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Limited Print idea
Wiren
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I have the start of an idea that I want to peruse.... Can a SM Hero answer please, keep in mind I am just kicking things around in my head at the moment and doubt this can be set up via SM... but it may be a nice option....
For those shots that you get that are just plain awesome.... the ones that everybody who sees it drops their jaw over....
I am wondering if upon upload, you can limit the size availability (I know that can be done via pricing) BUT..... also require it to come with whatever options you choose, e.g.
Print comes in 12x30, matted and framed - ONLY OPTION... price is $ xxxx and limited to 250 prints
Kind of like a limited collection..... thus making your print all the more special to those that follow your work.
Maybe I want a certin print to be available in 3 different sizes only and x amount of each size in a frame, x amount via metal print, etc, etc, etc.
I know some may think this is a silly idea, but how many of each print do you truly sell? I have a couple that are fairly popular and sell often (one in particular has probably been sold in various sizes about 2 dozen times), but some folks pass up thinking, "it will always be available if I choose to purchase it....." then they forget about it. I think it's an interesting notion and a way to pridefully offer your collection to those who truly appreciate art and further encourage a sale. Is something like this possible to be set up as an option for purchase?
Lee
For those shots that you get that are just plain awesome.... the ones that everybody who sees it drops their jaw over....
I am wondering if upon upload, you can limit the size availability (I know that can be done via pricing) BUT..... also require it to come with whatever options you choose, e.g.
Print comes in 12x30, matted and framed - ONLY OPTION... price is $ xxxx and limited to 250 prints
Kind of like a limited collection..... thus making your print all the more special to those that follow your work.
Maybe I want a certin print to be available in 3 different sizes only and x amount of each size in a frame, x amount via metal print, etc, etc, etc.
I know some may think this is a silly idea, but how many of each print do you truly sell? I have a couple that are fairly popular and sell often (one in particular has probably been sold in various sizes about 2 dozen times), but some folks pass up thinking, "it will always be available if I choose to purchase it....." then they forget about it. I think it's an interesting notion and a way to pridefully offer your collection to those who truly appreciate art and further encourage a sale. Is something like this possible to be set up as an option for purchase?
Lee
Lee Wiren
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In your Gallery Settings > Look and Feel section, you can set a display size for your photos. That is HIGHLY recommenced. That along with other info on protecting your images can be seen here: http://help.smugmug.com/customer/portal/articles/93274
There's no way of allowing X amount of prints from one image. What you can do once that image reaches your desired sales number, is set it to it's own pricelist, with ALL products disabled.
To make it available in certain sizes, again, use your pricelists. There you can choose from all of our lovely print options, and select the three that you want to sell.
I hope the above will help. If you have any further questions or problems, please let us know.
Cheers,
Nick Wilson
SmugMug Support Hero
Yeah, thanks Nick, but I would like it to be able to force the option of framing... so customer wants x print and knows the size... the price is set, but it includes the frame and matting..... all automatic.. because customers aren't very smart when it comes to the confusing purchase section, they seem to lose all ability to look at buttons to go on to the next step, it would be nice if they hit the "x" size for "x" price and automatically be taken to the check out screen. Thanks anyways.
so that you can:
1- sign the prints (using an acid free ink/ paint pen available at Hobby lobby or architect / artists supply stores)
2- number the prints and price accordingly
It seems taht I read somewhere and it could have been a fine arts class book...that one should do the whole run and sell it backward...so that 500 of 500 is the cheapest print and they get more expensive as they are sold off, now #1 is usually never sold so that the price just keeps growing as an investment .... also it worth will grow as other prints are damaged or destroyed....that is why after a set run was done with film images the original positive was destroyed, usually by pricking holes in them with a pin but a copy neg / transparency was made to make lesser valued prints so that sales could keep going if the artist wanted.....
Good Luck.
Thanks for your thought and comment Art, very interesting idea numbering backwards like that.... I am wondering... If I do limited prints in certain sizes... I could say limited to 250 prints... then # 151-250 and make them the smallest size... 51-150 in the next size up.. and reserve the smallest #'s - 1-50 for the largest of the prints (as probably fewer of those would sell). I'll have to think about that a bit more.
Lee