Membership

Welcome to Switzerland's Swiss Art Portal swissart.net. We represent artists, galleries, museums, organizations, netart, editions, schools, journals, auctions and more. We provide internet services such as exhibition guide, web design, hosting, marketing and advertisement (e.g. Rotating Banners, Classifieds, Buttons, Membership). In the news read about artists like Pippilotti Rist and Alberto Giacometti and about events such as Art Basel...

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Membership FAQ

1. Why would I want to become a member of swissart.net?
2. What is so special about Switzerland?
3. What are the requirements of membership and what does it cost?
4. Do I need to be Swiss or be a resident of Switzerland?
5. Can members sell their art works on swissart.net?
6. How does the banner work?
7. How much traffic does swissart.net have?
8. Can you tell me more about swissart.net?

Why would I want to become a member of ?

• is one of the most established Internet platforms dedicated to serving the contemporary arts in Switzerland.
• Our "News" and "Agenda" sections are very popular, we have a lot of visibility in the search engines and our traffic is steadily growing - currently we have more than one million visitors a year.
• We have created various ways for our members to have a great deal of visibility on our platform. Such as:
  • a rotating banner and statistics
  • a listing in the "Guide" section
  • specific keywords added to our "Search Engine"
  • a graphic link in the "Agenda" announcing your exhibitions
  • a free "Classified Ad" for the duration of membership
• In the "Member's Only" section you will have access to additional services including, search engine registration, our "Webshop Specials" and a members forum.
• For more details, please visit our "Benefits" page.

What is so special about Switzerland?

• Switzerland is a rich country and has one of the most important and most active art markets in the world.
• Many major museums, important art collections and many leading art galleries and art dealers are located in Switzerland.
• The world's most prestigious annual art fair "ART BASEL" attracts the most important art galleries in the world to Switzerland.
• Switzerland is a multilingual and multi-cultural country, likewise is being developed in three languages to serve as many people as possible.
• As Switzerland's major art portal, offers any art professional substantial visibility in this important and lucrative art market.

What are the requirements of membership and what does it cost?

• You need to be an art professional, either an artist, a gallery, museum, organization, journal or other business engaged in the arts.
• You should have, or plan to have, your own website in order to profit fully from being a member.
• If you need a new website, please consider our HomePageMaker 2.0 Content Management System for members only.
• Hosting begins at just CHF 99.- per year.
• Membership for artists cost CHF 150.- (Swiss Francs) a year, for all other art professionals and organizations the yearly fee is CHF 300.-.

Do I need to be Swiss or be a resident of Switzerland?

• No, membership is open to art professionals from around the world.

Can members sell art works on ?

• As a member of , you will receive a free "Classified Ad" for the duration of your membership and additional classified advertisements can be purchased at a 50% discount.
• If you have your own website you can include prices if you wish.
• does not take any commissions from any art work sold in this way.

How does the banner work?

• All members are entitled to have one banner on which randomly rotates throughout our entire website. Each time a new page is visited a new banner is presented.
• If you don't have a banner, we will make the first banner for you at no cost, however in the "Members Only" section you can upload your own self-created banner and change it as often as you wish.
• You have access to our banner statistics program which keeps track of how many times your banner is displayed and how often it is clicked.
• As is an Internet platform dedicated to the contemporary arts, many of our members' banners have click rates much higher than what is typical in Internet.

How busy is ?

• Not counting all the traffic that goes to our clients websites, on average is visited by more than 3000 users every day which accounts for more than 450,000 page views every month.
• About 40% of our traffic is from Switzerland, the rest from the entire world.

Can you tell me more about ?

• The swissart network was launched 1996 and became incorporated into swissart GmbH in 1998.
• In 2001 we adopted the name .
• Our office is located in Embrach, Switzerland
• We are constantly adding features and benefits which are designed to promote our members and clients.
• More detailed information about can be found in our "Info" section.