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Most of the artists on my site who are in other countries also have some connection with this country or might have a rep here.
Rochelle Cheever is actually an American living in Italy and has a rep here and flies over periodically.
Gwenneth Barth in Switzerland is American-born but raised over there and again has ties over here.
Because the Canadian artists are so close to the U. S. and it's easy (or was) to go across the border, most have U. S. clients.
The exception to all this is Marie Therese Heumeusser of Austria who is looking to break into the U. S. market, but as far as I know doesn't have any ties here. She's fairly new on my site.
I have been approached by a few others from another country and I hear the same thing about the prices being lower outside the U. S. In fact, when I managed an Austrian portrait painter, he had a different set of fees for his native country.
As far as a Stroke of Genius web site helping you, that's hard to predict with your location and it also depends on your career goals and current level of development in your career.
I encourage portrait artists to view their online pages as an electronic portfolio, just like the portfolio they carry with them, but instead it's electronic. There can be benefits even without getting commissions provided the artist really uses their site. Some sit back and have the attitude "what are you going to do for me".
That would be like putting your regular portfolio on a shelf in your home and leaving it there and expecting results from it. An artist needs to be proactive in regards to their web site.
Generally, being on Stroke of Genius is considered prestigious and generally not for the very beginning artist (I'm not addressing you specifically, as I don't know your career level). And, though there is a range of quality and prices, there are also restrictions in these areas.
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