Power Hour: E-Commerce & Websites for Artists - BAO

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Power Hour: E-Commerce & Websites for Artists

Power Hour

Workshop

August 19, 2025

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Date and Time
Tue, Aug 19, 2025 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT

Location
Virtual

In this webinar, Sabbie Narwal will help you start establishing an online home for yourself as a professional artist. She will walk you through the basic steps to setting up a website and online store, including what you need to prepare before launching a website, choosing an e-commerce platform, and how to display, promote and sell your work online. You’ll finish this workshop feeling excited about how a website and e-commerce can help you reach new audiences and potential customers for your artwork.

What you will learn:

  • How a website / e-commerce can help you
  • What is e-commerce, why it’s important and the benefits of selling online
  • What platforms are available and how to pick the right one for you
  • Optimizing your website content, choosing the right themes, and promoting your work online
  • Look at the basics of driving traffic to your store and boost sales through a variety of digital marketing channel

Join us to learn why you should consider a website and e-commerce for your creative practice and business and how you can easily get started.

DONATE – Your donation helps us support Brampton artists and expand free programming like this.

Accessibility: If you are a Brampton resident who needs assistance or support to participate, such as an ASL interpreter, please get in touch with us at info@bramptonartsorg.ca as soon as possible (minimum of five days in advance) so that we can make the necessary accommodations.

We would like to acknowledge funding support from the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario, for our Power Hour workshop series.

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Workshop Presenter

Photograph of Sabbie Narwal, a South Asian woman with long brown hair as she poses in her artist booth. She is wearing a auburn coat.

Sabbie Narwal is a Brampton-based muralist and illustrator specializing in traditional and digital illustration, and public art. She is also the founder of The Paper Narwhal, a stationery and lifestyle goods brand that’s on a mission to spread joy and inspire people to live their cosiest lives! Sabbie’s work is known for its warm, whimsical and inviting nature, as she aims to uplift and comfort people through her art.

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