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I think a lot of these guys have a good self promotion campaign. Selling art is hard and competitive. I work over 40hr weeks myself. I'm sure many of these artist do as well. Difference is how they promote

We all say we have limited time but the time we spend talking on Facebook or reading newsfeeds could be spent marketing. Yes, having the premium account would help if you have enough work to keep it current and busy.

There are a lot of discussions about how to market your work. But you have to actually do it. You can't say you have no sales if you haven't done the time trying to sell.

I think your art is good. However, there's literally 10's of thousands of images being uploaded every week in the very popular sunset, bridge, and flower category, so you have the most competition with your photographs, your paintings are a different story as far as commonality is concerned, but you need to promote and bring people here to see them. Even posting in the forum doesn't provide much of a chance for a sale. Most people who visit the forum are other artists that are also selling. I'm also still waiting for my first random print sale, but I do promote outside of FAA and make sales face to face.

you have to advertise, time or no time. you should have more than 25 images. you have to make work for certain types of people in mind. but in any case - you need much more work and to tell people your here. if you want to sell, that much has to be done.

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

I had 800 images before I sold anything. Even now the gap between sales is anywhere between 3 days and more than a month.

Just upgrading won't help but adding more quality images will and promoting them.

The premiere account in itself will not mean that you will sell more it's how you use it that counts.
If you have more images ready to upload then yes go ahead and upgrade.
The more good quality images that you have the more your chances are of making a sale.
It only takes 1 sale to get your money back

Take it for what is worth, but before offering more images, settle on a style. Your style will follow you and eventually people will associate your work with Sourav.

My two cents...promote...and paint and shoot what inspires you...I actually have different styles I sell...sketches, paintings, digital creations...I do not have any sales here, but I have a few other online stores (just getting going with this all seriously over the last few months), and I do have sales, with increasing frequency...and, I am selling a variety of my styles...My thoughts are why limit myself...and I can see a direct correlation between what i promote and sales...

I am in the same boat..making painting is fun for me be but promoting it seems to be imposing job...I do it once in a blue moon but just don't want to spend much time on it. There are so many images on FAA, how many of us could live on it or atleast make good earning, i doubt !

Correct me or guide me if i am wrong.

I'm working hard at it! Hope to see some progress soon!

it all depends how much you put into it. do a little each day. skip out and someone else takes that spot. always add lots of keywords, and as much work as you can put up while still looking good. selling anything is hard, selling art is even harder.

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

It takes a lot of marketing. I have 4 jobs and I still manage to find some time to promote. Have you contacted local interior designers? That's something I just started doing. I promote on Facebook, Twitter, and sometimes Pinterest. I've had 3 sales in just a little over a year (2 were from local buyers). I started out as a free user then upgraded. Imagine yourself as 1 fish in the ocean. There are millions of artwork on here, and you only have 25. The upgrade paid for itself for me and then you can push your artists website that comes with the upgrade. You need more images and you have to promote yourself. FAA doesn't do it.

If you want to make it work, you have to set some time aside a few days a week to market yourself.

You could also work on adding new images - your paintings are good and unique!

I've been here for a couple years now and have not sold anything myself. But handing out business cards with my FAA link has netted me customers coming to my site here to see my work then contacting me to purchase the originals. As was said earlier, the amount of time you promote here and elsewhere and the amount of quality art makes a difference.

Abstract and surreal paintings are hard to sell and of the 24 images 10 of them are photos so you really limited yourself. you need to produce a body of work with the same style and consistency in order to set yourself apart from other artists.
All these will take time, time to build up works, a following and buyers..
if you have little time to market your works, I would suggest to write a blog, share your ideas behind your paintings along with photos of the work in progress.

Wonderful replies so far, and thank u all for that! I was wondering how to promote my work online - do I go to other artists'Facebook pages and while commenting include my profile link here? How do u promote your art online, folks? Give me some pointers!

Here are some great posts on the forum about marketing your work

http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=2220588 Marketing 101 By Mike Savad
http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=2040787 A Few Reasons Y U May Not Be Selling
http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=377664 Marketing Yourself
http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=358080 Promoting Your Art
http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=1601966 Six Month Observation About Marketing
http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=1192902 Evaluating Your Own Work To Sell
http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=2201441 Elephant In The Room - Maybe Your Art Just Isnt That Good...
http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=2193130 The Formula To Pricing Art?

No, don't promote through other artist's account. That's like walking into a store and trying to sell your own things there without permission.

Create your own Facebook page just for your art (you can google how to do that), and post your images there. Tell people about your pictures, how you do what you do. Show works in progress. Share that link with family and friends and ask them to share it with others. That's a start.

If you use Twitter, you can post links to your images here and use hashtags (#thisisahashtag, just use # in front of a word or phrase with no spaces that people would search on to find your artwork, like #surreal #stilllife, that kind of thing). Then people who are searching for something that interests them by hashtag might see your paintings and follow you, or even want to buy something.

Be patient, and keep at it. This is something you work for months and months on before you really start to see results. Sometimes years. It's not an easy business.

Ten months till my first sale, now sell many times daily. It's hard work.

don't spam other people's pages. as soon as i see that on my page i report it facebook as spam and erase it. make your own site. you only want people seeing your stuff an not others. you have to make your own brand.

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
MikeSavad.com

I think promoting all contests for the public to judge would give all artists an edge in what the consumer is looking for or interested in. I know some people will disagree on this but how can any of us hope to win a contest if you have to be a member to vote and there are artists who patronize each other and only a select few ever win. They say it is only for fun well really then how come I was contacted by someone soliciting votes and that person garnered 800 some votes. Tell me how many contest winners do you know have that kind of vote count. Some of us don't have resources for expensive equipment and are self taught struggling to better ourselves and have only just begun. Sadly there are those that have forgotten what it was like when they first started and are desensitized because they have allowed their achievements and success to go to their heads. That is not to say that constructive criticism is bad its bad when you don't present it in the proper way.

25 images are no way near enough to expect any meaningful sales unless you are famous and/or have you own following, imho.

You need to do some reading and then figure out how to do some marketing. But to be honest with you, I wold still not expect much unless you are willing to pay for the premium service and build an inventory of several hundred images.

As stated above... It's hard work. The idea of Post'N Sell is not now nor has it ever been valid.

Response to new FAA member looking for advice

Another Response To A New Member Seeking Help

A Few Reasons Why You May Not Be Selling

Work Smarter Not Harder To Beat The Big Guys

50 Effective Tips to Help You Sell You Art

And when you factor in promoting immoral values like LGBT it can only lead to bad outcomes it is very discouraging.

why is LGBT immoral?

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

also your bio - shorten it. keep it to a few paragraphs about your art only. not your history, your inspirations, your mothers death, your job loss etc. and DO NOT say you haven't had a sale yet at the end. this isn't a confession booth and don't leave links in the bio either, partly because you can't just drop in a link as it breaks, but mostly you want people in the page.

just outline the type of art you do.

but as others said, you have to find a style. your paintings are all over the place. its hard to know what you do by looking at those. choose a style and stick with it for a bit. always add new things.

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

erased this part as it had to do with something else.

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Well, that crosses the political and do not disrespect other artist lines there....

Elizabeth, please take some time off for that one.

Classic example how can one hope to achieve success when artists forget where they came from when they started out and they are critical of others but fail to recognize their own shortcomings?

yeah, but that persons image you posted wasn't even in this thread.

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Are my prices right? Do low prices drive sales, or high prices invite niche collectors? I have often hesitated to raise my prices! So I ask u to review my prices and tell me whether they justify my offerings!

prices vary depending who you are and what you sell. if they don't like the art at low prices they won't like it at high. the problem is you have no particular style. and that makes it hard for people to find you. the more they like your work the more you can increase the price. but if your not selling now, it doesn't hurt to raise them... i would though, add a lot more work than you have. you should have at least 100 things. but they can't be random either, many just dump stuff in as filler.

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com