Pricing Matted Photos To Sell

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Pricing matted photos to sell.

Mats are often used in custom framing projects to back photos posters or images and provide an appealing display. In the photography world that means sell your prints matted. Eventually somebody told him he was pricing the photos too low. For example selling one matte 5 7 print for 29 00 two for 49 00 and three for 55 00 will encourage bulk buying.

My just matted 8x10s went for 22 and 5x7 mattes were 15. 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 have been doing only originals and am now looking at reproductions to acheive a lower price point for budget minded.

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. For 50 it s just a picture. Standard size mats are cheaper than custom cut mats. I ve sold prints in a tourist shot before.

Price your prints in a way that will encourage customers to buy more. And my bin art is marked down to exclude the cost of. Wedding price list vs senior price list limited edition print vs. The first thing every new smugmug pro should do is set up pricing.

He sold an occasional picture but not enough to cover his costs. Put a frame on it if you are in a gallery. Offering packages is a great way to price your prints. Hobby lobby offers more than 300 different types of acid free archival quality mats starting at 8 for an 8 by 10 inch frame.

For other options please see the prices in bay. The biggest selling one was an 8x10 matted and framed for 70. I mat prints for the bins and will frame a few to sell. Prices below include lustre color corrected print mounted on 1 4 foam board.

I have sold cards for 2 50 each or 10 a pack. 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. I have settled on pricing them at 15 dollars each and the 8x10 s will probably be at about 30 each. I have both on the wall framed photos and matted bin art.

Smugmug s pricing tool allows you to create different pricelists for different products. I was selling my pictures without mats and people thought 15 was an exorbitant amount for a picture. I have found matted framed prints sell well.