On any of these marketing sites and particularly on FAA, how do I price my work? Is it already priced by size and medium? Or do I have to add a dollar amount to each type of photo sizing and processing?
If I have to add a dollar amt...could someone get me started with a reasonable amt to post.
Thanks
Please specify a price for each size. The prices that you set are exactly how much you'll earn. Fine Art America does NOT subtract a commission. We add our cost of materials (e.g. canvas, frames, mats, etc.) to your prices in order to arrive at the final prices paid by the buyers. If you do not want to offer a particular size for sale, simply leave the price blank.
Lucy, this was copied directly from their site with regard to pricing in general.
Basically most of these sites work off an image size to start with. This is based upon what your actual overall image / pixel size at maximum. They then offer the various sizes starting from small to big. So it is then up to you to decide what you want as a return for yourself off each given size. They in turn add their costs and profit to come up with a total sale price.
It's pretty basic in design and function, it just takes you to decide what YOU feel is a good return for your work on any given size. Only you can really decide on that figure per se, but you can always look at various sites to try and figure out what others are charging per size, of course, the unknown factor is what the site is charging per size until you post your own figures on each size. Then by checking the total sell figure you'll know what their markup really is.
There are several sites out there that work almost identically to FAA. Zazzle is one I've sold cards and calendars through for years.
Good luck.
Posted by Nancy de Flon on February 3, 2014 at 12:27 PM
Lucy, Paul is absolutely correct and he has saved me the trouble of telling you exactly the same thing. Thank you, Paul.
Posted by Jim Bennett on February 3, 2014 at 12:28 PM
I set my FAA prices by the square inch, times some multiplier. That way they are consistent for each size. As Paul already wrote, the price you set is what you earn from the sale, not what the customer pays.
Jim, for instance, what price do you set by the square inch.....I need a starting point (or highest, ending point). I don't have a clue as to what price photographers on FAA are Really getting, unless one of them tells me!
So, I need one of you to "break down" and give me what you think is fair for a very good 8x10, 11x14, etc........
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5 repliesIf I have to add a dollar amt...could someone get me started with a reasonable amt to post.
Thanks
Lucy, this was copied directly from their site with regard to pricing in general.
Basically most of these sites work off an image size to start with. This is based upon what your actual overall image / pixel size at maximum. They then offer the various sizes starting from small to big. So it is then up to you to decide what you want as a return for yourself off each given size. They in turn add their costs and profit to come up with a total sale price.
It's pretty basic in design and function, it just takes you to decide what YOU feel is a good return for your work on any given size. Only you can really decide on that figure per se, but you can always look at various sites to try and figure out what others are charging per size, of course, the unknown factor is what the site is charging per size until you post your own figures on each size. Then by checking the total sell figure you'll know what their markup really is.
There are several sites out there that work almost identically to FAA. Zazzle is one I've sold cards and calendars through for years.
Good luck.
So, I need one of you to "break down" and give me what you think is fair for a very good 8x10, 11x14, etc........