Mark Up And Question About Experience On Pixels

Welcome aboard, Stephanie!

For pricing you just set one price per size. Each time that size sells regardless of the material that is what you earn.

When you look at other people's work you can click on the "show price details" under the price to see what the print markup is for that particular piece.

Generally, I'd say price higher than you think you should. People tend to under value their own work.

As for earnings, some people earn nothing in a year while others may earn $10,000 in a month.

For those that sell occasionally to daily, the views to sales ratio seems to be somewhere between 400 to 2,500 views per sale. Some people may have 100 views per sale while others may have 20,000 views per sale and some may never sell anything.

As with most things, "It depends".

Like Adam said, your mark-up is simply your profit on whatever is sold, regardless of the materials used. If you sell a 20X30 print rolled in a tube, your profit will be the same as the same print matted and framed in thebest FAA/Pixels has.

I'd say you are asking too little, especiallyfor your larger prints. Your 30 inch wide images appear to be priced $55. They're better than that by a long shot. I'm a photographer, so there's really not a lot of comparison to go on, but I charge and sell morethan that for the same size. Your 8 inch images are priced comparable to mine, but mine are photographs. I would think paintings should be more.

30 views means your not advertising. be aware that when your logged in you see prices you would pay and not us. pictures should cost more the larger they go, there is not a giant difference between the smallest and largest prints. i would cheapen the smaller sizes but increase the larger ones. add more keywords and advertise yourself - upload more work as well.


this one won't print because its blurry and blocky up close.

increase the price of the card, it's only a little smaller than a print. always have descriptions. it shouldn't be self explanatory.


watch the crop on this one, they may not print it due to the white showing at the bottom.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Temper your expectations a bit. Selling art or images is a tough game to play as the market is oversaturated to say the least. But at least keep your prices high. Setting them low hurts the market.

Thanks so much everyone!!!! Lots of awesome advice. I will take a stab at the pricing thing right away Also I dont want to hurt the market but I also want my work to sell so if I go to high or too low, feel free to tell me and explain why. Its hard putting a price on it but im sure ill get the hang of it. Mike Savad, what kind of advertising would you suggest? Does that mean upgrading to a premium account?

Since you are an art student, you know that to get noticed you will have to go the extra mile in a crowded field and it doesn't happen overnight.

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ok so i have tried experimenting with the prices and when I drop my prices for smaller sizes my framed prints and prints still come up to be more than my canvas. getting frustrated >.< any thoughts? my edit only lets me markup based on size not material. Thanks for the advice and the comments :D

make sure to log out when you view prices. you can only put in one mark up and it effects everything so the prices shouldn't do what its doing.

i think frames are simply more expensive than canvas, more choices and more parts.

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

join twitter, get followers. facebook and any other social network your on. tell people, use hashtags. make cards, hand them out, etc.

low prices are bad, walmart has low prices and it cheapens the art field.

high prices - too high can be bad. but art should be expensive. it takes a long time to make, and it's a luxury item. as far as selling goes it could take months to years. and if you only have a few things to sell it will take a really long time. once you have a style people recognize its easier. any store any where will have more than 5. any one of my images may take 3 months or more before it sells.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Since you are making a career in art, consider how you will feed yourself. How many sales at a low price will pay the rent or put gas in your car? Then figure out a way to sell at that high volume.

and since your still in school it would be a good idea to take a business course, and how to read contracts. that will help you later in life.

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

thank you guys so much! I have lots to work on but its so good to have direction and a community to ask!