galleryXchange.com - Buy and Sell Art

galleryXchange.com is a new site for artists and art lovers alike. The site acts as an online art gallery, where artists can post images of their artwork, to help attract potential buyers from anywhere in the world. Art enthusiasts can use the site to find pieces they would like to buy, or artists they would like to contact. GalleryXchange registration and listings are free for artists at the moment due to a promotion, though it normally costs 50 cents. The art for sale is separated into “Art” and “Photograph” categories, which are further subdivided into media types for the art, and subject matter for the photographs. When you enter an e-gallery, you see small images of all the available art, and clicking on the thumbnail opens a larger image with price and artist information. When an artist sells a piece through the site, galleryXchange takes a 3.5% commission. On the front page of galleryXchange, there are “New Arrivals” and “Featured Art” categories as well. It costs $5 per day to be listed as a Featured Product.

"galleryXchange - Where selling and buying art is simple."

Because it costs little-to-nothing to list pieces (depending on whether a promotion is in effect), artists will likely find this site quite attractive. Then, the more artists who join, the more appealing galleryXchange.com will become to art buyers, who could use the site to find undiscovered artists or pieces they might never come across in their geographic are or on mainstream e-galleries.

How do the listing prices and commission rate taken by galleryXchange compare to other online art galleries? Does this site offer artists or buyers any sort of insurance or refund policy in case one or the other does not follow through on their end of a purchase agreement?