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06/27/2002 02:21:32 PM · #1

DeviantArt has set up a new site called DAPrints that looks like a good place to sell prints. They have a one time sign up fee of $24.95 to start selling prints. The profits on the prints seem to be a little thin, but for $25, it looks like recovering that costs may not be so difficult.

I signed up for it and hope to start setting up some images for that effort this evening... I just thought I would pass this along to anyone else who may be interested in selling prints.

This site may also be a good model for Drew and Langdon if they want to pursue this type of thing here :)

FranziskaLang

Nikon D100

06/27/2002 02:39:02 PM · #2

john, that's great info, thanks for passing it on. i may just try that! :)

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

06/27/2002 02:58:13 PM · #3

Originally posted by jmsetzler:
DeviantArt has set up a new site called DAPrints that looks like a good place to sell prints. They have a one time sign up fee of $24.95 to start selling prints. The profits on the prints seem to be a little thin, but for $25, it looks like recovering that costs may not be so difficult.

I signed up for it and hope to start setting up some images for that effort this evening... I just thought I would pass this along to anyone else who may be interested in selling prints.

This site may also be a good model for Drew and Langdon if they want to pursue this type of thing here :)

This looks interesing. Can one get the info (file specs, commissons, etc.) without actually signing up? I couldn't find that info there...

I might want to sign up just so I can get matte prints of my own work, as their print prices are comparable to other online services which (so far) only offer glossy prints.

06/27/2002 03:19:53 PM · #4

I''m not sure... the format is such that a print is sold for a base price plus whatever markup that you want to put on it. *YOUR* part of the money is 50% of the markup above the base price. If the base price is $10, and u sell the print for $20, you get $5.

Here is a FAQ and here is another FAQ

* This message has been edited by the author on 6/27/2002 3:20:00 PM.

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

06/27/2002 03:33:31 PM · #5

Originally posted by jmsetzler:
I''m not sure... the format is such that a print is sold for a base price plus whatever markup that you want to put on it. *YOUR* part of the money is 50% of the markup above the base price. If the base price is $10, and u sell the print for $20, you get $5.

Here is a FAQ and here is another FAQ

Thanks! -- the two FAQ pages answer almost all my questions. The pricing model the are using is the same as is used by MP3.COM for musicians to sell their CDs.

Since the retail prices I saw were already pretty good, since artists can buy prints at the base price, it might be worth the $25 even if I never sold a print...that's a pretty cheap "color ad"...

06/27/2002 03:57:29 PM · #6

Well, at least, you wouldnt have to sell much to recover your $25 and if you don't sell anything, you haven't lost but $25 :)

I will know more tomorrow... I'm gonna setup one or two of my images for that tonight... I don't know what the 'base' prices are yet... I haven't been that far into the site...

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

06/27/2002 04:47:06 PM · #7

I''m looking at the $25 like a Costco membership -- I should make it back in reduced print prices. Plus, I MIGHT sell something. Plus, they''ll take the images in TIFF and not just JPEG (preserves quality, wastes bandwidth).

I''m thinking of submitting these two. This one got Hon. Mention at Jones. This Mt. Ranier image I want on matte paper anyway; I''m thinking of also trying it after running a watercolor filter.

Hmm...since they take scans...I have some excellent collages which were made on commission for me (I own them) which I''m almost sure would sell...some of the artist''s similar images have been previously sold to card companies...Hmmmmm...

* This message has been edited by the author on 6/27/2002 4:48:11 PM.

06/27/2002 04:51:29 PM · #8

General, i think both photos look good... i would try to crop out the twigs on the lower right of the ranier photo though :)

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

06/27/2002 05:08:42 PM · #9

Originally posted by jmsetzler:
General, i think both photos look good... i would try to crop out the twigs on the lower right of the ranier photo though :)

Maybe this weekend I'll play with it. Maybe I'll try an oval vignette, since there's nothing too important in any of the corners. Thanks for the suggestion.
I hope these people turn out to be successful and up-front business-folk, as manufacture/distribution has always been the bugaboo of the artist/author/craftsperson, and they seem to have a possible solution for this niche of the art market.