It definitely does pay for itself, in many ways. I've worked in 4
successful galleries, and the sales raised 5-10%/per quarter from Internet
buyers alone. Visitors ranged from 10-40 a week, and so many different
inquires came from it- commissions, new artists, direct sales...it was
amazing. Having a website of my own art has increased my sales and services
3-10% over the past 3 years.

Nancy Scheer
http://w3.nai.net/~scheer/nancy
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> From: Kizzy Stonell <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Museums on the net
> Date: Sunday, June 07, 1998 7:26 AM
>
> I work for a medium sized museum with an internationally important
> collection, in the south west of England.  The Museum is administered by
> a Society of about 1,000 members.  There have been tentative steps to
> look into getting a page on the internet.  Have other similar museums
> had good/bad experience of this ?  How do your visitor figures stand ?
> How does income result, does it pay for itself ?  Does it attract
> membership ?
>
> Your help would be very much appreciated !!
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> Kizzy Stonell