Pricing Matted Photos To Sell

In the photography world that means sell your prints matted.

Pricing matted photos to sell.

My just matted 8x10s went for 22 and 5x7 mattes were 15. Depending on a few factors consider how your own work might fit in with those around you. I have both on the wall framed photos and matted bin art. Matted prints unframed sizes and prices matted prints can be ordered with or without a frame and are available with single windows or multiple windows in various configurations depending on the overall finished size.

You can then apply each pricelist to galleries or individual photos with a click. He produced wonderful archival prints and worked the craft shows and art shows trying to sell maybe an 11x14 matted to 16x20 for around 50. I was selling my pictures without mats and people thought 15 was an exorbitant amount for a picture. If you see an artist with mediocre 9 12 matted images for 20 and you think yours are better set your prices a little higher.

I threw on some mats from amazon on them and suddenly 20 is a steal of a deal and it only cost me around 1 extra. I have settled on pricing them at 15 dollars each and the 8x10 s will probably be at about 30 each. He sold an occasional picture but not enough to cover his costs. Mats are often used in custom framing projects to back photos posters or images and provide an appealing display.

Eventually somebody told him he was pricing the photos too low. And my bin art is marked down to exclude the cost of. Show some confidence in your work. Offering packages is a great way to price your prints.

Standard size mats are cheaper than custom cut mats. For other options please see the prices in bay. The first thing every new smugmug pro should do is set up pricing. Price your prints in a way that will encourage customers to buy more.

Wedding price list vs senior price list limited edition print vs. For example selling one matte 5 7 print for 29 00 two for 49 00 and three for 55 00 will encourage bulk buying. Prices below include lustre color corrected print mounted on 1 4 foam board. Smugmug s pricing tool allows you to create different pricelists for different products.

I have found matted framed prints sell well. I mat prints for the bins and will frame a few to sell. I ve sold prints in a tourist shot before. For 50 it s just a picture.

I have sold cards for 2 50 each or 10 a pack. I have been doing only originals and am now looking at reproductions to acheive a lower price point for budget minded. I m matting the 5x7 to 8x10 with the mid range mats acid free but not conservation museum quality and they will be mounted to the backing board using photo corners.