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Jun 28, 2023 12:18:02   #
elee950021 Loc: New York, NY
 
Pat F!

Having a website such as Fine Art America is just one component for selling your images!

My buddy, Chris Lord, an expat from UK and a former chef has seen success but he spends a bit of time promoting himself:

He has his own websites: <https://www.pixielatedpixels.com> and <https://chrislord.nyc/>

He has A Fine Art America site: <https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/chris-lord>

He's on Saatchi Art: <https://www.saatchiart.com/chrislord>

He's on Linked In: <https://www.linkedin.com/in/pixielatedpixels/>

He posts on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Flickr, Behance, Besttopphotographer, Imagekind, Amazon, Displate,
iCanvas, Twitter, eBay, etc, etc.

He co-hosts a photography Meetup group in NYC, attends other Meetups such as mine, and travels to Iceland, Thailand, and numerous other locations. He has been interviewed for YouTube. On and on, he keeps promoting himself.

There are billions of websites. If you build it, will people come? Maybe by accident! Check him out on Google and other search engines. As others have said, it will take a while to build a clientele.

Are you prolific and do you have a variety of subjects and a style that's saleable?

And Chris Lord is a great guy and photographer! Be well! Ed

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Jun 28, 2023 12:52:11   #
MJPerini
 
If you want to make money from selling prints, the best way is to get a real Gallery to represent you, because while other services can list your work, you are there with thousands of other folks hoping for a hit.
If a gallery believes in your work they will show it and promote it. You will need a print portfolio of a body of work to meet with Galleries. There are Galleries/ services that specialize in "corporate art" as well.

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Jun 28, 2023 13:43:15   #
spaceytracey Loc: East Glacier Park, MT
 
As others have said, FineArtAmerica is a good place to show your photos. I also use RedBubble & have mad many sales from that site. Lots & lots of competition on FAA.

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Jun 28, 2023 14:09:11   #
Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA
 
tradio wrote:
There are several- look up Fine Art America.



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Jun 28, 2023 14:43:02   #
Vansmy
 
These are excellent ideas, but, just for giggles, let me toss this out. If you have something outstanding, frame it and make a deal with a good restaurant. Put a good price on it and take bids leave it on display for as long as a month if you like. Give the restaurant owner a cut and leave your card out with your "site" if you like. I have made as much as 900.00 on some of those sales.

Also, with the new generation, they will be able to screen snap your pictures off your site and remove those little signture marks easily. They don't have to buy them if they can copy them and print them for their own use. Robert594 had some great stuff on there. I know about the screen snaps because I had someone do it to me on a wedding job. That was before I learned to really watermark the prints! Stopping to download did not do it.

Blessings

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Jun 28, 2023 14:51:21   #
Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA
 
Vansmy wrote:
These are excellent ideas, but, just for giggles, let me toss this out. If you have something outstanding, frame it and make a deal with a good restaurant. Put a good price on it and take bids leave it on display for as long as a month if you like. Give the restaurant owner a cut and leave your card out with your "site" if you like. I have made as much as 900.00 on some of those sales.

Also, with the new generation, they will be able to screen snap your pictures off your site and remove those little signture marks easily. They don't have to buy them if they can copy them and print them for their own use. Robert594 had some great stuff on there. I know about the screen snaps because I had someone do it to me on a wedding job. That was before I learned to really watermark the prints! Stopping to download did not do it.

Blessings
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Do not forget 4X6s as samples.

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Jun 28, 2023 17:51:02   #
amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
 
Vansmy wrote:
...they will be able to screen snap your pictures off your site and remove those little signture marks easily. They don't have to buy them if they can copy them and print them for their own use. Robert594 had some great stuff on there. I know about the screen snaps because I had someone do it to me on a wedding job. That was before I learned to really watermark the prints! Stopping to download did not do it.

Blessings


This is why I only uploaded smaller "proof" sized images online (700 or 800 pixels on the long side)... too small to make a print.

I also made my watermark an "ad" and then provided links so they could "take" those proof sized image to whatever social media site they wished. I wanted my images "stolen", because it was free advertising for me.

This was for sports related photos. I'm sure it's different for fine art images.

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Jun 29, 2023 07:52:06   #
ProfEngineer Loc: Florida
 
Robertl594 wrote:
I just signed on to a service like this. You can display your work, interested buyers can view your work in galleries that you create, select the medium and size, then they fulfill using Bay Photo for prints and another company for merchandise. They do some marketing for you as well.

I ordered a 1/4” lucite print to see how it looked and WOW!!! Could not be happier.

Let me know what you think. I think if I refer you, you get a discount. Happy to do so.
You can check out how it looks at www.Robertl594.com.
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What service do you use?

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Jun 29, 2023 09:43:39   #
nikonbrain Loc: Crystal River Florida
 
Pat F 4119 wrote:
I don't know if it's possible, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of a service where a photographer can simply upload the images they'd like to sell as prints, and let them handle the rest. Ideally the service would create a page displaying your work, which can be linked to your site as well, and when an order is placed, they handle the entire process, from accepting payment, to printing, to shipping. Of course they would keep a significant portion of the proceeds, but the convenience of not having to do more than simply upload an image, certainly has value in my opinion. Does this type of service exist, or am I just dreaming?
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www.redbubble.com is also doing this . your art on all sorts of items from cell phone cases to wall art .

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Jun 29, 2023 13:11:35   #
spaceytracey Loc: East Glacier Park, MT
 
Vansmy wrote:
These are excellent ideas, but, just for giggles, let me toss this out. If you have something outstanding, frame it and make a deal with a good restaurant. Put a good price on it and take bids leave it on display for as long as a month if you like. Give the restaurant owner a cut and leave your card out with your "site" if you like. I have made as much as 900.00 on some of those sales.

Also, with the new generation, they will be able to screen snap your pictures off your site and remove those little signture marks easily. They don't have to buy them if they can copy them and print them for their own use. Robert594 had some great stuff on there. I know about the screen snaps because I had someone do it to me on a wedding job. That was before I learned to really watermark the prints! Stopping to download did not do it.

Blessings
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Do you have some methods for watermarking to share?

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Jun 29, 2023 14:47:01   #
Toby
 
Pat F 4119 wrote:
I don't know if it's possible, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of a service where a photographer can simply upload the images they'd like to sell as prints, and let them handle the rest. Ideally the service would create a page displaying your work, which can be linked to your site as well, and when an order is placed, they handle the entire process, from accepting payment, to printing, to shipping. Of course they would keep a significant portion of the proceeds, but the convenience of not having to do more than simply upload an image, certainly has value in my opinion. Does this type of service exist, or am I just dreaming?
I don't know if it's possible, but I'm wondering i... (show quote)


Try SmugMug, after posting they do every thing else

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Jun 29, 2023 14:52:29   #
bbradford Loc: Wake Forest NC
 
Just looked at some of his work and its beautiful.

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Jul 4, 2023 15:45:41   #
lukevaliant Loc: gloucester city,n. j.
 
cool

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