Comments on: Where can I find an affordable web hosting and site designer for a simple artist’s gallery?

By: mea1

mea1 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:15:59 +0000

Use 1&1 hosting. Best deal around.
($3/month depending on features)
Album maker and sitebuilder are easy
to use and you’ll find templates that suit your purpose.
http://www.1and1.com/?k_id=8292866...
Upload small thumbnails of your work to prevent copying.
You can use Image Resizer from Microsoft.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
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By: dwightl.geo

dwightl.geo — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:58:59 +0000

here is a good designer james.bryant@clickthesky.com

http://www.clickthesky.com/

there are many more

his site is hosted here
http://www.1and1.com/

neither site knows i’m sending you there so i get nothing for telling you this
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By: Aidan J

Aidan J — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:32:59 +0000

This perhaps isn’t entirely what you’re looking for (apologies in advance!), but http://www.deviantart.com is a very well know art site. If you’re looking to sell pieces, they also do a print service, where they take a small cut of the profits for every print that is sold, in return for hosting your pictures and making it all look nice and fancy and presentable for you!

If you’re truly dedicated on creating your own site, I would try googling for some web design forums. There are a lot of people out there (including myself, ironically) who would help you with designs for free, because it helps them build a portfolio, which in turn helps them get a job.

EDIT: Alternatively, it may seem crude, but with a little bit of HTML knowledge, eBay might be a good bet. There are so many people that look there nowadays, you’re bound to sell at least a third of the things you put up, as long as they’re worth buying for the price, and well presented.
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