Comments on: How to Use Art Prints to Boost Your Art Business  https://artmarketingnews.com/art-prints/ Innovative art marketing advice for visual artists weekly since 2005 Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:27:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Barney Davey https://artmarketingnews.com/art-prints/#comments/57745 https://artmarketingnews.com/?p=41503#comment-57745 In reply to Christopher.

Thanks for your comments. Your estimates for the cost of printing are in the range of typical. While seeking lower prices is always a good idea, your costs should not affect your ability to profit from marketing your work. Read the post about selling for ideas on how you can charge more for your work. You owe it to yourself and your art to come out with more than a little left over after going to the process of making prints for your clients. I would start with doubling your prices and believing in their value at that rate. Learn to talk about your work and the print making process so clients understand the true value of the work. Then raise your prices once or twice a year after that. Good luck with your art business.

]]> By: Christopher https://artmarketingnews.com/art-prints/#comments/57743 https://artmarketingnews.com/?p=41503#comment-57743 Here in Los Angeles, the price of good copy-stand photography for art is about $200 per photo. You can get that a little cheaper if you do several at one time. The cost of a high quality print on decent paper (not the best) is about $50 to $80 per print, depending on the size. Again, this can be cheaper if you do more quantity at one time. That means you have to sell the first 10 prints for around $80 to $100 each to cover costs and have a little left over.

Anybody disagree with these numbers? I’d love to hear about cheaper alternatives.

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