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When researching online, I found many entries that gave advice for pricing art that mentioned you should go to Etsy and eBay to find comparable art and price yours the same way. This is a pretty good rule to follow but there are things to consider when pricing your art so that you make a profit.
When researching online, I found many entries that gave advice for pricing art that mentioned you should go to Etsy and eBay to find comparable art and price yours the same way. This is a pretty good rule to follow but there are things to consider when pricing your art so that you make a profit. Keep track of the supplies you used so that you can afford to purchase more once you sell your art. Add about another 5% onto your supplies cost not only because of rising prices but also to get just a little bit more so that you can create more than one piece. Also, include the time, skill and talent into the price. Don't undersell yourself. When selling online, be sure to write a thorough description about the artwork. Include an explanation about the style that you used, the materials that you used and, most especially, include a story about your art. What is the background of the artwork? What gave you the idea to do it? Tell a story about the art that you created because, doing so, will increase your sales. The best tip to sell your art online is to produce great photographs of your work. Words cannot tell as good a tale as a very good picture does. To take great pictures of your art isn't hard to do. You only need a large piece of black material that is not shiny, a flat surface and a step ladder. Put your artwork on the material, get on the top of the ladder and shoot the photographs from above. When taking the photographs, take lots of photos. Get close-up shots and full shots of the item. When adjusting the photos in your graphics program be sure to make the width of each photo the same. Keeping the width the same makes it easy to line up your photos in your description. You want to convey professionalism in the details that you provide about your piece of art. Having your photographs of different widths speaks "amateur" because your presentation doesn't look quite right. One point that should be mentioned is that the height can be any size, it is the width that is the only thing that needs to be kept the same. Ensure that the photos stay between 400-500 pixels wide - no bigger and no smaller. Keeping the width this size makes more white space on your presentation which in turn makes it easy to read and view so your potential customers stay to find out more. To polish off your online sales presentation, speak about the advantages of owning your art to your prospective clients. You created your art for others to enjoy, so speak about the things a person would enjoy as the owner of your art. Your focus should not be on selling yourself, it should be on selling your art to one person - so write the copy as if you are talking to an individual. You want your art to be owned by the person that it communicates the best to - so speak about the benefits of ownership such as pride, that it's original and no one else has one like it, it's signed, the colors are a perfect accent to a home or office and so on. Think of as many reasons you can that a person would want an original painting and add the info to your description. A good idea is to add a short bio about you and your works. Make it two or three sentences maximum. This give your potential buyers more confidence in you. To create a professional appearance to your overall presentation, keep your paragraphs small. Doing so makes a nice first impression and keeps the person interested to read the entire description. Have a wonderful time with your original art sales. May you flourish like never before. More information: Help 2 Succeed provides real solutions to help you to sell your art. Get a totally unique version of this article from our article submission service
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