Search engine & Tags On this page you will find everything about the findability of your works on the Art Heroes website. By adding the right information and details to your works through tags and titles you increase your chances of being found by potential customers. All information about tags, translations and the tagging system can be found here.
Go to your account and click on Manage my artworks. Here you will find all the artworks you have uploaded. The works on your shop page are automatically sorted in the order you uploaded them. The newest works are at the top. You can change the order of works in your settings. It is also possible to divide your works into albums and create your own category structure. When uploading and editing a work, you indicate in which album the work should appear. You can specify in which order you want your albums in your settings. You can enter all these details during uploading, but you can also change, replace or delete artworks later.
Can I build my page and shop behind the scenes first?
Every artwork you place in your account is immediately ready to sell. But don’t worry, as long as you don't promote your shop page, you can quietly build it up. Is your shop page you ready? Share it everywhere.
What is metadata?
Metadata is data that describes your artwork. These are the title, description, medium, style and tags. You add this data to your work after you have uploaded it. Make sure you do this correctly, otherwise your work will not be saved.
What data can I add to my artworks?
For each work you upload, you can enter the following details: Title, description, medium, style and tags. In addition, you can categorise your works in albums. The title and description can be entered in several languages. Don't forget to read 'In what languages can and should I describe my work?'
EXIF data
Titles, description and tags are extracted directly from your EXIF and pre-filled!
In which languages can, and should, I describe my work?
You should fill in the title and description in at least your native language. However, we recommend looking at other languages as well. Giving titles and descriptions in only one language means that you might miss out on potential customers. You can use our helpful translation tool.
Art Heroes is active in a number of European markets, and we are in the process of expansion. We therefore recommend entering information in at least English in addition to Dutch. This is because English is the standard language internationally i.e. if someone views the site in French (and there is no French title) we will show the English title and description.If you speak other languages, we recommend using those as well.
Can I choose the order my artworks appear in my shop?
The works in your shop are automatically sorted in the order you uploaded them, with the newest works at the top. You can change the order in which your artworks are displayed, in your settings: it is possible to order by
rating
date, newest first
date, oldest first
You can change the rating of your works using the 5-star rating on the 'Manage your works' page of your dashboard. The rating of your artworks also affects the order in which they appear on the album cover page.
It is also possible to classify your works into albums and create your own category structure. When uploading and editing a work, you indicate in which album the work should appear. A work can be in several albums at once. In your settings, you can indicate the order of the albums you prefer.
How do I change, replace or delete a work?
Everything that you fill in during the upload process can be edited later. While viewing your artwork, you can click on the edit icon to make changes.
Can I replace the artwork file of a work?
Yes, you can. In the overview of your artworks, you can see a replace-icon
How do I remove an artwork?
Do you no longer want to sell a specific artwork? Delete it by clicking on the bin-icon. Do you have a better version of this artwork? Replace the file instead of deleting the original one to post the updated version.
How do I change, replace or delete an album?
In the dashboard, you can find the section ‘albums.’ Here you can make and edit albums.
You can indirectly choose which photos are on the cover page of the albums by organising them through categories. To find out more, look at ‘How can I find my work’.
How do I add a work to an album?
When uploading a work, you will see an overview of your created albums below the work. Select the desired album here and the work will be added. It is also possible to add a work to an album retrospectively. Clicking on edit will bring up the album overview.
Can my images be stolen from Art Heroes?
The image we have available is in a small format. The original files are never displayed for the public.
Can I add a watermark to my work?
No, we deliberately do not use watermarks in our images. In our experience, they lead to customer complaints.
What happens when there are duplicate artworks in the collection?
Our policy regarding duplicates is as follows:
Art Heroes will ultimately adjudicate which artworks appear on the site.
Why is there a British flag while uploading artworks?
In your dashboard you can choose a 'native language', this is Dutch, English, German or French. Depending on your choice here the corresponding description will follow.
Currently we only have a Dutch, German, English and French language website. If you do not add one of these languages to your description, the other language website will pick up the English version.
What are good descriptions of my artwork?
There are two success factors for good image descriptions: Quality and length. A text is of high quality if it is "unique", i.e. appears nowhere else online. Image descriptions are picked up by Google and other search engines. Make your description as detailed and interesting as possible.
Tell the story behind your photo or artwork and use appropriate keywords to make your image easier to find! Sophisticated wording is secondary. An absolute no-go (also from a legal point of view) is copying text or text modules from other websites. Be creative and unique.
The Art Heroes collection is extremely extensive. It is therefore not always easy to make your artwork stand out and attract many visitors to your pages. Make sure you give your work the right information so that your potential customers can find you easily. This information is called metadata: data that describe your artworks (that is the title, description, medium, style and tags). This data is added to your work once it has been uploaded. Make sure you do this correctly, otherwise your work will not be saved. With our helpful automatic translation tool, you can do this easily in Dutch, English, German and French.
Provide a unique title
Describe what you see in your artwork and add background info
Choose the most appropriate medium
Choose the 12 most relevant tags
You've created a beautiful artwork, uploaded it to your account, and you're ready for your first sale. But how do you make sure you get found by potential customers? Tags can help! All tags are automatically translated, so your works can also be found on German and French sites using the translated terms. This makes you more findable in the other countries where Art Heroes is active. What do we mean by findability? We mean how easily someone can find your work when using the search bar on the Art Heroes website. Works are categorised on the basis of their tags. See all frequently asked questions and find out exactly how the system works.
Tip from Jesper Krijgsman: "Take a critical look at your tags. The website itself can recognize the colors of the image, and since the work is already placed in the "Photography" category, there is no need to specify this as a tag anymore. Here you could use other tags that reflect the mood or emotion, or why you as creator believe your work is special (this is not a criticism - as this also applies to my own work)."
Tip from Jesper: "Try putting yourself in the shoes of a potential viewer - how would such a person search for something and come across your work? If you are unsure, I recommend looking at other works by artists and studying their tags. If you don't know yourself which tags are best, you can easily test this different combinations of tags on different works. That way you can keep track for yourself if there are works that are better viewed afterwards."
How do I remove a tag?
Tags can easily be removed. In your dashboard, you can remove tags under "manage works". For each tag, you will find an option to remove that specific tag. To do this, click on the cross at the top right of the tag.
Want more control over the findability of your artworks? Then get started with your own shop! Every artist at Art Heroes has his or her own shop with only their works in it. Check out the tips for setting up and promoting your own shop here.
Go to the forum and ask your question! Among thousands of artists, there is always someone online who knows the answer.