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« Reply #450 on: December 13, 2013, 15:45 »
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I joined in March and have sold 2 cards, 1 iPhone case and 4 prints (3 this month). All of the prints were landmarks or cityscapes of Knoxville and Chattanooga and were purchased from 4 different cities in Tennessee. I have entered a few of their contests but haven't done any other type of marketing. I have 370 images online.


« Reply #451 on: December 14, 2013, 08:37 »
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My advice - concentrate on uploading a good number of appropriate works - i.e. things people would want to display in their homes.  Spend time on keywording and descriptions - people search for places.   Social network.  Plan for the long game as it takes time for search engines to find you.

Keep in mind that previous sales figure into the search engine.  Market outside of FAA.  Soliciting votes and comments from other members is a waste of time.  I've sold more the less I spent on FAA and the more I've spent creating work.

Looking at a four figure check from them this month.

ShadySue

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« Reply #452 on: December 14, 2013, 08:50 »
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If you look constantly at what sells, there are trends. In 'recently sold' photographs, I notice a large preponderance of US places and celebrities. even what might seem 'generic' is styled in an American way.
Of my meagre 5 sales, 4 were of US locations and one was a bird photographed here, but also found in the northern US (all bought by people located in the US). Also within my port, at least 80%, probably nearer 90% of what is searched on 'apparently' not by bots is of specific US relevance (not 'generic') despite only 1/6 of my port having that content.
Other subjects do sell, of course.

« Reply #453 on: January 22, 2014, 16:26 »
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One more person on board there :)
I've read everything you wrote on the forum about FAA and decided to take my chance (thanks for help!)... Lets see how it works :)
I was missing that thing a lot... First impression is great! Site is so friendly, products and prices are encouraging. Now, time to work! :)

ShadySue

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« Reply #454 on: January 22, 2014, 16:53 »
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I've forgotten how to do something, if I ever knew - can someone point me in the right direction?
I decided I was fed up with single sales of greetings cards, so yesterday, I upped the default price for a single card considerably, as I see several others have done.
So my default amount is showing with new uploads; when I go to the default page, my new amount is showing, but my older files still have the old price. Is there any was to make my new default apply to the older files?

Beppe Grillo

« Reply #455 on: January 22, 2014, 17:25 »
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I've forgotten how to do something, if I ever knew - can someone point me in the right direction?
I decided I was fed up with single sales of greetings cards, so yesterday, I upped the default price for a single card considerably, as I see several others have done.
So my default amount is showing with new uploads; when I go to the default page, my new amount is showing, but my older files still have the old price. Is there any was to make my new default apply to the older files?

Go to your artwork tab, there is a button "Bulk Edit Prices"
Select all images
Click on the button "Edit Checked Images Simultaneously"
Then you can choose what prices change (prints, cards, phone cases) 



ShadySue

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« Reply #456 on: January 22, 2014, 17:44 »
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Thanks - that's great!
« Last Edit: January 22, 2014, 17:49 by ShadySue »

ShadySue

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« Reply #457 on: January 22, 2014, 19:21 »
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Just discovered that the files I've been madly uploading recently are even lower in the default sort order than earlier uploads - three I checked have been right at the bottom of all the relevant searches on the search term. Weird and discouraging, as there is no indication of what the default sort is. I know there are other sorts, so I just tried 'random' on one two-word search, which mixes the relevant and non-relevant searches (non-relevant in this case being files which return only one of the two keywords). Impossible to know how many buyers use other than the default sort.

Also, looking at 'visitors', only the bot from Kiez, Germany is 'visiting' newly uploaded files. Almost 100% of the 'visits' to my files (other than 'visits' by people I know and the Kiez bot) are to files uploaded last Jan/Feb/March, especially March. That's on the last 5 pages of 'visitors' views (250+ 'visits'). Why would bots be visiting only files from these three months, sometimes several times in one day, but ignoring files uploaded since? Just weird.

« Reply #458 on: January 23, 2014, 10:58 »
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I've seen some weird ups and downs in image views - I don't think that information is accurate.  But some other people have been complaining about search order on FAA's forum.  It's pretty discouraging.  But like the micros, FAA can't resist fiddling with the search rules, and people find out they've wasted time and effort because the rules have changed.


« Reply #459 on: January 23, 2014, 20:28 »
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« Last Edit: January 23, 2014, 20:39 by LesPalenik »

« Reply #460 on: January 29, 2014, 15:27 »
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What a f...!?

I found this my photo on Amazon, but I was deleted it from FAA and now image is unavailable!!!
Should I upload it again or what!?

No one has informed me from FAA about it!  :o :P

ShadySue

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« Reply #461 on: January 29, 2014, 15:35 »
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What a f...!?

I found this my photo on Amazon, but I was deleted it from FAA and now image is unavailable!!!
Should I upload it again or what!?
No one has informed me from FAA about it!  :o :P

I'm slightly confused about your issue. You have deleted a photo from FAA, but now find it on Amazon? Maybe it was sent to Amazon before you deleted it (?)
Apparently they're not now sending to Amazon, but some photos previously sent there are still there.
You should take it up with FAA if you want it removed from Amazon.

« Reply #462 on: January 29, 2014, 15:44 »
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Yes they were sent on Amazon before I deleted them!

I have there free account from last month, just to see how is going there... So I delete photos to upload new because space is limited!

I don't want to delete them from Amazon, especially they are still there but unavailable...
I asked their support how to bring them back in life there...

I've heard that is good to have photo from FAA on Amazon, is it true?

P.S.

Another one:
http://www.amazon.com/Fall-fog-Canvas-Print-Art/dp/B00H3B4YI8
« Last Edit: January 29, 2014, 15:49 by borg »

ShadySue

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« Reply #463 on: January 29, 2014, 15:50 »
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I've heard that is good to have photo from FAA on Amazon, is it true?

I couldn't say, none of my prints made it over, as far as I know.

From my post in another thread here:
"The official announcement that the deal with Amazon is over is here:
http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=1600312
Scroll down until you find a post by Isabella F Abbie Shores on 12/15/2013: "I am sorry but, Amazon and FAA no longer have the arrangement for premium members, so we have removed the Amazon link from our premium package http://fineartamerica.com/membershipplans.html
We are sorry for the inconvenience this has caused."

« Reply #464 on: January 29, 2014, 16:17 »
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It seems it's over!
But my photos are there, I uploaded them in December, but I don't know which date exactly...
Weird!

« Reply #465 on: January 29, 2014, 20:36 »
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It seems it's over!
But my photos are there, I uploaded them in December, but I don't know which date exactly...
Weird!

Agree.  I was getting fairly regular sales but its all but dried up.  I think I had a $4 download for a post card last month and that's it.  Oh, and FAA Paypal'd me the 4 bucks last week.

ShadySue

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« Reply #466 on: January 29, 2014, 20:40 »
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It seems it's over!
But my photos are there, I uploaded them in December, but I don't know which date exactly...
Weird!

Agree.  I was getting fairly regular sales but its all but dried up.  I think I had a $4 download for a post card last month and that's it.  Oh, and FAA Paypal'd me the 4 bucks last week.
I've just put the price of a single greetings card base up to $4, but I previously had them at 75c, and FAA paid out one 75c payment, if applicable. I forgot to check how much I have to pay PayPal for them - maybe I'm out of pocket!

Ron

« Reply #467 on: January 30, 2014, 02:35 »
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It seems it's over!
But my photos are there, I uploaded them in December, but I don't know which date exactly...
Weird!

Agree.  I was getting fairly regular sales but its all but dried up.  I think I had a $4 download for a post card last month and that's it.  Oh, and FAA Paypal'd me the 4 bucks last week.
I've just put the price of a single greetings card base up to $4, but I previously had them at 75c, and FAA paid out one 75c payment, if applicable. I forgot to check how much I have to pay PayPal for them - maybe I'm out of pocket!
There are no PP fees on FAA. I once had a 3 doller payment and got it in full

« Reply #468 on: January 30, 2014, 21:57 »
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Sales of late seem to have slowed down but I did have 14 sales this month.  Some $5 phone cases, some $40 prints.

No doubt Nov and Dec are their biggest months with holiday sales.

Ron

« Reply #469 on: January 31, 2014, 05:22 »
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My sales between December and March plummet to zero. No idea why that is.

« Reply #470 on: January 31, 2014, 07:28 »
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Sales of late seem to have slowed down but I did have 14 sales this month...
Wow! That's something!
But nothing wonder if you have over 1300 interesting images here, congrats :)

Btw. could you please help me, how do you guys add FAA gallery into your symbio sites? I'm stuck with that and can't find help...

« Reply #471 on: January 31, 2014, 07:36 »
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It was so long ago.  Wish I could remember the exact method but basically you get the code from FAA under "Behind the scenes"  and then "marketing" and then "shopping cart widgets"

...

I was getting used regular sales several times a week.  Seemed like I was on gravy train.  Now the train is stopped in the station.

BTW - It takes a lot of time, outside marketing and a good amount of quality images to get the ball rolling.  Catch 22 is that sales get you higher in the search.  You can't rely on FAA to do any marketing for you.  People who just post 20 images and sit back and wait for buyers to magically find them are disappointed.

« Reply #472 on: January 31, 2014, 09:51 »
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Yes they were sent on Amazon before I deleted them!

I have there free account from last month, just to see how is going there... So I delete photos to upload new because space is limited







In case anyone doesn't know - the free account limits you to 25 images for sale at any one time. There is no limit to the amount of images you can upload. I assume you can change which 25 are for sale when you like (I never actually found this out as I upgraded to a paid account when I hit 25 uploads). In other words, you do not need to delete anything if you want to put new images up for sale. Regards, David.
« Last Edit: January 31, 2014, 09:54 by Newsfocus1 »

Uncle Pete

« Reply #473 on: January 31, 2014, 10:44 »
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No I didn't know! That was interesting if I care to upload something new, because I've been rotating things in and out, like some other people, by deleting and filling the holes.

In case anyone doesn't know - the free account limits you to 25 images for sale at any one time. There is no limit to the amount of images you can upload. I assume you can change which 25 are for sale when you like (I never actually found this out as I upgraded to a paid account when I hit 25 uploads). In other words, you do not need to delete anything if you want to put new images up for sale. Regards, David.

Can someone explain the Amazon thing. Gone for everyone or just pay accounts. One message seems to say one thing, another message says, "removed from pay account features".

I liked the plan to boost card pricing, so they either don't get sales or they are a fair return. Nice strategy.

Here's my question about searches at FAA. I tried to find the answer, and before I go through the testing with dummy words in titles and descriptions. (otherwise I'll have to go do it myself)

Does FAA only search Keywords? When I looked for the location Starved and the word Waterfall, one of mine didn't show. However the word waterfall was in the Title and so was Starved.

Anyone know for certain what of the three fields is searched. Or if there are others like Artists name that are searched. Looking for specifics, and this could help everyone here, get it right.

Thanks

ShadySue

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« Reply #474 on: January 31, 2014, 11:01 »
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Anyone know for certain what of the three fields is searched. Or if there are others like Artists name that are searched. Looking for specifics, and this could help everyone here, get it right.

If you look at the search, you can see that the default is keyword only.
Options from the dropdown are 'Title', 'artist', 'Title+artist', 'Keyword+artist'.
« Last Edit: January 31, 2014, 11:08 by ShadySue »


 

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