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Archive: Business Questions for the Community
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Well, I have always believed in not putting the prices on the website. For many reasons, but the main one has always been that it is not done by really established and top artists and galleries. I suppose in the art circles that I am in everyone thinks it lowers the standards. Discreet and snobby! Ha ha!
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Michal i see the same at high end galleries. No prices. One time i inquired about a piece, through the website link (more of an experiment for my art class). They promptly replied with “Thank you very much for your enquiry. We are asking $18,000 for this work” 🙂
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It appears I am totally in the minority for not putting prices. Hmmm. Well, I can learn from that. But how does one post prices tastefully? I also usually do what you do, TaLisa, have a hidden page with prices that I can send anyone a link to.
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Also, what do you do when you’ve sold work? I am not sure I like seeing a “sold” under a work. How can this be tasteful and keep that air of calibre? Either you have it because you have a big name or you are trying to appear like you have it. My site is trying to appear like I have it! Am I totally on the wrong track?
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I don’t have prices on my website right now but I’m planning to add them soon. Like said by others, if I don’t see a price on something I want to buy I most of the times don’t inform because I’ll think it must be very expensive.
To Michal: I think putting sold under a work will be good for business because people are more confident to buy when they know other people have bought…
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I don’t have prices either, Michal. I see my website as an online portfolio, and at the moment I don’t feel I want to put a shopping basket and prices up.
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I actually got rejected by a gallery I submitted to because I do have my prices listed on my website. I inquired after getting the rejection and that is what they told me. So I am thinking of taking my prices off my website moving forward. I do hesitate though because, I feel, like others have said here, that without the prices being listed, I will lose some buyers who will not take the extra step and email.
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To further that, we are creating but we are also trying to build value into something that is generally very cheap in material terms to make. And building a luxury item is all about quality versus quantity and building a brand. I always believed it was something to do with “if you need to ask the price, you can’t afford it”. But hey, I could be wrong.
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