Digital BW, The Print

Julian:
How much time do you have to devote to your web site. It is not just a
matter of putting up a site and having the customer come running to it. It
just doesn't happen that way.

Creating a site that sells takes time and a lot of work. You have to be
constantly adding new content to the site. People want information. They
want to get to know you and trust you before they spend their money.

There is a saying that to make a site profitable you have to remember 4
things. Give, Give, Give and then Give some more.

There are hundreds of sites selling artwork and most of them have yet to
make a sale. I for one have had a site up for over 4 years and have yet to
make any significant sales. I spend 3 to 4 hours a day working on marketing
my artists.

This takes away from production time. If you can find someone who will
display your work on their site for a commission you may be better off.

This will save you quite a bit of money from the web hosting side and free
up your time.


Jim Davis
http://www.visual-artists.com
davis.jarthur@...
Supplier of fine art printing products



----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian Thomas" <julianthomas@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 10:05 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] selling prints


> I'm thinking of learning HTML so that I can (at last) get a web page
> together. I'm not sure whether to go for a portfolio kind of page or try
and
> sell online - what kind of success rate are people having selling prints
on
> line?
>
> Julian
> -----------------------------------
> Julian Thomas
> Bruc 168-6-1
> 08037 Barcelona
>
> Gallery at http://www.mwords.co.uk/galleryGuests.htm#
> and
> http://www.borderless-photos.de/jthomas/jthomas-01.html
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That was what i was thinking - thanks for sharing this.

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Arthur Davis" <jarthurdavis@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] selling prints


> Julian:
> How much time do you have to devote to your web site. It is not just a
> matter of putting up a site and having the customer come running to it. It
> just doesn't happen that way.
>
> Creating a site that sells takes time and a lot of work. You have to be
> constantly adding new content to the site. People want information. They
> want to get to know you and trust you before they spend their money.
>
> There is a saying that to make a site profitable you have to remember 4
> things. Give, Give, Give and then Give some more.
>
> There are hundreds of sites selling artwork and most of them have yet to
> make a sale. I for one have had a site up for over 4 years and have yet to
> make any significant sales. I spend 3 to 4 hours a day working on
marketing
> my artists.
>
> This takes away from production time. If you can find someone who will
> display your work on their site for a commission you may be better off.
>
> This will save you quite a bit of money from the web hosting side and free
> up your time.
>
>
> Jim Davis
> http://www.visual-artists.com
> davis.jarthur@...
> Supplier of fine art printing products
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julian Thomas" <julianthomas@...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 10:05 AM
> Subject: [Digital BW] selling prints
>
>
> > I'm thinking of learning HTML so that I can (at last) get a web page
> > together. I'm not sure whether to go for a portfolio kind of page or try
> and
> > sell online - what kind of success rate are people having selling prints
> on
> > line?
> >
> > Julian
> > -----------------------------------
> > Julian Thomas
> > Bruc 168-6-1
> > 08037 Barcelona
> >
> > Gallery at http://www.mwords.co.uk/galleryGuests.htm#
> > and
> > http://www.borderless-photos.de/jthomas/jthomas-01.html
> >
> > tfno 679676321
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, Polls and
> other resources as they are often being updated. The page is at:
> >
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint
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> > Please follow these basic guidelines:
> > - Include your full name with your message.
> > - Include the address of your website, if you have one.
> > - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to
keep
> them short.
> > - As the topic of a thread changes remember to change the subject
header.
> > - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or
"flames."
> > - Complete your Yahoo profile.
> > - Before posting a question, search the message archives and the various
> resources on the homepage.
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http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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> Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, Polls and
other resources as they are often being updated. The page is at:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint
>
> Please follow these basic guidelines:
> - Include your full name with your message.
> - Include the address of your website, if you have one.
> - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep
them short.
> - As the topic of a thread changes remember to change the subject header.
> - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or "flames."
> - Complete your Yahoo profile.
> - Before posting a question, search the message archives and the various
resources on the homepage.

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