Selling Prints

You are responsible for bringing in your clients. So results depends on a lot of things . As they say, results may vary.

you have to go out and get them. there is a ton of people also trying to reel them in.

for starters, you need to have prices set so the things are for sale.

then you want keywords so people can find you.

then you want descriptions so people know what they are looking at.

you also want a bio so your not hidden from the world.

all your landscapes have one keyword, description says its for sale, and basically you have nothing that invites people here.


beyond that you have to market yourself. its a lot of work. you can make money here, i do.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

It does not look like you are Tweeting your images when you post them. You can set this to be automatic when you upload the image. You may also benefit from Pinning on Pinterest.

YMMV

You have done nothing at all to maximize your potential and get exposure to yourself and your art on FAA. Not to mention that this is a POD: "Print" on demand site, it allows you to post you originals but it not what they specialize in. In fact quit the opposite.

I will also mention your prices seem to be more then a bit odd.

A 16 x 20 original for $320 but a 16 x 20 paper print for $243 and canvas print for just $3 less?

You also only have 22 pieces. Not exactly a full wagon where some of the top sellers have hundreds and even thousands of images.


I think you need to do a refresher course on what FAA is all about and come up with some sort of plan with goals on how to use it to reach those goals.

Tens of thousands of people have done just that. Your art is certainly as good as any I have seen here so that is certainly not the problem.

I have had my work on FAA for a while and sold one print. I am not discouraged. I just like being "out there". I'm an old guy who lets things happen the way they will.
This world has gone far beyond my understanding so I just let go and do my little thing, and let God do the understanding. I accept that my art is my joy and if it sells that is a collateral reward. Go ahead and laugh, I don't mind.

The reality is you have to get noticed among hundreds of thousands of other people trying to sell their work. There are more sellers than buyers.

@cloud - at the very least, you need far more keywords than the 3-4 you have right now. more work helps as well. you need to advertise more - and increase your prices. you won't really be taken seriously otherwise.

uploading and sitting, is not the way to sell here. its not an art show. your hidden otherwise. you have to push your work any way you can. it starts here, and then branches out.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Reformed as a statement instead of a question, both of these are very true statements here at FAA --

"Is there a good market selling prints here at FAA ? With so many artist it seem difficult to attract clients."

For the first question, since selling prints is what FAA does, if there was no market,FAA would either go out of business or be a Flickr clone. You are getting advice on the marketing. No one said it would be easy.

Spam right IN the middle of a forum conversation. Nice twist. lol

i guess that one was missed.... clean up in isle 7. if its gone by the time people read this later -- it was spam.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Do they really, actually put the word SPAMMER in their name???

the mods like putting spammer in their name just to i guess find posts and ridicule them or something. the spammers don't, that would make them easier to find and put less credibility in what they want. so if people find comments in their pictures, they can see its a spammer that did it.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Nope, they actually use spammer in their name.

well, there you go... the more you know...

maybe in their country it means - the great one... or something.

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Yup, there are a couple of spammers on FB that are very persistent and they use spammer in their name.

One of them is spamming Ray-Ban and the other razors, as in the ones you shave with.

If you have something to offer that other artists don't and your work is appealing to the general public (an FAA platform), your chances of selling are good.

But if you are selling printed pieces that look similar to every other artist, you better look for a full time job.

Like other's say you have to bring the clients here to your work. It takes work but with perseverance and persistence you can get there. BTW I love the picture you posted here!

I just sold an image that has been on the site for two years. I find it rare to sell anything that has been up for less than a few months. I takes time and dedication to create a name and build up an audience for your work. If you think you will just upload and wait for the sales to pour in then you'll be disappointed.
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Question - why are you not selling prints? Did you see the movie Big Eyes? Study the scene at the gallery where the posters are flying out the door. "those people can't afford the paints but they can afford the posters"

I'm up in the air about selling prints. I have two Gallery's who have the capacity to make prints. What I would like is a company to handle the aspects of the prints. They get payed to sall prints as a gallery does in selling originals. On the upward swing I have had over 400 views of my work from around the world on FAA. Waiting for the right moment to move forward.

you won't move forward with only 400 views, probably ours. what you want is to sit back and roll in the cash. but that's not how it works here. you have to do the work the gallery does. the advantage of being here is, the world see's your work. the gallery on the other hand does the advertising. this site prints them, frames them, sends them and if needed eats them if they come back. they handle the customers.

advertise the work and you may go forward. wait for it to happen, and probably not so much.

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

still doesn't help that you don't have work for sale here, or have keywords.

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

bumping to displace spam.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Why a rat for the avatar?

nothing says - welcome customers.... like a rat.

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

BWAHAHAHAHA! No, really... tears :'D

Thanks for paying attention to my post. The image is not any different from the others . my sales have not dropped from the image. Only believe what your imagination let's you.

i don't really get what your saying. a rat as an avatar won't attract attention unless your buyer is a hawk or an owl. if you want to sell things here you have to mark them for sale (more than just the original), and add keywords.

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Baha, Mike..."unless your buyer is a hawk or an owl"!!!

i guess a dog is better than a rat, but a real face will go a longer way to getting people to trust the artist. otherwise you'll look like a hobbyist and like facebook avatars.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Thanks for the great advice. I'm glad you approve.

"What I would like is a company to handle the aspects of the prints. They get payed to sall prints as a gallery does in selling originals."

George, please do not take offense but you are saying some things that have me confused. Not that that is all difficult to do. But looking at your statement above, that is exactly what FAA does. The handle all aspects of the printing and framing process. You supply the image via high quality files and they do the rest.

You can list your orginals for sale, and a few people do report selling orginals, but FAA is primarily a place to sell fine art reproductions, prints.

Of course you have to do your own advertising and promoting.

You need also understand the 400 views is nothing. Most of them are bots that are not humans and/or members of FAA that do not buy very much of anything.

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The number of views is just an indication of how much external marketing you've been doing . I have 25k views now and haven't sold a single print, obviously most are bots, bots don't buy anything. 400 views means you've done very little or no marketing.