Careers In Art: Etsy Seller (9/18/20)Not only does the Etsy Art Seller have to make the art to sell,

People seem to forget that if Van Gogh were alive today, he'd have an Easy. In fact, most of ye olde famous artists we learn about in class would have. How else would one get their art out there? This is why I will be talking about one of the most important careers an artist can have: The Etsy Art Seller.

Not only does the Etsy Art Seller have to make the art to sell, but also photograph it, market it, work with customers, and work with Etsy. They are responsible for paying many fees to be able to use Etsy as a platform. These include a $0.20 listing fee, a 5% transaction fee, a 3% + $0.25 payment processing fee, and a 15% offsite ads fee, which is only applied when a sale is made through Etsy's offsite ads. An artist must also communicate and work with customers, which is an interesting experience to say the least. You get all kinds of people on Etsy and it helps learn how to do sales and collaborate with others. Furthermore, one must do taxes depending on how large sales are. This puts the financial responsibility entirely on the artist and is great practice for all the taxes you'll have to do later in life once you've racked up all that college debt. Speaking of college debt, what kinds of majors are helpful for this 'career'? Literally all of them! Any art major will help you to create more or better art to sell, business and sales degrees can help you sell your art, psychology and marketing degrees can help you get your work out there. Literally anyone can own an Etsy account, and that's the beauty of it! In Conclusion, an Etsy account is a great way to start selling your art and is fun to run. There are so many creative things you can do with it and you can make some money on the side.