Pricing Matted Photos To Sell

I mat prints for the bins and will frame a few to sell.

Pricing matted photos to sell.

In the photography world that means sell your prints matted. For example selling one matte 5 7 print for 29 00 two for 49 00 and three for 55 00 will encourage bulk buying. Offering packages is a great way to price your prints. Show some confidence in your work.

I have found matted framed prints sell well. I ve sold prints in a tourist shot before. 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. Eventually somebody told him he was pricing the photos too low.

He sold an occasional picture but not enough to cover his costs. Smugmug s pricing tool allows you to create different pricelists for different products. Put a frame on it if you are in a gallery. 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 sold cards for 2 50 each or 10 a pack. Hobby lobby offers more than 300 different types of acid free archival quality mats starting at 8 for an 8 by 10 inch frame. Price your prints in a way that will encourage customers to buy more.

I was selling my pictures without mats and people thought 15 was an exorbitant amount for a picture. For 50 it s just a picture. Prices below include lustre color corrected print mounted on 1 4 foam board. The biggest selling one was an 8x10 matted and framed for 70.

Standard size mats are cheaper than custom cut mats. For other options please see the prices in bay. 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. I have been doing only originals and am now looking at reproductions to acheive a lower price point for budget minded.

I have settled on pricing them at 15 dollars each and the 8x10 s will probably be at about 30 each. 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. Wedding price list vs senior price list limited edition print vs. And my bin art is marked down to exclude the cost of.

Mats are often used in custom framing projects to back photos posters or images and provide an appealing display. The first thing every new smugmug pro should do is set up pricing. 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.