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Advantages of buying art online according to international buyers as of April 2015*

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Search	80%
Discovery	71%
Buy/bid	67%
Range on offer	66%
Affordability	46%
Experience	45%

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Release date

April 2015

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

as of April 2015

Number of respondents

519 respondents

Special properties

ArtTactic and Own Art's client art buyers

Method of interview

Email survey

Supplementary notes

* The categories were described by the source as follows: "Experience: I find the process less intimidating than buying from a gallery and auction house"; "Affordability: I find the art works sold online are generally more affordable"; "Buy/bid: I find it more convenient to buy or bid on art online"; "Range on offer: online galleries and auction houses provide a larger selection of art works across different mediums and price brackets"; "Search: I find it easier to find art works that I like", "Discovery: I can find artists and art works that I otherwise would never come across."
The source does not specify a date of survey. The date given is the publication date.

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This statistic shows the advantages of buying art online according to international buyers as of April 2015. During the survey, 71 percent of international buyers stated discovery was an advantage of buying art online as it enabled them to find artists and art works that they otherwise would not have found.