How to Make Art Gallery Sales

Video Transcript

"Hi, okay, so you have somebody that wants to buy something right, there’s a couple of different ways you can take payment. You can take payment by cash, check or charge. Um, as far as check, you really need to get the drivers license, you know and phone number, and all that stuff. You also will not let them take the artwork if they pay by check, you will wait until the check clears, and then call your client and say, your check has cleared, I can deliver or you can pick up your work, if you’re shipping it, that’s a whole nother thing, but if they’re just somebody local then have them come and pick up their artworks, but don’t let them take it before their check clears, because you don’t want to be the one holding the bag when you’ve got to pay the artist their commission. Other ways you can make, you can accept payment are credit cards. Credit cards are really cool, you can have this just automatically go into your account and it’s pretty groovy, now look here I have done this for people that might be watching the gallery, credit card here, slip in here and then you have this sort of stamp which has your merchant ID number and then you, to make imprints slide right and then slide press to the left, and you’ve gotten the information. There are different credit card companies you can go with and once you go with one, everybody will want you to go with them and they’ll be the best. But just get one, get a cheap one, don’t worry if you’re saving five cents, just get a credit card, get the ability to take credit cards and move forward with your business. Baby steps, baby steps, baby steps."