art, you've found the right place!
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If you're an artist interested in using the Internet to display your portfoliot this opportunity.
You probably already know that building, or having someone else build your website can be costly and time consuming. Even after you're finished, you're really never finished because of all the maintenance needed due to changing inventory and exhibition schedules.
ArtCrawl.com gives it's members something different; complete control of the information displayed. Using simple to use Admin Screens, you change the information anytime you want, 24 hours a day! Make changes to your Biography, add new pieces to your display, attach images to artwork titles, record Exhibition and Collection information and much more, just with the click of a mouse.
As an ArtCrawl.com member, you'll also have your own address on the Internet, http://www.ArtCrawl.com/yourname.html. Each time you perform an admin function, this page is automatically refreshed to include any changes you've made. And because of our vast knowledge of the Web's major search engines, this page incorporates the latest aids designed to increase your chance of being found when someone searches for a Type, Style, Media or Subject of artwork that you work in.
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Doubletake Gallery, an award winning web site, is the first of many websites that will be selectively displaying artists works from the ArtCrawl.com website. With the use of some programming magic, selected artists will have their information simultaneously displayed on Doubletake's Emerging Artists Page.
Doubletake Gallery offers a large and ever changing inventory of artwork by the big name artists with whom visitors are already familiar. They find high quality art work, fair pricing, and great service on a web site that's unique to the Internet. Hundreds of visitors per day use Doubletake Gallery to find what they want, sell what they want to replace, or just spend some time window shopping.
By having your work simultaneously displayed on Doubletake's web site, you greatly increase the odds of being noticed by qualified collectors (and other gallery owners) who are searching for new and unique types of art. In fact, nearly 20% of the visitors to Doubletake take a stroll through the Emerging Artists page. It's like advertising in a magazine that's circulated to art collectors, except you can change the advertisement any time you want!
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We contacted many artists before starting to build this website. What we were told was that it had to be well organized, easily searched, and never, never out of date. Potential buyers had to be able to contact the artist directly, either to purchase or just to ask questions. It had to be easily updated directly by the artist, either at work during lunch or at 3:00am when that last touch has been applied to their latest masterpiece. And maybe most importantly for some, it had to be affordable.
It sounded like a tall order, but it's exactly what we built. Below are just some of the exciting details.
- Artist's Administrative Page
Artists are given a password that gives them easy access to add, change or delete any of their information. Any changes made instantly updates the web site, and rewrites the Artist's Studio Page. Using this page is as easy as filling in a form and clicking "Submit". You will not need to learn any special programming codes.
- Artist's Studio Page and Artist's Statement
Each time you submit a change using your Admin Page, a personal Studio Page is created just for you. This page can be submitted to search engines and is designed to help get you to the top of the list whenever someone searches for a Type, Style Media or Subject of artwork that you are currently displaying online. This page includes your own brief "Artist's Statement" with a representational image of your work next to it. Using your admin page, you can change either the Statement or the Representational Image as often as you want.
- Artist's Biography
Add to or change your Biography as often as you want. You can keep changing it until it reads exactly the way you want it to. As much contact information as you want can be included with the Biography, including address, studio phone, fax phone, email address and a click through to your Home Page address if you're already on the web.
- List Your Art
List and display up to 20 works of your art in any media, with full size images, details, descriptions and prices. Add, change or delete art work from this list as often as you like. A built in FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program allows you to attach images to your art work titles with a simple click of your mouse. Even people with no previous computer experience will find the process fun and easy to use.
- Categorize Your Art Work
You can use pull-down menus to select the Type, Style, Media and Subject of each individual piece that you put online. If you need to, adding a new category selection is as easy as typing it into a form.
- Built in Search Engine
Visitors are able to search by Type, Style, Media and Subject so they can find the exact artist that best fit their interests. Because of the dynamic programming incorporated into the website, visitors are only offered options that are currently available. Search results that return no values are a thing of the past.
- Exhibitions and Collections
Visitors are able to review your exhibition schedule, complete with dates and addresses. Completed exhibitions are automatically added to your list of past exhibitions. You're also able to display a list of Museums, Corporations and Private collections that include your artwork. Details about each collection can be kept private or made public, at your discretion.
- No Commissions Payable
You do not pay a percentage of your sales to Doubletake Gallery unless we're retained to help secure a sale. We're here to help if you need us, but only if you need us.
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Our philosophy is simple; if the service is easy and affordable, you'll take advantage of it. If it's designed well so that collectors can easily fine what they want, they'll come back often and be willing to buy from you.
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Setup Charge
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Monthly Service Charge
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$250.00*
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$25.00**
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* Includes 10 free image scans and first month service
** Billed Quarterly
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Planning future upgrades to ArtCrawl.com is continuous so that it will remain the best location for art collectors to see new artistic talent. Some of these upgrades will be included in the basic monthly service package while others will be offered separately. Listed below are just a few of the ideas currently under development.
- World Wide Exposure
Art Galleries on the web are always looking for new forms of content to help retain visitors to their websites. We're developing a special customized web page that these galleries can place on their websites that will display the ArtCrawl.com information. You will retain complete control over which websites you want displaying your information. As this program expands, so does the potential audience admiring your work.
- Private Email Database
You'll be able to store your client's email addresses in your own private database. Visitors will be given the option to add their name and email address directly to this database. With just a few clicks of your mouse, you'll be able to bulk email an exhibition announcement or a postcard of your latest release to those potential clients.
- Audio Biographies and Artwork Descriptions
Using standard Internet browsing software, it's possible for Artists to record and store their thoughts about one of their pieces and to have that recording replayed by anyone viewing that Artist's online collection. As ArtCrawl.com grows, we'll incorporate this feature into the each of the Artist's Studio's.
- Automatic Search Engine Submittal
Programming will be put in place that will submit your Studio Page to all the major Internet search engines automatically.
- People's Choice Award
A voting system will be created so that visitors can vote for their favorite artist and/or their favorite piece. At the end of each month, the votes will be tallied and the winning Artist will be given a privileged position on ArtCrawl's home page.
There are other features planned that are just as exciting as these, and many new features that will come from the suggestions of our members and visitors. This is truly a new concept, but one who's time has come.
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If you would like the opportunity to display your artwork on this semi-exclusive website, please call (952) 882-8100 so we can answer your questions and discuss your goals for being on the web. If you currently have your artwork on the web, you can also Email the URL address where it's located so we can visit your website and contact you.
This is an exciting opportunity that we look forward to helping you take full advantage of.
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