22 September, 2005
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Custom Print Pricing Now Available!

The day has finally come where you can enter your own prices for the ArtWanted.com print program. This new feature will let you set your own print pricing, exclude certain types of paper finishes and earn a higher commission on higher priced prints. Here are the details...

1) CUSTOM PRINT PRICING

We now offer the ability for you to set the price you want to sell your prints for on our site. In order to manage your custom pricing, we have created 'custom pricing groups'. The first step is to create a custom pricing group, then you enter the prices you want to sell the prints for and the last step is to assign a pricing group to a one or more images in your portfolio.

This may sound confusing at first, but once you see how it works, it's quite simple. We created pricing groups for many reasons. The biggest reason is so you don't have to change the prices of dozens of images to the exact same amount. Another reason was once you make a price change it can filter down to multiple images instantly. You can also use these groups to exclude certain paper finishes for all your prints.

Some artists may not have any custom pricing groups, while others may have unique special pricing for each image in their portfolio. We estimate that most artists will have 1-2 pricing groups (ie. Low Priced, High Priced), but there is no limit to how many groups you create.

To start setting up your custom pricing groups, simply go to the Custom Print Pricing page within your members area. From there, just follow the steps to create a group, change prices, then assign these pricing groups to your images.

2) LIMITING FINISH SIZES

ArtWanted.com currently offers 3 paper finishes with our print program: Gloss, Matte & Lustre. If you wish to exclude one or two of these finishes on your artwork, simply change the price to $0 when editing your custom pricing. Any sizes/finishes with a $0 price will not be available on the website for purchase.

3) HIGHER COMMISSION

As we have mentioned on the website and the print agreement, you have the chance to make a higher commission on the prints you sell on ArtWanted.com. This is done by setting the retail price to be at least twice our default suggested price. We realize that some artists charge a much higher amount for their prints, so we take less on these sales. Once the retail amount reaches twice our default price, then the artist will make 75% of the sale price, instead of the default 50% (after the base price is paid).

4) CUSTOM PRICE TESTING

We encourage you to setup custom pricing for your prints and let us know your feedback. Our staff has tested all of the pages and functions, but it was a large change to our print program and there might be a bug or two hiding somewhere. Let us know how we might improve the process for you as well.

5) PRINT PROGRAM SUMMARY

For those of you that are new to the print program...ArtWanted.com now offers a quality print service for our premium members, so they can buy/sell high-resolution prints of their artwork. For more information on this program, visit the page below:

http://www.ArtWanted.com/Members/Prints

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Jane McIlroy 22 Sep 2005

I have tried twice to enter custom prices for prints of my images - each time I click the Submit button, the next page says that my prices have been saved and my commission amount updated.

BUT - the print prices and commission amounts stay the same as they were before I changed them, and the prices on the portfolio page hasn't changed either.

I followed all the instructions to the letter - what went wrong?

Nancy Costley 22 Sep 2005

Me too!


ArtWanted.com Staff 22 Sep 2005

Thanks for the note. Please e-mail us what prices you are trying to change and the new amount so that we can try it on our end.

We have seen a ton of new pricing for different amounts, so we do know that many people are able to get this working. If you can't get it to save a price, try doing it with and without the dollar sign.

Jane McIlroy 22 Sep 2005

Me stupid - it works perfectly WITHOUT the dollar sign! (It's a spreadsheet, right?)

Thanks, AW!


ArtWanted.com Staff 23 Sep 2005

We have removed the dollar sign from the edit field and this seems to have fixed the bug where your changes were not being saved.

sher richardson 23 Sep 2005

Thankyou Andy and AW....

You all will have continued success due to one thing... you listen and react... As the 'first generation' of online artists and historic in our endeavors, i hope that this site will set the standard for futures online art sites...

I certainly will give this new print and custom artist pricing a try... (it might take me a few days/weeks/ to figure out how to do it since i am not the sharpest pencil in the box: ) But again, thankyou!

And special thoughts for the Gulf Coast area..... ::tries to remember if Utah is on the Gulf Coast::

: )


ArtWanted.com Staff 24 Sep 2005

Thanks for the comments Sher. We figure, what's the point of having an artist community, if you don't listen to the community and shape the website to what everyone wants.

Beth Thompson 05 Oct 2005

I received prints today to try out the program. The shipping was quick and they came safely packaged. The prints however are too green tinted, something that didn't happen on three different printers I've tried with the same file. And I don't like how they look on photo paper. I will try again if you ever start printing on art paper. Thanks and good luck with this program. I'm going to keep an eye on it.

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