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Thanks for the valuable information Dave. I had a show once that by the time the booze was finished had cost me a thousand bucks. That the art business!
You’re welcome, Michael – but how much did your show cost without the booze? 😉
Dave
I believe the bulk of the booze bill came after I figured out my images weren’t selling. 😦
Ahhh……Understandable, then. 😉
Dave, this is a common issue to many artists. When committing to sell artwork on sites like Saatchi Art and similar the artist instantly find him/her self in a huge pool of competition. Between thousands of other photographers, painters, etc. is even harder in my opinion to have the chance to shine and come on top of the pack. Honestly when browsing your images on Saatchi I’ve got easily distracted by the other artists images, starting from your favorite’s selection….
There is a lot to say about selling art in general and specifically online. Huge topic.
In the meantime best of luck!
Thank you , Lorenzo, for reading my blog post and for your thoughtful reply. Yes, I understand exactly what you are saying. There are literally thousands of other works of art out there to be bought, and the odds of someone choosing my work out of it all seems slim. Still, it’s better to try than to just let my photos sit in boxes at home – and who knows, maybe someone will see my photos on someone else’s favorite’s list!
Dave, since it’s been a few months now I was wondering, as a fellow artist, if you had any luck with sales from these two sites and if you would suggest one over another for any reason?
Hi, Beth.
As it happens, I have not sold any prints from either of these sites. However, I have to say that I have not added any artwork since I posted the first set of prints, and I would imagine that one needs to keep adding work to get on the lists of new work put up for sale and therefore remain current. (I do have more prints to offer, but I need to re-matte them as the current matte windows are less than perfect. I have ordered professionally cut mattes for 30 prints, but I have not had the time to work on them yet.)
Regarding the difference between Saatchi and Artfinder, I think that Artfinder is more of a community of artists than Saatchi is, as you get to see new works by other artists you’ve listed as favorites, and I think you see the new works by artists that they like, too. However, I see no reason why you shouldn’t list your work on both sites, unless you want to claim some kind of exclusivity for one site. Either way, good luck to you.
Dave
Hello Dave….it’s been years since this post and you can no longer be found on Artfinder, so I’m wondering why. Did neither of these sites work out for you? You’ve done some fine b&w work and I would think that you would have no trouble selling on these sites. My partner is working with both venues but it is too soon to tell. Would love to know your story…..
Thanks, Theresa
Thank you for writing, Theresa.
I temporarily removed my images from Artfinder (though it has been a while) as I’ve been trying to think of which type of photographic prints to offer for sale and at what price. I think I’ve come to a conclusion regarding that, so now I just need to implement the plan and get some things set before I offer them for sale again.
I can, however, tell you that when they were up on the site, nobody bought any of my prints.