FAA - The Largest Art Site in the World?

[Poncke]

I put some stuff up there in order to have a store where I could order my prints. I didn't try to promote my work there in any way and I've had $800 revenue in sales in two years, so I've built up my portfolio there to about 400 files.
There are several ways to use FAA. One is simply as a printer (their printing is very good and really quite cheap a 20x30 print costs me $35 + postage, but it will cost you $170 to buy my work there because of my $135 mark-up), another approach is to market yourself online in various forums to try to whip up interest in your work, and a third approach is to make direct contact with people in your area who have an interest in buying art and direct them to your "artist webpage" as being your sales site.
However, FAA does not do anything much in the way of marketing.

Interesting, thanks for the details. What sort of stuff sells there? I see you've got quite a range of images in your portfolio, not just 'fine art landscapes'.

Check their recent sales list. It will give an idea, but my sales are mainly skylines.

[gostwyck]

^^^ Thanks! Excellent website. I'll look forward to uploading some stuff there.

[BaldricksTrousers]

My best sale was a rather bizarre experimental black-and-white photo of a green pepper, somewhat in the style of Edward Weston, someone bought a 5ft high print of that. I don't know if this link will work: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/in-the-raw-paul-cowan.html

I've sold a picture of the architecture in Venice three times, an orange sunset, a Greek doorway, a couple of night scenes in Qatar - one of a museum another of an old dhow, so it's a mixture. A high proportion of those were shot on film rather than digital but that is probably just a coincidence.

I've just shot a series of classic cameras, using film for it to add to the retro feel. Maybe someday someone will want to decorate a bar or a studio reception area with something like that. Similarly with food: maybe that could find a place in a kitchen showroom or even in the home. Of course, there is a good chance that it will never sell - but that's the case with stock, too.

There's no inspection there, so you can post anything you like, which is quite refreshing.

[gostwyck]

^^^ Useful info. Thanks!

[gemmy12]

Interesting, So guys put same images in FAA what you sell elsewhere as RF RM in stock sites or your FAA port is completely different than your stock ports ? I do look  at the FAA recently sold items and those are mostly paintings.
Recently i came to know that in Zazzle also some people are selling  canvas and other stuffs for much higher price. Have a look-
http://www.zazzle.com/gifts?st=price

[Poncke]

I am not sticking up isolated stuff on FAA, nor seniors doing stuff, LOL. But everything that can pass as art or normal photos such as scenes, archticture, landscapes, the lot, etc, goes up

[gemmy12]

Ok Poncke. So did you succeed in selling your photographs there? If images are also sold frequently then 30$ a year is not much, one can try.
 what about RM images ? do any of you sell RM also in this site ? AFAIK, RM can also be sold in POD sites if not exclusive anywhere, am I right ?

[Poncke]

I made over 500 dollar in 6 months. Now at 200 dollar / month

[gemmy12]

its good earning from a POD site I would say.

[aeonf]

Has anyone found a more efficent way of uploading photos to FAA besides the "5 uploads at a time" ?

[jatrax]

Has anyone found a more efficent way of uploading photos to FAA besides the "5 uploads at a time" ?

None that I know of.

There was a thread awhile back on their discussion forum about someone wanting to build a Lightroom export plugin.  The answer from the moderator was that an API for FAA would not be published and that management preferred slow steady uploads rather than big portfolios being sent up.  AFAIK it never went any further.

http://www.zigzagmtart.com/

[Poncke]

Has anyone found a more efficent way of uploading photos to FAA besides the "5 uploads at a time" ?

Nope, and its dodgy as heck, I need to reupload 60% of my photos because of that dodgy HTML upload.

[ClaridgeJ]

Has anyone found a more efficent way of uploading photos to FAA besides the "5 uploads at a time" ?

Nope, and its dodgy as heck, I need to reupload 60% of my photos because of that dodgy HTML upload.

True!  they need to do something about their uploading precidure,  its a total joke. However, I have made more then 15K during 2012 there so its not a bad place. Arty-farty, yes but not a bad place.

[Poncke]

Has anyone found a more efficent way of uploading photos to FAA besides the "5 uploads at a time" ?

Nope, and its dodgy as heck, I need to reupload 60% of my photos because of that dodgy HTML upload.

True!  they need to do something about their uploading precidure,  its a total joke. However, I have made more then 15K during 2012 there so its not a bad place. Arty-farty, yes but not a bad place.

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/christian-lagereek.html

Is that your port?

[Elenathewise]

I had some sales on FAA but it's not something to retire on. If you compare it to stock sites, it would be in the "low earners" category (and on the lower side, too). I do like to have a place for my more artsy stuff, stock gets too boring once in a while.
Some people do better because they mostly create photographic art, which is more suitable for prints. Plain photos have to be outstanding or very original to be popular as prints.

[gostwyck]

Has anyone found a more efficent way of uploading photos to FAA besides the "5 uploads at a time" ?

Nope, and its dodgy as heck, I need to reupload 60% of my photos because of that dodgy HTML upload.

True!  they need to do something about their uploading precidure,  its a total joke. However, I have made more then 15K during 2012 there so its not a bad place. Arty-farty, yes but not a bad place.

That's amazing! You actually made more than $15K last year with no images in your portfolio and on a site that you only joined ... er ... yesterday? There is no beginning to your talent.

[Elenathewise]

Here are examples of what I sold on FAA this year:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/2-notre-dame-de-paris-elena-elisseeva.html
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/waterfall-elena-elisseeva.html
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-cityscape-of-saint-johns-from-signal-hill-elena-elisseeva.html

[Poncke]

Here are examples of what I sold on FAA this year:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/2-notre-dame-de-paris-elena-elisseeva.html
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/waterfall-elena-elisseeva.html
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-cityscape-of-saint-johns-from-signal-hill-elena-elisseeva.html

I see more people using their name in the image name and then it gets embedded in the URL. Will that help with sale, or with name exposure?

[gostwyck]

Here are examples of what I sold on FAA this year:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/2-notre-dame-de-paris-elena-elisseeva.html
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/waterfall-elena-elisseeva.html
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-cityscape-of-saint-johns-from-signal-hill-elena-elisseeva.html

Nice work! You even managed to sell an image of a waterfall too? I've spent hours sitting by waterfalls experimenting with various exposures ... but they never make any money in stock.

I like all the congratulatory comments too. Seems like a friendly and fun place to do business.

[Elenathewise]

Here are examples of what I sold on FAA this year:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/2-notre-dame-de-paris-elena-elisseeva.html
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/waterfall-elena-elisseeva.html
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-cityscape-of-saint-johns-from-signal-hill-elena-elisseeva.html

Nice work! You even managed to sell an image of a waterfall too? I've spent hours sitting by waterfalls experimenting with various exposures ... but they never make any money in stock.

I like all the congratulatory comments too. Seems like a friendly and fun place to do business.

Thanks!:) This particular waterfall actually did sell a few times as stock, but in my experience what sells as prints generally doesn't sell as stock. My stock bestsellers don't sell on FAA but some obscure travel images do! Maybe to increase my income from FAA I need to shoot some more obscure travel images... However as it's been pointed out here, the site's content is growing really fast, so good luck getting found there... my prediction is that eventually (pretty soon) the only way to make money through them will be self-advertising.

[steheap]

This thread has prompted me to get going on this site as well! I'm also the seller of a waterfall!
http://steven-heap.artistwebsites.com/saleannouncement.html?id=dc5063f6ca89b2ec779e5c51681e369a

I've just upgraded to the $30 package and am struggling (as have others) with their multiple file upload process. Glad it is not just me that has issues with this. Only 3000 images to go (at 1 minute each, that is around 50 hours I think!!)

Steve

[luissantos84]

the site's content is growing really fast, so good luck getting found there.

Fine Art America is home to 140,685 of the world's greatest living artists and photographers.   Browse through our collection of 3,869,997 images - all of which can be purchased as framed prints, canvas prints, greeting cards, acrylic prints, metal prints, posters, and more.   When you're ready, we'll deliver a museum-quality masterpiece right to your doorstep.

[Poncke]

Here are examples of what I sold on FAA this year:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/2-notre-dame-de-paris-elena-elisseeva.html
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/waterfall-elena-elisseeva.html
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-cityscape-of-saint-johns-from-signal-hill-elena-elisseeva.html

Nice work! You even managed to sell an image of a waterfall too? I've spent hours sitting by waterfalls experimenting with various exposures ... but they never make any money in stock.

I like all the congratulatory comments too. Seems like a friendly and fun place to do business.

It is to a certain degree, their forum is no different than any other forum with the same kind of population you have here or anywhere else 

[rubyroo]

I've spent hours sitting by waterfalls experimenting with various exposures ... but they never make any money in stock.

Hahaaaa... yes.  Best job in the world though isn't it? 

[aeonf]

How much do you guys price your pictures for sale ?