Does anyone make any money on DPC Prints?

07/17/2008 12:17:14 PM · #3

$ 21,85 in two years

brownsm

07/17/2008 12:18:27 PM · #4

$38.57 in profit in two years. i can almost retire now!

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

07/17/2008 12:22:51 PM · #5

$7.65 in over three years, kick ath!
:-)

minjaz

Nikon D40

07/17/2008 12:45:01 PM · #6

Damn..... thats pretty bad, and you guys have ribbons and everything....
well at least its good to know, I can throw that option out the window.

sabphoto

Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+

07/17/2008 12:45:56 PM · #7

matter of fact I checked last week for I think the first time all year and only two days prior someone bought 5 prints of my Chicago Bean image

with frames, I think (I hope their aren't selling them lol). Since august 2006 I've made about $36.00 profit, but if you add up the purchase price column it comes to about $87.00 ...maybe I need to adjust my prices again.

I've sold more of that single image than any others I have on DPCprints.

Message edited by author 2008-07-17 12:46:38.

John White

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

07/17/2008 12:50:13 PM · #8

Its been ok for me.
Ive had 23 sales for a
Total Profit : $263.85

10 sales of the McNaughts Comet

Ive sold these photos as well (the old mans hands 6 times)

Its been worth the effort!

Message edited by author 2008-07-17 13:12:24.

hopper

Canon EOS-80D

Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM

07/17/2008 12:59:40 PM · #9

i've made 30 cents ... lifetime total

:)

Mick

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

07/17/2008 01:20:33 PM · #10

I sold one print on DPCPrints before I opened my Smugmug account. I�ve sold lots of prints with Smugmug. I even sold usage rights to this photo to a well-known writer/magazine columnist.

I also sold usage rights for this photo to the company that makes them. One of their people was browsing my Smugmug site and saw my photos of their products. He said my photos were much better than their own. They�re using it on their web site, Hogentogler.com.

LN13

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 15-85mm IS USM

07/17/2008 01:46:05 PM · #11

$20.18 in 2 1/2 years. I used to have a link from my lighthouse webpage. I haven't sold anything since I took that webpage down. I need to put it back up.

hanneke

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

07/17/2008 02:33:02 PM · #12

$2.32 in 3 years.

lol!

Ken

Canon EOS-7D

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

07/17/2008 02:39:22 PM · #13

I haven't checked for a while since I never sell any. Until 2:30AM yesterday morning. Now I'm $1.80 richer!!

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

07/17/2008 03:32:34 PM · #14

I've made a little over $35 in commissions/sales, but I do no marketing, and I'm not sure how much marketing there is by others or the site as a whole. If you have your own website, mailing list, or other way of reaching people who might be interested you can probably do better. It may be that most of the people who see the site now are other photographers (from DPC) -- not the best potential market as most of us already have too many pictures and not enought money ...

Remember that your only cost is for the time to prepare and upload the print file, so any money at all really seems like a bonus to me. Also remember to use your personalized link whenever you refer someone to the site, since you will get a commission on any sales made during that session, even if the visitor buys someone else's photos. The link should be in this form:

username.dpcprints.com

Where your DPC username takes the place of the "www" in the URL. Also, a link of the same form to DPChallenge should take people to your profile page.

C_Steve_G

Apple iPhone 12

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-135mm f/3.5-4.5

07/17/2008 03:33:46 PM · #15

Originally posted by larryslights:

$20.18 in 2 1/2 years. I used to have a link from my lighthouse webpage. I haven't sold anything since I took that webpage down. I need to put it back up.

It would seem obvious that we need to direct buyers to our print sites. I recall that dpPrints has incentives for doing so...(see the General's post, above)

I haven't sold one yet.

Message edited by author 2008-07-17 15:34:55.

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

07/17/2008 03:54:58 PM · #16

Originally posted by GeneralE:

If I had interested buyers, there's no way I'd market my DPCPrints to them and split the profit with D&L, who take what I think is an unduly large cut. I'll print it myself and take the entire profit. Hence, I only submit prints to DPC on a fandango. The money-makers stay with me.
:-P

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

07/17/2008 04:50:35 PM · #17

Originally posted by Strikeslip:

If I had interested buyers, there's no way I'd market my DPCPrints to them and split the profit with D&L, who take what I think is an unduly large cut.

What would you suggest other than 25%? What do other galleries charge for selling an artist's works?

Mick

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

07/17/2008 04:58:05 PM · #18

Originally posted by GeneralE:

What would you suggest other than 25%? What do other galleries charge for selling an artist's works?

Smugmug gets 15% of the markup set by the photog.

07/17/2008 04:58:19 PM · #19

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by Strikeslip:
If I had interested buyers, there's no way I'd market my DPCPrints to them and split the profit with D&L, who take what I think is an unduly large cut.

What would you suggest other than 25%? What do other galleries charge for selling an artist's works?

I was going by this...

Telehubbie

Canon EOS-40D

07/17/2008 05:11:11 PM · #20

Total Profit : $91.88

I didn't see all of that though, had a few referral sales during that Katrina relief fund.

Ken

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

07/17/2008 05:22:57 PM · #21

Originally posted by Strikeslip:

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by Strikeslip:
If I had interested buyers, there's no way I'd market my DPCPrints to them and split the profit with D&L, who take what I think is an unduly large cut.

What would you suggest other than 25%? What do other galleries charge for selling an artist's works?

I was going by this...

I think you're just upset because nobody's buying the chicken shooter.

DrAchoo

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5

07/17/2008 05:25:44 PM · #22

Originally posted by GeneralE:

That's the cut at the gallery I'm at, but then they have brick and mortar overhead. Langdon doesn't even have the printer to upkeep. I felt it was too large a cut and stopped selling there. Just my opinion though.

I managed to pay one year's membership in the 6 months I was selling.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

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

07/17/2008 05:33:47 PM · #23

Originally posted by Strikeslip:

There is a potential 25% referrer's fee, though I guess sometimes D&L get to keep that.

If you can get people to purchase by using your own referrer link, you will get both commissions (referrer and seller) for a total of 75%.

Since I have no time or inclination to run my own online gallery, nor to print and mail pictures, I figure even 50% of something is better than 100% of nothing. But then, I also under-price my pictures in the first place, because I'm mostly interested in getting them out there. One of these days I think I'm going to raise all the prices ten-fold, and see if they suddenly seem to be "better" pictures ...

07/18/2008 08:12:24 AM · #24

Originally posted by mad_brewer:

I thought it would be a cult classic! Large prints hanging in everyone's den, right next to the Dogs Playing Poker. I still think it's a cult classic, but the average DPC Joe is just too tasteless to realize it. ;-D

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by Strikeslip:

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by Strikeslip:
If I had interested buyers, there's no way I'd market my DPCPrints to them and split the profit with D&L, who take what I think is an unduly large cut.

What would you suggest other than 25%? What do other galleries charge for selling an artist's works?

I was going by this...

There is a potential 25% referrer's fee, though I guess sometimes D&L get to keep that.

If you can get people to purchase by using your own referrer link, you will get both commissions (referrer and seller) for a total of 75%.

Since I have no time or inclination to run my own online gallery, nor to print and mail pictures, I figure even 50% of something is better than 100% of nothing. But then, I also under-price my pictures in the first place, because I'm mostly interested in getting them out there. One of these days I think I'm going to raise all the prices ten-fold, and see if they suddenly seem to be "better" pictures ...

I just do it for fun. The money-makers, which are portrait sessions anyway, stay with me.

bubeltrubel