Beginers Guide to listing art on eBay: The title

Your title is one of the most important parts of your listing. This is how potential buyers will find your work.

You basically want your title to say as much as possible about your work while using as few words as possible.

A title should consist of these features:

1) The type of art. Such as: painting, drawing, photography...

2) The style. Weather it be abstract, surreal, portrait, folk...

3) The word art! Many people will search for the word art by using keyword terms like, "abstract art" "dog art" and so on.

4) Subject matter. Weather it is dog, cat, landscape, contemporary, modern, floral...

5) The word Original! People want original art by a self representing artist, not reproductions.

6) Your name. You need to brand your art and let people know who you are. But try not to make your name take up too much space. For example, if your name is Ashley Michelle Smith try just using SMITH, AMS, AshleyS or A.Smith. This way when you build up a fan base they can just look for your work by your brand name.

7) Other important words you may want in your auction title are:

ATC or ACEO if you have an art trading card.

Mini, if your painting is small in size.

If you are in any online art groups they may have acronims for their group to help buyers find artwork by that group. Like EBSQ, SRA, OOAK, and many more.

What NOT to put in the title:

1) pointless words like: and, the, if, of, by... and other words that buyers will not put in the search box when looking for art.

2) the full title of your art. Say the title of the piece you are selling is "A Moonlit Summer Night" People are not looking for these words when they search for art. If you want the title of the art in the title of your auction for an easy way to see which work is which when looking at a list of your auction titles try just using abbreviations, "AMSN" or one or two of the words in the name of the piece, "Summer Night". It is best to put the full title of your painting in the sub title.

By using these pointers your auction title should look something like these examples:

RMB ORIGINAL Painting Boston Terrier DOG ART

RMB ORIGINAL Contemporary Painting Modern ABSTRACT ART

Using only the words that people will search for in the auction title will insure your art get more views and bids.