How to join?

Well, it´s rather simple and easy!

PAINTERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS & SCULPTURERS:

first step:

Send us 3 to 7 examples of your work, so we can get an impression of what you are doing, and if it is suitable for our gallery. We suggest around 467x700 pixel. We do like erotic art, but contents of pornography, violence, indignation or racism will not be accepted!  Send them to the following address:            director@fine-arts-international.com        

We will answer you as soon as possible.

If you´re not into computers, you can send all information and photos or a CD by mail. Please add a return envelope with stamps and your address, if you want us to send it back to you.

fine arts international

Rua 25 de Abril 51

8600-763 Lagos / Portugal

phone: (00351)  919 909 796

second step:

If your work is accepted, you will get your own gallery page at fine arts international. As a commission we are going to charge you 10 % of the selling price of each original, if the client buys through us. In this case you are responsible for the shipping, but we will take care, that everything will go it´s way. If you see any difficulties, we´ll help with advice.

Zero commission if a client buys directly from you. Your contact will be displayed on your individual gallery !

How  much does exhibiting on fine arts international.com cost ?

Monthly fee : $ 12.50 / 9,50 €        ( annual fee: $ 127 / 100 €  if you pay 12 months in advance) Our editorial team will optimise your images (frame, shadow, detail view etc) so it will fit in the gallery.
To set up your own individual gallery, we´re going to charge you $ 127 / 100 €, and this covers logically the first 12 months of your membership. This service includes your first 7 artworks, curriculum vitae, contacts and all other information you want to have displayed there.Only $ 6.30 / € 4,70 for each additional artwork (or item/upload)! No hidden costs - if you don´t pay to renew your membership after one year, your gallery will be automatically withdrawn !

discount:

After two  years  membership your monthly fee will be lowered to one half:    € 4.75   /  € 57 per year

After three years membership your monthly fee will be lowered to one third:  € 3.14   /  € 38 per year

Compared to the costs of creating, maintaining and advertising an own web site and keeping it always up-to-date, that´s quite cheap - isn't´it ? 

But there´re also other ways to get your membership financed:

     fine-arts-international wants to reach the top of all online galleries! Therefore our members can introduce other artists for membership and on that account will get two months for free. That means: You encourage five artists per year and your membership is paid!
Alternatively you can have the money ( €19 per accepted artist) transferred to your bank account. Sounds great, doesn´t it?
This way you even can earn some extra money!

Could you imagine better conditions?

Use PayPal for your own business - sign up here !!!

What´s most important :  There are unnumbered sites on the web, which try to get you to submit your images and data by pretentious promises like " super low price " or "free for all". You´ll even get your entry at google e.g., hidden to lead the visitor onto a third-class internet-company, who uses you and your art to obtain more and more clients for themselves. In the best case it´s a simple lead-on to your e-mail or other similar sites, but the visitor will be captured in this merry-go-round.

And even worse:  Even and particularly if those sites submit your name to search engines like google or others, you will be found - though the visitor keeps captured in exactly those sites. He can´t get out and is wasting his time and efforts. But he wont never obtain direct access to the artist.- that means: the internal links of these sites lead him everywhere else. And, if somebody searches at google g.e., he finds exactly only these entry. Another boring side effect is, that your e-mail gets overloaded with spam ! In your own interest we better warn you to submit your images and data to those sites!

fine arts international shows the link to your e-mail, mail address, phone number or homepage at first sight !!!

Secure payment:

fine arts international gives your clients the possibility to buy direct at the best price. The site is your intermediate for secured payment and exchange: The payment is transferred to the seller after the confirmation of delivery is received.

Posters & prints

If you would like to earn some easy money by selling your work as a poster or a print, we´ll need a separate image with a higher solution. We print on customer´s request unique prints on 270 grs/m² in 90 x 60 cm for $ 61.80 inc. package & posting. The royalties for the artist are 40 % of the netto profit, which is about  $ 10.00.  The images for these repros can be made with a normal digital-camera (around 5 megapixel). Those files (2500 x 1900 jpeg for example) are sufficient to work with and they are "small" enough to send by e-mail. There´s still a bit tolerance for the text-framing.

We also print on 120grs/m² in DIN A3 (44 x 30 cm) by a min. order of 50 units for € 100 plus VAT, packing & postage

For examples, just a have a look at "poster/prints of our artists ".

If you like to submit your work, just send 3 to 7 images to  webmaster@fine-arts-international.com 

Which is the prime advantage offered by fine arts international ?

World Wide Exposure !

 fine arts international.com puts your work before thousands of new potential collectors and art lovers every month. Roughly 45% of artists detain a personal art web site spending a lot of money for keeping it updated online. To have an art web site does not mean to sell immediately. Without a maximum exposure of your artworks in search engines it is very hard for someone to find you and to buy from your gallery. A good advertising of your personal web site can be very expensive. And the problem is that there are so many talented artists on internet and unfortunately they can not be found by potential buyers.
That is why fine arts international was established! Our objective is to help talented artists for a better exposure of their artworks and to be found on top of the most significant search engines like Google, msn, Altavista, Lycos or Yahoo etc. Exhibiting on fine arts international, your artworks can be found and bought in short time. Our operators deal every day with search engines optimisation and advertising obtaining more and more visitors every month. Your name will be one of the keywords included to our homepage and to your personal gallery-page !

Just let us give you a good example: when we first went online end of June 2005, we sent (beside other keywords) the names of our first artists to the OPD, an institution on top of the hierarchical system of search engines. Now, if you go to google, you´ll find them by name on page one & even in the first ranking. Other success will follow referring to this matter! Search engines sometimes take several weeks to indicate a site !



What other benefits does fine arts international offer for artists ?

90% of potential buyers do not buy from a web site without an online payment facility.
Visitors of fine arts international.com can buy artworks online using their credit cards and having a safe shopping guarantee. We also offer our buyers a 7 day money back guarantee. After a sale, fine arts international will call your customer and ask him if he is satisfied with your painting.


Worldwide exposure + online payment facility + a guarantee for the buyer = SALES !

Secure payment:

fine arts international gives your clients the possibility to buy direct at the best price. The site is your intermediate for secured payment and exchange: The payment is transferred to the seller after the confirmation of delivery is received.

Only 10% commission when your art is sold on fine arts international using our online payment services. After a sale we will send you the money via Bank Transfer usually in 25 days.
Zero commission when the customer wants to buy directly from you. We will display your contacts, biography and all necessary information about you, so that the buyers will be able to contact you directly.



What kind of artists do we accept ?

Our art gallery is addressed to collectors and art lovers and we only exhibit original art by talented artists.  We do not exhibit artists who paint reproductions. Also we don´t add bad quality photos of your art to our gallery. Remember, the buyer has a 7 day money back guarantee that is why the photo of your artwork must correspond with the reality. We do not want the buyer to receive another piece of art than the one he ordered. That is why we always look for serious artists !
We suggest you to take the photos using a digital camera. If you not into computers or digital image editing, you can send photos of your artwork by mail. 

In any case, if you like to contact us :               director@fine-arts-international.com

What do I get ?

Aside from world wide exposure and an own  individual gallery at fine arts international, you´ll get new contacts like other galleries, art-editions, web sites and - what´s most important -  clients !

You will get your own gallery page at fine arts international.

A web-address like www.fine-arts-international.com/yourname.htm is not only highly representative, it leads every visitor directly to your individual gallery site and it gives your clients a lot of facilities to get in contact with you. If you already have your own homepage, you´ll get your own link to it, which will give you a lot more traffic on your web site - and you´re going to have a very well frequented extra shop-window. Vice versa you could have a link on your already existing web site, that leads your visitor onto your site at fine arts international. This way it´s guaranteed, that you are always able to actualise and to present your latest offer. You´ll stay with your already existing homepage and your own domain. So, either this way or the other - your clients will always find you. We can also offer you and your clients to use our electronic payment system PAYPAL (optional ) . That makes selling a lot easier! As a commission we are going to charge you 10 % of the selling price of each original. In this case you are responsible for the shipping, but we will take care, that everything will go it´s way. If you see any difficulties, we´ll help with advice.

Summary: Maximum exposure of your artworks. Instantly and automatically acceptation of  Visa, Master Card, American Express (PAYPAL) . Immediate Sales Notification. Only 10 % commission from sales (for credit card processing) if the visitor prefers to buy through fine arts international.com. Receive a money transfer from fine arts international usually in 25 days after a sale. No commission to fine arts international if the customer prefers to buy directly from you. It is all between you and the customer ! Display as many of your artworks you wish. The artworks must be available for sale, if you want us to display them with a price and credit card payment button !

we´re looking forward to present your art on  fine arts international