Comments on: When to Post Prices for Your Art http://www.artbizblog.com/2006/04/when-to-post-prices-for-your-art.html for the Business of Being an Artist Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:18:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tomme Fent http://www.artbizblog.com/2006/04/when-to-post-prices-for-your-art.html/comment-page-1#comment-1429 Tomme Fent Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:18:19 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2006/04/when-to-post-prices-for-your-art.html#comment-1429 About pricing work on your website, I have a comment as a frequent BUYER of art directly from artists' websites. If I'm interested in a piece but I can't find the price on the website, chances are I'll just move on to someone else's site. Why? First, it's more trouble for me to have to contact the artist. When I'm looking for new artwork, I want to buy it now and not have to wait around to hear back from someone about the price. Second, if the price comes back and it's more than I can afford or am willing to pay, I feel embarrassed. Do I respond to the artist or not? If so, what do I say? I'd rather not have to deal with the problem. About pricing work on your website, I have a comment as a frequent BUYER of art directly from artists’ websites. If I’m interested in a piece but I can’t find the price on the website, chances are I’ll just move on to someone else’s site. Why? First, it’s more trouble for me to have to contact the artist. When I’m looking for new artwork, I want to buy it now and not have to wait around to hear back from someone about the price. Second, if the price comes back and it’s more than I can afford or am willing to pay, I feel embarrassed. Do I respond to the artist or not? If so, what do I say? I’d rather not have to deal with the problem.

]]> By: Kristi Johnston http://www.artbizblog.com/2006/04/when-to-post-prices-for-your-art.html/comment-page-1#comment-1428 Kristi Johnston Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:49:57 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2006/04/when-to-post-prices-for-your-art.html#comment-1428 I had a someone tell me I shouldn't have my prices up at my studio, but I was very skeptical about that. When I re-arranged pieces there, I included 3 that had been out at a show and so were without prices. As an experiment, I left the prices off of these 3. These were some of my strongest pieces and I noticed one gentleman looking at one repeatedly. I spoke with him about what subjects he liked, and that I noticed he seemed particularly drawn to the one painting. He replied " I do love it, but I notice it has no price, so I am sure it is too much $ for me". I quoted him the price and he said it wasn't as high as he feared and he would look at his space at home and consider returning for it. It confirmed my gut feeling that if people have to ask for prices, they will assume they are too high for them and may easily walk out without buying. I think that may well apply to web sites also. I had a someone tell me I shouldn’t have my prices up at my studio, but I was very skeptical about that. When I re-arranged pieces there, I included 3 that had been out at a show and so were without prices. As an experiment, I left the prices off of these 3. These were some of my strongest pieces and I noticed one gentleman looking at one repeatedly. I spoke with him about what subjects he liked, and that I noticed he seemed particularly drawn to the one painting. He replied ” I do love it, but I notice it has no price, so I am sure it is too much $ for me”. I quoted him the price and he said it wasn’t as high as he feared and he would look at his space at home and consider returning for it. It confirmed my gut feeling that if people have to ask for prices, they will assume they are too high for them and may easily walk out without buying. I think that may well apply to web sites also.

]]> By: Marketing Mania http://www.artbizblog.com/2006/04/when-to-post-prices-for-your-art.html/comment-page-1#comment-1430 Marketing Mania Fri, 14 Apr 2006 22:16:02 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2006/04/when-to-post-prices-for-your-art.html#comment-1430 <strong>Carnival of the Creators #8</strong> Modern Art Obsession blogs on New York Magazine's "The Art Market Will Crash" Story. Alisha Vincent talks about under-pricing our work in Art Philanthropists, and Alyson Stanfield discusses When to Post Prices for Your Art. Carnival of the Creators #8

Modern Art Obsession blogs on New York Magazine’s “The Art Market Will Crash” Story. Alisha Vincent talks about under-pricing our work in Art Philanthropists, and Alyson Stanfield discusses When to Post Prices for Your Art.

]]> By: CT nelson http://www.artbizblog.com/2006/04/when-to-post-prices-for-your-art.html/comment-page-1#comment-1427 CT nelson Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:18:33 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2006/04/when-to-post-prices-for-your-art.html#comment-1427 Ill post this here as well.... Never put your prices by your pieces on your website, I found out the hard way. I have a patron who had a very wealthy friend who wanted to buy a piece from my website. I had a discounted price listed, because my style had changed considerably. This person, who did buy the piece, told my patron his would have paid thousands of dollars for it, I had $400 listed. :-( Lesson learned. Ill post this here as well…. Never put your prices by your pieces on your website, I found out the hard way. I have a patron who had a very wealthy friend who wanted to buy a piece from my website. I had a discounted price listed, because my style had changed considerably. This person, who did buy the piece, told my patron his would have paid thousands of dollars for it, I had $400 listed. :-( Lesson learned.

]]> By: Greg Rapier http://www.artbizblog.com/2006/04/when-to-post-prices-for-your-art.html/comment-page-1#comment-1426 Greg Rapier Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:02:54 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2006/04/when-to-post-prices-for-your-art.html#comment-1426 I have prices on my artwork on my web site. As for making money from my artwork I am not ashamed to make money. I didn't get into art to make money. I got into art because I love to do oil paintings. But that said the more I make the more oil paintings I can do. If I can make enough money to support my family and me and have the nicer things in life, all the better. I have worked since I was 9 years old starting in my dads service station. Now I am a millwright in a winery and I get payed well and I should. When I go to the store they want money. I see people that are in high places and getting respect because they have money. Some of these same people are bum's but the world looks up to people with money. I think that is wrong but painting good art that people are willing to pay for? Thats a good thing. I live in the forests of California and there are lots of trees and non of them grow money. The only way I have found to make money is to work and work hard for it. So I am not ashamed to make money for my work. I have prices on my artwork on my web site. As for making money from my artwork I am not ashamed to make money. I didn’t get into art to make money. I got into art because I love to do oil paintings. But that said the more I make the more oil paintings I can do. If I can make enough money to support my family and me and have the nicer things in life, all the better. I have worked since I was 9 years old starting in my dads service station. Now I am a millwright in a winery and I get payed well and I should. When I go to the store they want money. I see people that are in high places and getting respect because they have money. Some of these same people are bum’s but the world looks up to people with money. I think that is wrong but painting good art that people are willing to pay for? Thats a good thing. I live in the forests of California and there are lots of trees and non of them grow money. The only way I have found to make money is to work and work hard for it. So I am not ashamed to make money for my work.

]]> By: Terri West http://www.artbizblog.com/2006/04/when-to-post-prices-for-your-art.html/comment-page-1#comment-1425 Terri West Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:02:22 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2006/04/when-to-post-prices-for-your-art.html#comment-1425 Definitely something to think about when setting up a website. I think I will try to shoot for that in the future. Right now I am working on upping the level of quality of my art... searching for perfection and direction so to speak ;) Definitely something to think about when setting up a website. I think I will try to shoot for that in the future. Right now I am working on upping the level of quality of my art… searching for perfection and direction so to speak ;)

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