First - More visitors and sales for all of us.

We have attended seminars and read numerous books by Internet entrepreneurs that all say the same thing: it is only by linking into "portals" that the individual small business website will flourish. Restaurants learned decades ago that "clustering" increased everybody's income. So, in that sense we are art-clustering!

Second - We want to help everyone exhibiting at EC get better rankings in the search engines.

Search engines use many different criteria for their ranking systems, and one of them that is often used is how many places a website is linked into. By having your site linked into EC Gallery, and having us linked into you, we all get an "extra point", so to speak, with some of the search engines. This is why we should all develop as many reciprocal relationships as possible, especially in areas where art/craft collectors are likely to browse.

Finally - We want to give site visitors the opportunity to quickly find what they are looking for, in a direct and efficient manner.

We believe that ease of navigation, and quality selections, will over time build a significant customer base. We want these folks to turn to ElectronicCottage as a "gallery of choice" when they are looking to purchase original handmade work for themselves or as gifts. Thus, as the public learns to purchase personal items such as art/craft work, we will all be solidly in place to reap the benefits.

Go to our Submission Page, read the criteria, and if your work fits, fill out the online form and hit Send... we'll take it from there.

Steve Reynolds and Ann Contois.  We have been in the arts field since the mid-70's, and have our own website for our stained glass work listed at ElectronicCottage, in the GLASS category. We have been doing originally designed and handmade stained glass work since 1975, have been designing websites since January 1996, and have successfully developed this entirely new side of our business based on cyber design and e-commerce.

We are also the founders of the Juried OnLine Arts Festival, one of the first (and now most prominent) of all the online galleries.

In addition, we are both West Virginia members of the "Peer Advisor Network" (PAN); are on the board of advisors for the "Education Alliance"; and are past board members of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC).

We work in the peace & quiet of Wild Wonderful West Virginia, proving yet again that on the WWW, it doesn't matter where you are, as long as you are there.

NOTE:  This feature is available only AFTER your site is first listed at EC.

All new exhibitors send us their keyword information at point of application, so your listing will automatically be included in the search database about two weeks after the search spider re-crawls the full site. The purpose of this in-site search engine is to get customers to the items they want as directly as possible.

Yes, but again, only after you provide the return link to EC. Once you notify us that the return link is in place, we'll add your listing and your keywords to the gallery. If you have secure online ordering at the point of submission, then we will immediately add the cart icon next to your name. If you become an exhibitor at EC and only afterwards get a secure cart, you can notify us to have the icon added.

This is the coding we would like placed either on your "Links" page, or at the bottom of your Home page.

You can use one of our EC Gallery logos, located online for easy retrieval. These logos will visually associate you in the mind of the visitor with an established gallery, which is good for everyone's credibility. If you do not want to use the graphic we provide, then you are welcome to use a text only return link.

Go to: EC Gallery Logos & Text Code

Please email us when you have the return link in place, and include the page address where we can find that link. Very soon thereafter we'll add your listing to your medium at ElectronicCottage.

You can send us this information by using the EC Update Form.

We will make the following changes at no charge: