FAA - The Largest Art Site in the World?

[BaldricksTrousers]

I was searching for the self fullfilled option a couple days ago, all I could find was that you can handle your own transactions but the potential client has to email you.  It's kind of a deal breaker making it that difficult - Zenfolio or Smugmug would likely be a better option if you were self fulfilling.  But I can print on metal and metal-canvas etc and die sub etc. that they don't offer.

But I think most of FAA's artist sell through them don't they?

For photos they handle all the billing, printing and posting, and you simply get notified of how much you earned. It is only people selling original canvasses or sculptures who need to deal directly with buyers (and, of course, FAA makes nothing at all from that, beyond the annual $30 fee).

[ShadySue]

Apologies if this has been answered, I only speedread this thread.
How do releases work here. Do you need releases for selling prints?
I'd hae assumed yes, but on this artist info page:
https://fineartamerica.com/tourfineartamerica/sell-prints-online.html
   there's a photo of Sydney Opera House.
It may be that someone has a release, but it seems odd that it would be used as an illustration for potential artists without any further explanation (if one is needed).

[Ed]

Apologies if this has been answered, I only speedread this thread.
How do releases work here. Do you need releases for selling prints?
I'd hae assumed yes, but on this artist info page:
https://fineartamerica.com/tourfineartamerica/sell-prints-online.html
   there's a photo of Sydney Opera House.
It may be that someone has a release, but it seems odd that it would be used as an illustration for potential artists without any further explanation (if one is needed).

For "fine art", generally speaking, you are OK not being released.

http://asmp.org/tutorials/frequently-asked-questions-about-releases.html

You could get into trouble if there is an argument the person is used to "enhance" another's business - magazines usually get around this by placing unreleased images on a second or third page rather then the cover.

Putting a calendar together for the purpose of raising funds for an organization is considered "enhancing" another's business.

[luissantos84]

AFAIK there is no place to add/manage releases

[LesHoward]

I spent some time looking over the FAA site and reading this thread because I have some photos that might sell very well as fine art. But I had one question I can't seem to find a direct answer for. If you upload a picture, you set the price at the same time. What happens if you decide later you want to change the price, either higher or lower? Can you change prices later? How?

The answer will probably be obvious if I join and upload an image but I haven't done that yet.

[luissantos84]

I spent some time looking over the FAA site and reading this thread because I have some photos that might sell very well as fine art. But I had one question I can't seem to find a direct answer for. If you upload a picture, you set the price at the same time. What happens if you decide later you want to change the price, either higher or lower? Can you change prices later? How?

The answer will probably be obvious if I join and upload an image but I haven't done that yet.

http://fineartamerica.com/controlpanel/bulkeditprices.html

Behind the Scenes ; Bulk Edit Prices

[LesHoward]

Thanks Luis. But selecting that link takes me to their home page, not the page you linked. It looks like I actually need to join to get the question answered.

[flotsom]

I spent some time looking over the FAA site and reading this thread because I have some photos that might sell very well as fine art. But I had one question I can't seem to find a direct answer for. If you upload a picture, you set the price at the same time. What happens if you decide later you want to change the price, either higher or lower? Can you change prices later? How?

The answer will probably be obvious if I join and upload an image but I haven't done that yet.

You can change the prices at any time by editing the picture.

[steheap]

A question for all the FAA experts out there! I noticed this morning that all my images had $0 as the price for both prints and cards. They were all set at normal prices last night.

Is it just my account or is everyone  seeing this issue?

steve

[ShadySue]

Apologies if this has been answered, I only speedread this thread.
How do releases work here. Do you need releases for selling prints?
I'd hae assumed yes, but on this artist info page:
https://fineartamerica.com/tourfineartamerica/sell-prints-online.html
   there's a photo of Sydney Opera House.
It may be that someone has a release, but it seems odd that it would be used as an illustration for potential artists without any further explanation (if one is needed).

For "fine art", generally speaking, you are OK not being released.

http://asmp.org/tutorials/frequently-asked-questions-about-releases.html

Thanks for the info and link.

[steheap]

A question for all the FAA experts out there! I noticed this morning that all my images had $0 as the price for both prints and cards. They were all set at normal prices last night.

Is it just my account or is everyone  seeing this issue?

steve

Forget this - it seems to be back to normal. Must have had a technical glitch!

Steve

[LesHoward]

A question for all the FAA experts out there! I noticed this morning that all my images had $0 as the price for both prints and cards. They were all set at normal prices last night.

Is it just my account or is everyone  seeing this issue?

steve

Forget this - it seems to be back to normal. Must have had a technical glitch!

Steve

From what I read in the FAA forum, prices show differently depending on whether or not you are logged in. If you are NOT logged in, the price shows what a buyer would pay. If you ARE logged in, the price shows what you would pay to purchase your own product.

[luissantos84]

A question for all the FAA experts out there! I noticed this morning that all my images had $0 as the price for both prints and cards. They were all set at normal prices last night.

Is it just my account or is everyone  seeing this issue?

steve

Forget this - it seems to be back to normal. Must have had a technical glitch!

Steve

From what I read in the FAA forum, prices show differently depending on whether or not you are logged in. If you are NOT logged in, the price shows what a buyer would pay. If you ARE logged in, the price shows what you would pay to purchase your own product.

very well said and its 100% right!

[Poncke]

You can create a template with all prices and settings and that template will be applied to all images you upload, all you have to do is hit the submit  button ( considering you have all IPCT data on the image)

[sharpshot]

It's encouraging to read about some of the sales.  Just paid the $30 and I'll start uploading.
http://stephen-rees.artistwebsites.com/

[gemmy12]

so here i got my 1st sale in FAA. I joined them last week. 100 images 1 sale for 20$. 2/3rd of their annual fee has been recovered. Not bad

[steheap]

Gemmy12 - that's great! I had hoped to be the first to announce a new sale!  I've now managed to get 544 images online (from 25 last Monday!) but no sales so far. 

I did write a "how to do it" blog post to avoid newcomers to FAA having to pick through this long discussion:
http://www.backyardsilver.com/2013/01/fine-art-america-a-new-way-to-earn-cash-from-digital-photos/

Good luck with the race to the next sale!

Steve

[gemmy12]

Gemmy12 - that's great! I had hoped to be the first to announce a new sale!  I've now managed to get 544 images online (from 25 last Monday!) but no sales so far. 

I did write a "how to do it" blog post to avoid newcomers to FAA having to pick through this long discussion:
http://www.backyardsilver.com/2013/01/fine-art-america-a-new-way-to-earn-cash-from-digital-photos/

Good luck with the race to the next sale!

Steve

Yes steve. I follow your blog and have added you in my FAA watch list too. I like your photographs and posts also. Hope to hear soon about your 2013 FAA sales. Good luck.

[Jonathan Ross]

Hi All,

 If you have some fine art style work., it can even be location stuff. We have seen very good sales through Fine ASrt America at Spaces Images and you can upload images as an individual there. I have spoken to severalm people that do well there with the right image. We have an image up there now that is selling really well every month. Here is the link to it. http://fineartamerica.com/featured/long-rope-bridge-skip-nall.html

Hope this helps,
Jonathan

[steheap]

Nice image!

Your prices are quite a bit lower than I have set up in my account. Do any of us know the willingness of FineArtAmerica buyers to pay the pricing that we discussed earlier in this thread? I think the idea was to go up to $225 plus the actual cost of the printing.

Maybe if I reduced my pricing I would get a sale!

Steve

[Poncke]

 108 inch is 350 for me, going down to 10 dollar for the smallest. Incrementing by 25 dollars first half and 50 dollars second half

[stockastic]

I joined the free site ages ago but didn't upload any pics until 2012 -  the uploading procedure is annoying but I got past the first 25 pretty quickly and tripled my $30 investment with my first sale. I have a small portfolio there but I know people with large portfolios who are making sales every month. I just see it as another outlet for my work.
I've made two sales so far - both photos I took as part of a news event - just to show you what sells - it's hard to predict:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/in-the-eagles-rigging-opsail-2012-marianne-campolongo.html
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-opsail-2012-festivities-marianne-campolongo.html

I looked at those photos, and I'm confused by all the "tags".  It seems endless:  "east greeting cards, coast greeting cards, lyme greeting cards, mccooks greeting cards, mccook's greeting cards, point greeting cards"... "opsail posters, opsail2012 posters, 2012 posters, ct posters, opsailct posters, operation posters, sail posters, park posters, ususa posters, united posters, states posters"... on and on and on. 

Are those auto-generated somehow or did you (God forbid) have to key them all in?

[Poncke]

Auto generated, just let it read your meta data, up to 500 characters.

[stockastic]

Auto generated, just let it read your meta data, up to 500 characters.

Thanks.

Does anyone make any sales from the 'free' sit or is all the traffic driven preferentially to the 'pay' sites?  I might consider a paid site - just wondering if I'd be wasting my time by trying the free site first, for a while.

[Poncke]

Everything between free and paid is the same except for the upload limit. 25 vs unlimited. I paid from the start so I dont know if there is a difference in sales, but I dont think so.