Calendars

some day, some day... we hope to see them.

They have been promised soon.

Happy to hear this!

If they don't come out with them by this fall I doubt they ever will. But there are also lots of cons to calendars as well and I think the only kind that would work would be a single sided calendar.

i would never sell them here. 12 prints, ready to be framed for one low price... pass.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

On my wish list too.

Even smaller, desc calendars would be nice to have printed on FAA.

I'd rather have calendars than duvet covers or throw pillows. I'm not sure how they would be at FAA, but if you could design them like on Shutterfly, I think it would be marvelous. That way, you would not have to put one big image for each month that could then be framed.

I just got my calendar that one of teh local railroads did her. It looks great for a calendar, but if someone is really going to cut a big image out and frame it later on, they were probably never going to buy a print from here in the first place. The quality is fine for a calendar, but not for a framed print.

maybe yes maybe no. it really depends how good the images look. just like people buying cards - will opt for the cheaper version rather than buying a print for almost the same size. if the option is there to get a batch of prints, i can see people doing that. on the other hand if we were allowed to overlay something on top - SEPTEMBER in big nice letters on the bottom, it would limit it to a calender only.

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

There are certain requests that have been asked for, for years...that will probably never happen...like assorted boxes of cards.
Calendars are expensive to produce and resale would only allow for a very small markup.
As MIke said, if I'm going to offer a collection, I'd rather sell a book.

Will the customer be able to customize the calendars? There still isn't the option to purchase boxes of mixed cards.

Marlene! Ha!

I wouldnīt care, if someone who bought a calendar would frame the pictures. For me it is better that people by a calendar from me, than nothing at all. Iīve started with calendars last year, and they sold quite good. But donīt expect big margins!

http://www.colinutzphotography.com/calendars-kalender/

I would think, if they offered calendars here, the artist would have to either opt in or out, no middle ground. I have some images I would allow on calendars but some I would not want available because, like Mike said, it is a cheap way to get a print.

I also think these are a dying market. Fewer and fewer people use them. The current date is right on their phone and you can set reminders on it as well.

its also the same reason i wouldn't sell bulk mix packs of cards and if i did it would be mighty expensive. people frame the things as it is. and for a hundred bucks they could get a 25 pack and sell them for quite a bit a pop.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

I have a couple of banks in my town that would buy calendars from me to distribute to their customers. But, there would have to be local scenes like old barns, old churches, rivers, etc., for the photos. There was a business years ago that I remember where you could send your photos and have them placed on the calendars at a really good price. But, it's been so long ago I don't remember the name of the company. Does anyone here know of a company that does this kind of service?

12 prints, ready to be framed for one low price... pass ... says Mike S.

How many people are going to shell out the cost of framing 12 CALENDAR prints?

Create a calendars-ONLY gallery, if diluting of sales is a worry. Design the pages YOURSELF with writing on them, frames, maybe big screaming watermarks that say "I OWN THIS."

Let's not create one of the most practical printed items today, because people might not buy our more expensive, bigger FINE ART prints.

I dig calendars. I just sold a couple at a couple of other sites. No huge profits. People wanted CALENDARS, not prints. That's all they could muster for the purchase of anything remotely artistic. I seem to be okay with this. Obviously not in it for the money yet. Maybe a calendar would inspire the purchase of a particularly attractive print in the buyer's eye later on, after hanging on the wall for a month.

You don't need a photo to represent each month....just one is all you need.

I hadn't really thought much about calendars until a couple of customers inquired about them and expressed interest in buying them. I have somebody who even wants to buy 3! I would love it it I could just send them to my website to purchase one rather than have to do all the printing and fulfilling on my own. Just my two cents ;-) I hope they are included in whatever the big changes are that are soon to be coming. :)

The first calendar I created had photo title with website on each month's image yet sold better than the later ones, with no text. Go figure.

I actually think there are too many free (charity) calendars around now, with some pretty good wildlife photography, but the option to sell artist calendars to 'fans' is always good.

If cheapskates wanted to frame calendar pics or greetings cards, they could just as well do a screen capture on the computer, crop and print to frame; all for the lesser cost of a little ink and no postage.