Now that Covid-19 has temporarily eliminated most major sources of income for many artists and musicians, what can you do to get by?  Get creative!  Here are some sites you can use to sell your handmade goods and virtual services, and get support for your creative practice:

• Sell things you make on ETSY
  You can sell physical objects or printable images.  Whatever crafty things you’re making to de-stress during this time of isolation, chances are you can sell it on Etsy!  If you use this link to set up your Etsy shop, and list your first item for sale right away (without navigating away or changing browsers), you’ll get a whole bunch of free product listings to get you started as a virtual shop owner.  Set up your Etsy shop now.
  
  • Do you already have an Etsy shop?  Here are some next steps:
    – Post your Etsy products on our Group Pinterest Board to drive more traffic to your store.  (*Pro tip: Remember to pin using a link instead of directly from your Etsy shop.  That way, if the item sells out, you can change the link to another part of your shop.)
    – Follow these simple steps to add Google Analytics to your Etsy shop.
    
    
• Become a creator on PATREON
  Friends and fans can sign up to support your work on a monthly basis in exchange for creative gifts you offer them.  It’s like an ongoing Kickstarter, but you get to develop long-term connections with your supporters.  This is great for musicians, visual artists, writers, creators of pretty much any kind of content.  We have a free, easy, step-by-step tutorial to get you all set up.  Click here to follow along and for a chance to win $50!

  *New creators who have been referred by Art ReSourcery will have the opportunity to earn an additional cash bonus once they get patrons of their own. This bonus can vary, depending on the number of patrons the new creator gets in their first 30 days. If you’re on Patreon, join our new Art Resourcery Community on Facebook, where we can share tips and tricks, and help each other through these wild times.
  
  

• Sell virtual services on FIVVER

  You can price & post the services you offer virtually as “gigs”, so strangers can hire you with a button click.  Sell your skills to an international audience!  This is great for musicians, website designers, video editors, illustrators etc.  Pretty much any skill you have that can be done virtually will work. People sell beats, slideshow presentations, illustration services, and more.  It isn’t a perfect system, and they do take a cut, but you set your own prices and a lot of people get gigs from this because there’s a lot of traffic on the site.  We’ve gotten a lot of jobs on Fiverr without doing any advertising to our own network.  Sell your virtual services on Fiverr here.