Go to the login screen, click the link that says "I Forgot my password" and an email will be sent to you as a reminder. Just follow the instructions to reset your password. We don't email your old password in the clear because it's just not a safe thing to do (email is not encrypted).

Go to the Register screen and look in the lower right where it says "If you already completed this part, but need us to resend the confirmation email, enter your email address here."

No, it is not possible to change your username. This would interfere with Globalartistry.com's feedback system and open the door for fraud. If some extreme circumstance requires you to change your username, send us an email and we'll work it out.

Simply choose PayPal as your payment option when checking out.

You must pay immediately upon checkout.

Categories are meant to simplify the shopper’s searches. If you were looking at an item in a store and there was a small tag attached to it, what words would it have on it to help you identify or understand the item? Tag words are chosen by the seller for each item, and may be used to help people find an item or related items. For example, if you're looking at a scarf with the tag "sheepswool," you can click it and see all other items with the same tag.

In order to buy and sell on Globalartistry.com, you'll need to register first. To register as a shopper, we only require you to choose a username and password and to have a verified email address. If you want to be a seller, we also require you to have a valid credit card. Since Globalartistry.com is an ecommerce site, all shoppers and sellers must be over the age of 18 (or have parental permission).

Materials are a special kind of single-word keywords. Instead of helping you understand what an item is used for; they help you figure out what it's made out of. You can click a material anywhere you see it to be taken to a list of all other items using the same material.

We would love to hear about it! We are always looking for new ideas and improvements. We have a “let us know” in the main tool bar for just this purpose you can always email us at info@globalartistry.com.

If there's a category we've missed, we'll be glad to hear your reasons for adding. We have deliberately kept the top-level categories broad and general, because we think sellers can more effectively use tags, materials and descriptions to classify their items.

You may leave a feedback rating of 1-5 for users whom you've been involved with in a transaction with, both sellers and buyers. You can also leave a review in writing as feedback for the artist. Your feedback score is the median score between 1-5.

If an item you pay for is not shipped by the seller, or is significantly not as described, please email customerservice@globalartistry.com with your username and the item number, and we'll quickly work to resolve the situation. You may also leave appropriate feedback for the seller who failed to ship the item or describe it properly.

Signing up to be a seller is free.

Anyone over the age of 18 can be a seller on Globalartistry.com. If you are under 18, you may do so with the permission of (and under the guidance of) a responsible adult.

Sellers and artisans pay a flat 15% percentage of the final selling price, not including shipping, this however can be less if other artists referred to the site join for each referral the % fee lowers one percentage.

The 15% commission is charged when a sale takes place on the site.

You can sell anything that is handmade or, a bit more loosely put, hand-assembled or hand-altered. For example, screen-printed shirts are OK. A custom-built computer is OK, as long as you're making the case and not buying prefab. Furniture is OK as long as it's nothing mass-produced (yes, you can use power tools to build it). If human hands put some love into the object, odds are you can sell it on Globalartistry.com.

Anything that is mass-produced or a knock-off. Yes, some of that stuff may be made by hand, but it's not made in the right spirit. Such items will be removed by Globalartistry.com.

Once you're logged in, you may add as many items as you like by selecting on "add artwork" tab found under my account.

This is step 3 as part of the item listing process above. All you need to do is upload the original image and we'll take care of all the resizing for you (including making the thumbnail). The file size of the original picture you upload should be no more than 2MB. The following file types are OK: JPEG (and JPG), GIF and PNG.

Items stay actively listed (i.e. for sale) until they are sold. We will not unlist your item, and no items are deleted. It is the artist's responsibility to unlist an item if they have sold it on their own.

Every seller on Globalartistry.com gets their own Artist Page free of charge, located at http://www.globalartistry.com/artisan/USERNAME. This is the link you can share to easily direct people to your items for sale. Every item you list will automatically show up in your shop, in addition to being placed in the category you listed them in.

You can have multiple items just enter the quantity you have available and as they are sold the number will automatically decrease with the orders, however if you sell one of them outside of GlobalArtistry.com plase remember to update your work information.

We think this is the simplest way to handle billing, and so this is the way it currently works. If you have another idea, please contact us.

Once you're logged in, click the "Artist Homepage" link in the upper right, and go to the Items Sold section. There you will find a list of all the items you sold in the current month. Use the drop-down menus on the right to view items sold in other months, or view every item you've ever sold.

When you sell an item you are sent an email containing all the pertinent information for the sale (item, shopper, payment method etc.). The item's quantity is automatically reduced by the number that were sold, and will show up in the Items Sold section of Your Shop. If you accept PayPal, and if you set a shipping cost on the item up front, we'll include a link to PayPal for the shopper to follow for quick payment.