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American Frame Starting a New Line of Business
leaf:
likewise, i would be interested in hearing if you get any sales there.
I guess for american frame it is a way for them to sell more frames.
admart01:
I wiill let you know -- the sales option hasn't started yet -- still having aritst upload. I set the price and I get 100% (I'm mostly in the 4 -5 range) and depending on the type of paper you choose they seem to mark up ~ 100% to 150% for the finished photo price -- frames, mats, etc are extra. One interesting option is that you can have the shot printed on canvas or dry-mounted. They have sent me a sample of the paper. I'm waiting to hear that they've improved the selection process -- very icky.
Greg Boiarsky:
What do you mean by "icky"?
--- Quote from: admart01 on May 11, 2006, 15:54 ---I wiill let you know -- the sales option hasn't started yet -- still having aritst upload. I set the price and I get 100% (I'm mostly in the 4 -5 range) and depending on the type of paper you choose they seem to mark up ~ 100% to 150% for the finished photo price -- frames, mats, etc are extra. One interesting option is that you can have the shot printed on canvas or dry-mounted. They have sent me a sample of the paper. I'm waiting to hear that they've improved the selection process -- very icky.
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admart01:
--- Quote from: Greg Boiarsky on May 11, 2006, 18:36 ---What do you mean by "icky"?
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The process to add "products" is very detailed, giving the artist a lot of control over the look of the finished product. With all that control comes a cost of time.
For instance, you have a choice of 4 photographic papers, dry mount, 4 canvas options. Each one, if you'd like your artwork displayed on it, is a product that has to be selected and added (two screens each).
For every product you also have the choice of size to the 1/16 of an inch. The upload proportions are displayed along with the high, very good, average, and poor (ie. not printable) ranges. You must select a length/width size for every entry. For example you could select an 8/10 on high quality paper, a 4/5 on high quality paper, an 8/10 on average quality paper, a 4x5 on average quality paper, etc. etc. No info is saved after you say add so the back arrow does you no good. You move a sliding scale that keeps the proportions but is very sensitive.
Bottom line - to add 8 products takes a good 10 - 15 minutes with a lot of clicks. I'm still awaiting the copy/paste feature that would reduce the work some. I've added at least 4 products for each of my 35 shots just to have something to offer so I can see if anything sells. So far they have not turned on the option for their customers.
Greg Boiarsky:
Yeah--it's icky, all right. I posted six images, one product per image. I have very little confidence in it.
What bothers me most, and may drive me to remove my images, is that the preview image is quite large and NOT watermarked. Anyone can download it. I don't really feel like giving away my images.
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