Looking For Tips To Increase Sales?

Oh my goodness THANK YOU! I swear, it seems like every single day someone posts a new thread asking "how do I increase my sales?"

This thread is a perfect solution!!!

Thank Sv. Brilliant idea and I have asked Sean to link to it under Post New whatsit

I predict that no one will see this post. Even if it was bright yellow, and blinking and with dancing monkey's around it.

For anyone new that is seeing this thread, look at your work:

do you only have 2 things? Upload more things.
Is it covered in watermarks? Don't do that.
Would you buy or hang your own work in a nice frame? No? It may not sell. Or at least be hard to advertise.
Is the work yours? Great!
Or was it lifted from the net at random? Erase it, it will only get you into trouble down the line. And without a consistent set of styles you won't be recognized down the line.

Selling art isn't a side gig or hustle, it takes a lot of work and effort to do this.


----Mike Savad

Thank you so much, Abbie!

I can't wait to dive into all of the information you've shared.
I appreciate all the work you've done putting this together.

This may give me some ideas for marketing my fiction, too.

Cheers!
Tambra Nicole Kendall

So glad to help. Tambra!

Very helpful post ..
Thank you so much, Abbie!

You're very welcome

My checklist is listed twice. Thank you!! But the most recent version is called "Checklist For Success In Print Sales (version 3)". As the site changes and in order to fit with best practices based on what is said by members and moderators, I last updated it 3 years ago. Not a lot has changed since then. I will eventually do an update and include a link to how to set up the AW using Cloudflare and also mention about the default image order, once that is settled.

https://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=4721562

Thank you for putting this list together. A lot to read, but I intend to work through it. There is so much great artwork on FAA that it is daunting to even consider marketing one's own work.

Thanks Abbie...very informative.

Thank you!

Thank YOU Abbie & FAA Fellows...
I want to believe that I know how to market since that's my B.S. Undergrad degree... BS is right, IDK anything in this 21st C economy... So I am going super slow, but this is exactly what I need to study... I don't have a solid base. In grad sch, Digi Publishing I recall Doctorow saying something like you need 1,000 people as a base that will buy anything & everything you do! WOW great formula! I like that. So I need to do something about shaking off my resistance and finding a base audience... Hoping for new inspiration, GJ glorijean

Grazie Abbie, ho ancora tanto da imparare.
...al lavoro 😊

Thanks Abbie! SO much to do!

Thank you. I am new here.

Soy nuevo aquí gracias

Thanks for this thread! I am new here so I have a lot to learn!!

Thank you so much, Abbie!

I shall read through this thread diligently, everyone is looking for the Holy Grail when it comes to sales!

thank you so much

Howdy!
Although I have just joined this community and I am writing to you from Romania, I will read all the articles with interest.
I wish you a creative day!

This is great info. Thanks

Wow, this is a very helpful thread! I will certainly be taking all of these things into consideration. Marketing has not been my strength so I look forward to implementing these tips.

Hi Abbey,

I am new here and just read your post. Thank you for the input, I sure will take it into consideration. I am new in the market as well, so all that I can read about it will help me.

Great list Abbie. Thanks for putting it together. Some of the stuff I've already been asking myself (I know I'm no Ansel Adams, but keep asking myself what I could do better, are there photos I'd cull from my gallery. etc). As time goes by I'll try to read through the links.

As I go through the list of links to check them out, I've found one that don't work for me (don't know why). https://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=2040787 is one.

@caco - can you be more specific?

Because without images, it will be super hard to sell anything.

----Mike Savad

I am a bit at a loss here. I do promote, I'm active every single day, I have more than 1600 works up in 19 collections (various styles and subjects) but I only ever had 9 sales in two years (last one in January 2024), the highest take $18 (!) What else should I be doing? Anybody else on the same boat?

Thank you!!

Thank you

Thank you. Every helpful

Does anyone actually sell anything here?

Q - Does anyone actually sell anything here?


First of all, I want to say – that is a trifling question – and you are not the only one to ever ask it.

FAA / Pixels have been in business for 18 years – Hundreds of thousands of artists and iconic brands plus millions of images.

If no one was selling they would be out of business in just a few short months.

Lots of members sell some, some members sell lots and the members that struggle to sell need to open the links at the top of this thread to learn how to remedy that.
Most of that information is from artists that do sell on this site.

I must admit – my sales are mediocre compared to the big sellers –

I have two premium memberships and so far, I have had 4,713 sales – so to answer your question – Yes! Members actually sell here. Many members sell much, much more than I do. Much More…

Great tips thank you !

I’m new to selling my photographs. I am an amateur astrophotographer who started taking photos of space a year ago and I’m just now confident enough in my skill level to justify trying to sell my work. So far I have just set up an account and had my friends check it out so I’m. Unsure of what comes next to get new people to check out my photos and hopefully buy some of my work.

Thank you

Definitely gonna save this.

I'm new to this, thanks for the tips!

Thank you for this beyond informative forum.

How much can you sell will depends on several factors such as:
1. Quality of your photos or art
2. Type of your art vs the market demand for such art
3. Your sales & marketing skill
I've been here for about 4 years now. So far I've not sold a single print to a complete stranger. Most of the sales were to friends or acquaintances who got full discount on my commission part. There were few nice friends who refused to take discount. The bottom line is I've not yet break even the FAA membership charges in any of the year till now.

Initially I thought it's my marketing skill that lags significantly. I do post regularly in FB, Twitter, Pinterest and even on LinkedIn. I've an independent website too. Few times advertised in google, and boosted post in FB during the holiday season but they never generated any sale. I do get visitors, sometime more than a thousand a day, but they never end of placing an order. So I started to realize, maybe it's not the no.3 from the list above. Maybe my photos are not good enough to inspire people to hang it in their walls. Or maybe I should find a different marketplace.

Many thanks!

Chuck Garrettson

I'm new to this platform . Trying to figure things out.

Thank you so much

Thanks for the post!!

good things

Great information thank you for this post!!

Great advice here.Thank you. I'll be coming back to it no doubt.

Thank you for the info. Anything here seems to help.

Thanks for the info.

Salve, ho venduto opere originali e copie su altri portali, su questo non sono riuscito a vendere niente fino ad ora, puoi aiutarmi a capire dove è il problema, grazie

Hello, I have been active on this website for several years, only a few scammers contacted me! I don't know, maybe my work is not good. I tried my best during these things, but it didn't help me. Is it possible for someone to guide me? Thank you

Thks for this info!

Thanks, trying to figure all this out to get started.