Sunday, August 22, 2010

Pricing art for art fairs?

I'll be involved in an art fair soon and I want some suggestions on how to price my "art"! I do graphics/digital type work! My market is in FLORIDA %26amp; and if you know any good research sites I could look at that would be perfect too!








Thanks all you smart gods %26amp; godesses!

Pricing art for art fairs?
Generally when pricing art you look at three things: how much the materials cost, how long it took you to make the piece of art, and how much people would be willing to pay for it. Since your art is digital, your materials would be the quality paper you print it on, the matting you put around it, and whatever else you do to it to get it ready to sell. You want to make sure to price your piece higher than the cost of materials. The next factor you need to look at is how much time you spent making each piece. Obviously you wouldn't charge as much for a piece that took you an hour as you would one that took you a week. You also have to think about how much your time is really worth. And last but not least, you need to find out how much people are willing to pay for your art. The best way to find this out is to ask around. Ask your friends, family, and neighbors how much they would pay for one of your pieces. Sometimes this can surprise you. If it is more than what you had it priced at, you might consider raising the price. And if it is less, I would definitely lower your prices. Good luck with your art fair, I hope everything works out for you!
Reply:Put as much as you can get away with. You can always scopew out the competition and lower or rise your prices to coincide.


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