OK, so that’s me just below.

I've set up my personal website that will hopefully give you a better idea of who I am and what I do. But in a nutshell, I am a Photographer, Painter, Graphic Artist and a Writer. And like most Photographers, Painters, Graphic Artists and Writers, I also have a full time job.

(Starving Artist is not just a catchy phrase). ;-)

A little bit of history about me:

If you check my website you can see that I have a lot graphic stuff posted. Some of it was for clients, mostly pro bono work, (that means free). The rest was stuff that I did for my own satisfaction and other stuff for College. My friends saw some of my work and said I should try and sell it. This sparked an interest in me and so I began the very long process on how to sell Art, Photos and Graphics. There are a ton of ways to do this, which I discovered quite quickly, (Thanks to technology and the internet), but it became daunting and confusing.

That’s when I remembered something that I had signed up for back in 2007. It was a website that allowed you to upload images (Photos, Paintings, Drawings etc.) and “create” products on a virtual online store. Customers would browse the store choose a product and purchase it. The company took care of everything, and I mean everything. Order processing, shipping and even returns.

For every sale that was made, you received a commission. Not a huge commission but commission never the less. Anywhere from 20 cents to $10 or more depending on the product and the selling price.

Which made a lot of sense.

Why go through the hassle of order processing, shipping and returns? I am more than happy to make a small commission on every sale and have all that stuff taken care of.

Why?

Because once you have “created” your products, you don’t have to do anything else other than promote, and promoting is the easy part.

So back in 2007 I looked at this “Virtual Online Store”, created a few products and promptly forgot about it.

Then something interesting happened.

I made a sale.

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