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Karl Eric Leitzel

17 Years Ago

I Love This Site And The Way It Operates

Thank you to those who designed and setup this web site. The automated system along with the potential appeal to both collectors and artists should make it a big success. I run a somewhat similar web site as founder and director of Landscape Artists International, with the major differences being that we are a juried group and the system is not automated. I'm a web designer but not a coding specialist. What you have here works beautifully. I will encourage others to join as well. One question: I can't figure out what pays the bills. Is the intent that eventually there will be a fee for members? Nolt theta that would be unreasonable if this venture really reaches it's potential, I'm just curious.

Karl Eric Leitzel, Spring Mills, PA

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Sean McDunn

17 Years Ago

Karl - that question gets asked all the time. FineArtAmerica.com does not currently generate any revenue - the site is 100% free.

As you probably know (since you are a web programmer) websites do not cost very much to host and maintain. Granted, it took a very long time to design and program FineArtAmerica.com, but now that it's done, the site essentially runs itself.

Eventually, we may start running advertisements (i.e. art schools, art supply companies, art exhibitions, Google advertisements) to generate revenue.

We greatly appreciate your offer to help spread the word about our site. The more the merrier!

Thanks for giving us a try!

 

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