Why Online Art Shopping?

OverstockArt.com recently held a survey and asked online shoppers what influences them to buy art online

Short sample of the various answers are as follows;

• Price and ease of seeing what I was ordering. Putting the frame on the picture and seeing them together made the difference from other sites.
• apparent quality of product and guarantee
• Price, quality and variety all in one place.
• The quality and price of the art
  packaged properly–put together well if framed–fast service–good return policy
• convenience and selection is greater
• It looked beautiful and seemed easy to purchase.
• Convenience, price, quality.
• The only one I know that provides replica of famous painters.
• Good value and selection.
• lack of availability/selection in local stores
• Not easy to find what I was looking for from local retailers. Also saves a lot of time.
• the reviews
• Accessibility and price
• I was looking for Mediterranean scenes and you have a good selection but would like to see more.
• Convenience in shopping, selecting, and time.
• quality and reasonable pricing
• The cost was reasonable. I was able to see what I was ordering by attaching the frame and selecting my wall colors. I knew I could return it if it was not what I expected.
• larger selection, convenience, competitive price
• Choices of frames and the quality of the pictures.
• SAFE, QUALITY, FEED BACK, REPUTATION, RETURN POLICY, BENI. IE. FREE SHIPPING.
• Price, selection, and quality
• I could not find the print I was looking for elsewhere in a store.
• I hate shopping and was not sure anything in my price range was available locally. Time was also a factor–I did not have time to look around at many different places.
• Painting selections
• quality and price
• Variety, range of price points…
• Quality, price, free shipping.
• I normally would not, but I liked the print I bought from Sam’s that you direct shipped to me.
• Huge selection
• Convenience and choice.
• PRICE!!!!!!!!!!

and more....