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Gurkirat Gill

8 Years Ago

No Sale....

I have been on FAA since last 6 months , still no sale and my viewership is poor too .... Wondering whether my art is not good enough or does this site really work , I m so disappointed currently.. :(

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Adam Jewell

8 Years Ago

We have to attract our own buyers here. The site does a fine job of hosting, printing and shipping items but we have to find ways too promote ourselves and get people to buy our work.

A search of the forums will bring up lots of threads on the topic.

 

Bradford Martin

8 Years Ago

Your art is very good. You need to find a way to bring customers to see it. The site has too many other artists so you must market yourself.

 

Gurkirat Gill

8 Years Ago

Thanks Adam , thanks Bradford......

 

Mike Savad

8 Years Ago

if you have low views it means your not advertising. people don't just come over. there is a lot of people here.

Sell Art Online
first off watch you cropping. i don't know if that foot is cut off in the real one or not, but the top needs work. you should have a description telling us what these are and so on. more keywords as well. you'll want to scan these in, i see faint blocking.

Sell Art Online
this one has vignette issues, you said it was taken in a palace - so is the work yours? unless you made the image itself (not just the photo), you shouldn't be selling it.


always start people in galleries, not many will wade through the images.

Art Prints
you'll want to stay away from common place images like close up roses. and if you do go that way make sure its in focus before uploading it. your images have to compete with everyone else's. and if a buyer thinks they can make the image themselves, you lost a customer. only upload the best work.

so...

1. i would remove the images that you didn't make yourself - this isn't your work, its a photo of someone else's work and it doesn't represent your style, only confuses it.

2. scan the work in you did make

3. the photos should be more interesting but mostly they aren't in focus.

4. you should have descriptions for every piece you have. make it interesting. if you can't figure out what to say about it, it may not be worth uploading. like how many ways can you really describe rose images that look the same?

5. add more keywords, most only have 5

6. you have to do the advertising and leg work, they won't find you. join more groups as well.


Marketing 101 by Mike Savad
Why Your Work May Not Be Selling - By Mike Savad
Evaluating Your Own Work To Sell – By Mike Savad
How To Critique And Edit Your Own Work For Better Sales


---Mike Savad
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JC Findley

8 Years Ago

Unless the elephant is in the public domain.

 

Mike Savad

8 Years Ago

yeah i guess that's true.

also instead of flowers, maybe pictures of india?

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

 

Gurkirat Gill

8 Years Ago

Thanks Mike for your valuable opinion.... Guess I have quite a lot of work to be done on the images , the elephant image was open for public domain as Findley mentioned... But anyways I guess you are right , I shouldn't display those ... Roses are a also a bit of turn off :( . And yes... The cropping is bad . Thanks .... It's really helpful to see your work from someone else's perspective .... Thanks again. :)

 

Gurkirat Gill

8 Years Ago

Yeah you are right Mike ..... Pictures of india is one very interesting point you raised....thanks

 

Mike Savad

8 Years Ago

you'd probably do better selling shots of open spice markets, street barbers, and the like. though i don't know the photo rights in india, in the US you can sell people's faces for art, not sure how it works there. but you want images that are more unique. roses can be taken anywhere in the world and they all look the same.

never forget your own backyard.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

 

Donnie Whitaker

8 Years Ago

You definitely have to work hard to promote your art. Try starting a Facebook business page, use Twitter, and Instagram is good as well. All of those sites help to get your work out and to include a link to your artist site. Most of my traffic comes from those sites as very few people find my work from a google search. Good luck!

 

AUDREY ROBILLARD

8 Years Ago

I will follow the suggestions myself. Thanks

 

Edward Fielding

8 Years Ago

The majority "offering" their works here will not see sales because they do nothing to get noticed. Its easy to offer your works, its hard to actually market them so most don't. This provides a great opportunity for those who put in the hard work it takes to sell.

 

Lutz Baar

8 Years Ago

I have to confirm what Edward says.
I have been on this site for many years and had no sale on about 1100 images I uploaded here. I did nothing to promote or advertise them. However, I had sales on 100 other images here, with the same conditions. Anyone care to explain this phenomenon?

 

Diana Angstadt

8 Years Ago

A BIG suggestion is to "tag.... tag.... and tag"! You have to list every possible word that describes what your work is about (i.e., where it was taken, what it is, etc. etc., and any possible secondary adjective that comes to mind. The more the better.

Flowers are a dime a dozen. Unless you can do something really creative with them that most people do not do. You have to be as unique as possible.

 

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