Artisan marketplace ArtFire.com rewards social participation of users with new discount comment feature. Sellers on the site are now able to reward patrons for socially sharing their products.
ArtFire.com provides new, privacy-controlled favoriting in new buyer "Patron" accounts, in addition to discounts for shoppers who support artists and indie business.
The new ArtFire Collection of the Day email promotes ArtFire artisans and their work. The email premiers with a chance to win one hundred dollars a day in gift certificates on ArtFire.com.
Interest in ArtFire and Postling's a social media boot camp has risen steadily with over 2,500 people already signed up. Each week Postling will email a new lesson and it will be discussed in the ArtFire forums.
ArtFire.com and Postling.com are working together to create a six week boot camp to help individuals better understand how to use social media in their business. This interactive series of lessons is free, and will provide an opportunity to small business owners to get answers to thier social media questions.
ArtFire.com has reached a three million listing milestone and made progress in sales and traffic in 2011. These gains have made new hires and further marketplace development possible.