Did I Miss Out On Sales ??

Probably not. I doubt you'll have any luck selling products if you haven't had any selling prints.

That doesnt make sense. Someone could sell a ton of wall prints but doesnt have the type of work that goes on a shower curtain, and the other way around. Someone could sell a ton of pillows but not wall prints.

Anything can sell on any product if you promote it and it lands in front of the right person!

"Anything can sell on any product if you promote it and it lands in front of the right person!"

That's kind of what I meant. If you aren't selling prints you haven't been marketing or marketing effectively anyway, products won't sell themselves any better than prints. Since you said you haven't been here in ages I assumed that means you haven't been doing any marketing, therefore sales of anything are highly unlikely.

My OP doesn't imply I dont have print sales. I am also not asking why I don't have sales.

Edited the OP, to make it all more clear

The straight up answer to your question then is that your question is unanswerable.

I sell every product that comes along but besides 1 tote bag, 1 pillow, 1 phone case and a few greetings cards it's been all prints for me personally. I've yet to sell a t-shirt, shower curtain or duvet cover.

Fair enough. Let me ask, did anyone sell the new products?

Right, thanks Toby

I'm 95% prints.

My sales have also been primarily priints. I have sold a few cards and phone cases. I do not offer t shirts but do offer pillow and totes but have yet to sell any.

Sure, I've sold them all. Not sure if I'd compare it to the luggage tags and beer coasters found on Z.

I have sold 2 shower curtains (within last month), one duvet cover, and about 6-7 pillows. Prints are selling way better for me.

Products are selling! So far I've sold 2 shower curtains, 4 phone cases, 1 t-shirt, and lots of cards in addition to the prints (in different formats).

I sold my first shower curtain today. I've also sold several phone cases, a few pillows(maybe 3 or 4) and a couple of tote bags but not huge volume of any of the new products.

Even though I usually only promote prints, I have sold some pillows. I don't offer duvet covers or T-shirts.

I get a decent amount of print sales, and every once in a while get a phone case or a pillow or something. I don't think I've sold a T-shirt or a shower curtain yet. You may have missed a sale or two, but the markup on those products isn't that great either, if you go by FAA's recommendations, so...

I sold a tote bag, once upon a time...

I'm 90%+ prints but I don't try to sell stuff with a $3.00 markup.

Ok, so there seems to be some additional revenue in these things then. Good to know. We'll see how that goes.

products are how we are copying another certain POD. i sell them now and then. i've sold at least 2 of each thing.not everyone wants a poster. it really doesn't matter if you sell it or not, the fact the whole place sells it, means that customers already have their impressions. and they can also compare to other stores, and i think that is an issue. if two places sells the same duvet, they may find posters cheaper there.

in general though people don't come here for stuff, the store isn't set up for it, there are minimal customization options (like you can't add text to a shirt or put the image on the back). most of the stuff is on pixels, and google places them as low priority, other searches removed us totally. when i think of shirts i think of the other places. and i think customers do as well. so i don't think you lost out on those sales, i really don't. not that many anyway. as to why your not selling here - well, you answered your own question. you haven't logged in here for ages. which means your not advertising the site at all. and nothing is new, so its stagnant now. plus if i can get your work as stock elsewhere, there is little point to getting a print here.


i'd probably sell more products if i marked them up very little. the site takes a much larger cut then other sites.


---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

If Sean has us sell one million products per year he does extremely well. I wish him all the luck in the world. He seems to also respect our individual choices on how we wish to sell.

Potential clients who enter Pixels or FAA see the products. That does not mean it is the only way potential clients enter anyone's galleries.

The print, product page is far too overflowing with things. JMO It distracts from buying prints. JMO

People who enter your AW do not know what site they are on NECESSARILY.

I wish Sean had an image tab, a galleries tab, and a product tab. If products had their own tab/page I might reconsider offering products.

Dave

It's called 'shop'. Images, galleries, shop

http://pixels.com/profiles/david-bridburg/shop

Abbie,

What I mean is merchandise by itself no prints offered. And prints by themselves no merchandise offered.

The shop offers my prints. I could also have it offer my merchandise. It is the Image tab all over again.

Dave

I deleted all of my product listings. I only offer prints and greeting cards now. I'm also in the process of deleting some of my crappier work. Will likely trim it down from 800+ to around 500 but its hard to let them go.

That would be even more confusing. That's what your product drop downs are for on the search

Images

Gallery

Merchandise


I do not understand how that is more confusing. It is much harder to code. The thumbnails are the same for all three tabs entries, but the bulk editor and the default settings need to recognize different placements under the menu.

People would enter see my galleries as my default. If they wanted a T shirt they would go to merchandise.

If you enter a shopping store on the main floor and see purses, you go upstairs to other departments. Everyone knows to read the board over the escalator to find out what floor they want.

Dave

added suggestion.....a simple message on the thumbnail under the prints and gift card listing...."see Merchandise tab for great gift ideas".
an internal ad in other words

It's a shop. I don't know what you mean by merchandise. Shop is international. It's a shop, then use products to find the products.

Merchandise being everything offered by Pixels other than prints of any sort, being paper, canvas, acrylic, and metal, and cards.

T shirts, shower curtains, duvet covers,.......all of it.......phone cases....all of it.....

When someone is only somewhat interested in buying a print they have to read a bunch of tiny thumbnails with small words underneath for each product
from prints to shower curtains. If it was just the print offerings and cards that would be six to select from. An easy choice to make and complete.

The other offerings, merchandise, then could be offered on a Merchandise tab. Prints would be on the images and gallery tabs still.

Shop currently is only the image tab all over again. There is no difference.

Dave

Funny, I have sold prints mainly but someone purchased a shower curtain on one of my abstract paintings. You never know...

Patricia,

It is just an organizational thing with me. Some people will weed through it all. I think many wont.

Dave

I personally don't like the clutter of all the little icons on the side of the image, even six for prints and greeting cards seems like a lot, why not just one that says "Prints, paper, framed, canvas and more" or something like that and then people see all the options after clicking on it. Same thing with products, there could be a "Home Décor, pillows, Duvet covers and more" and then another for "Apparel, t-shirts, sweathshirts and more". And so on for the different categories of products offered my FAA/Pixels. Having an icon for every single product is already heavily cluttering the image pages and supposedly more are coming. I'm not concerned about the tabs like David B, I suspect those rarely get used. People are attracted to images, not tabs.

I am seriously considering getting rid of all the "product", totes, showercurtains, tee shirts, duvets etc. It won't hurt my sales (and you may ask: "what sales?"). and I don't like Pixels at all. I'd like to return to JUST Fine Art America and offer prints - on whatever medium. (although I'd like to be able to choose what medium it is printed on as well). And I'd like for those other products NOT to show up unless someone is on the Pixels site.

DK,

Clutter is a great word for it.

Another way is to do something like you are saying, the six images for prints and cards, and then list without the little images, shower curtains, T shirts etc.....no images at that point.

Dave

DK,

I land my potential clients for now window shoppers in Galleries. I hope Images is not used. It is just random images as is shop. Having another one for merchandise with some internal ads adds a layer of organization. Takes the clutter way down. And Sean could add the images of a Duvet cover etc in a cleaner way separate from the prints.

Dave

Sorry David B, you are flat out puzzling me, I have no idea what you are trying to say.

DK,

On your Pixels profile you have a series of tabs. Images, Galleries, Shop...etc....etc....

I want Shop to be Merchandise. I want all the stuff under Merchandise. And the prints under Images and Galleries without any of the stuff.

Unclutter the whole thing. This goes for the AW as well.

Dave

"I land my potential clients for now window shoppers in Galleries. I hope Images is not used. I hope Images is not used. It is just random images as is shop"

What does that sentence mean though? Aren't you promoting your images on SM? When someone lands on your profile or AW they see either your images or galleries (which also show an image.), I bet they almost never notice there are tabs there at all.

DK,

In many instances window shoppers land on my galleries.

If I promote a singular image that is different, but if they choose my site they get my galleries.

Dave

Agree with David