Step by step to selling work online?

>draw mainstram garbage that everyone wants to see to get popular, supply and demand exists in the art world too.
>put it on as many sites as possible and make sure people don't spread it without credit.
>USE TAGS PROPERLY
>seriously don't just put stuff in tags that it doesn't belong in, it pisses people off
>if you draw amy rose tag it with "amy rose", "sonic", "sonic the hedgehog" and if applicable what version (eg sonic boom)
>make a paypal under an email that doesn't include your real name and you don't use for anything else.
>.png or just ask what they want. scan it if it's traditional.
>a lot of artists just use skype or email to talk to clients and send their art/progress. i suggest you do the same.
>if you're doing prints, use redbubble or something.

literally look it up. most of the time everything is handled automatically. deviantart does prints. several websites make various items.
example : http://fineartamerica.com/sell-art-online.html

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If you care so much about staying anonymous then don't even bother. If your name getting out would wreck you then the best way to stay safe is don't do it at all. You should also know that no one really gives a shit. Even when you get thousands of people jerking off to your art none of them really give a shit about your name or anything. Just don't personally link stuff you don't want linked.

As for EXPOSURE advise, I have about 5000 followers on tumblr, which is not a lot, but here's my 2 cents about my experience with that. Getting the ball rolling is the most important step. Once you got some followers they will do the spreading and promotion of your work for you, and as long as the quality is ok it really takes care of itself. At that point tagging becomes not very relevant because you already got an audience that will put it in front of people with similar interests.

If the quality of your work can stand with the people who are already IN the business then they can often be of help. I would say don't try to talk to them much or suck up to them, but if you do fanart of some of their stuff and you let them know and your work is sort of good they will often reblog and even subscribe. It is a "you scratch my back I scratch yours environment" and people have an invested interest in being cordial with each other.