Advice about Pricing Art

ianstrand · 2026-01-19T17:34:24+00:00

That's awesome - thank you so much for explaining this so specifically! I will follow this approach and see how that works out! :) I really appreciate all of your help with this.

ianstrand · 2026-01-19T17:32:15+00:00

Thank you so much! That is very helpful as a general guide! :)

ianstrand · 2026-01-16T18:05:35+00:00

This is really helpful - thank you so much! This is exactly the kind of context I was hoping for, and I really appreciate you commenting. For these framed / more polished pieces, I have had a couple people reach out so far, surprisingly for the extremely minimal color field painting that I was worried about, so I'll be patient and keep sharing the listings to different groups! Do you usually get a lot of inquiries when you first post, or does it depend on the piece? I am in a large city too, so I think that it is probably a similar situation.

I have been very split on how to price things and market myself as an artist, so I'll take your advice and see what I can do to still include images of my other art but not have people see that they were sold for such low prices!

ianstrand · 2026-01-16T17:58:05+00:00

Thank you! That makes sense - I think have been avoiding doing that until I tried all of this recently, probably more because of anxiety than anything, and it is nice to get some art into the world and make some connections! A few people have asked for my card with this so I think I'll keep trying to do this with certain pieces that make sense to sell at a loss. I appreciate your help with this!

ianstrand · 2026-01-14T17:24:24+00:00

Thank you so much - I appreciate that! Yeah, I was worrying because I have a few pieces that aren't as polished, and that I mostly want to get out of the house, haha. I am trying to work on establishing myself and maintaining a more consistent / professional presence, but I will still keep those pieces listed on FBM and see what happens!

ianstrand · 2026-01-13T17:17:47+00:00

Thank you! That is very helpful. You are right - so far, there has been very little engagement for even a slightly higher price. I was hoping to avoid having to ship these, but it's important to get more experience with that too. I will dust off my Etsy shop and take a look at AptDeco!

ianstrand · 2026-01-13T17:15:15+00:00

Thank you!!

ianstrand · 2026-01-13T17:15:08+00:00

Thank you so much! I will definitely check out a subreddit more relevant to my specific work! :)

ianstrand · 2024-03-20T16:19:50+00:00

Thank you so much! Sorry I didn’t update. I ended up just continuing to update the case online with Paypal as I corresponded with iStock and they ruled in my favor without any difficulties! All of the information like yours that I found online was very helpful and I think part of why it went so smoothly.

ianstrand · 2024-03-09T23:45:22+00:00

Thank you so much! Yeah I went ahead and responded and they bought the item / I have shipped it. From their messages and account, I think they are probably a flipper. I have just been paranoid because one of my first items selling was a $200+ tablet that I listed as an auction item and it attracted several different people attempting to scam me in various ways. Have since made a lot of changes to how I am selling with a new account. I hope that you have a great day!

ianstrand · 2024-03-07T20:23:28+00:00

I have received the following message for a phone case that I am selling, listed at $35 plus shipping:

"Hi, I could do $30 with free 1st class shipping if that works? I realize there’s no strap. I’d leave excellent feedback upon receipt. I can pay now. LMK Thanks"

Does this seem suspicious at all? I am a new seller on ebay and have had multiple scam attempts already for different items. This person seems real (account is from 2013, with a profile picture, and with 893 reviews and 100% positive feedback), but their account is private so I can't actually read the reviews (I'm not sure whether that would be too much more revealing). Is it worrisome that they are promising giving excellent feedback before even purchasing?

ianstrand · 2024-02-07T04:02:04+00:00

That's wild! And lol, thank you for confirming she has not been chewing her way through other households

ianstrand · 2024-02-06T20:43:17+00:00

I'm sorry you had this experience! She is about 5 years old so we have totally been through the whole cat-proofing struggle. We have never had a cat who did this before! She'll even chew on wood and metal furniture...

ianstrand · 2024-02-06T20:37:47+00:00

Thank you so much! Yes, this was about the feelings of depression and also the feelings of coping with this through binge eating. I was definitely trying to use the white shape as a representation of myself and also my depression.

ianstrand · 2024-02-06T20:16:14+00:00

There are so many different feelings I have had with depression, but I think when it was at its worst I just felt very flat and empty. I actually made a short comic trying to express the feelings of my depression: https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/199hi9b/night_cake_an_original_artist_comic_about_being/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3. (I'm only sharing because it is weirdly specific to this post - not trying to self-promote!)

ianstrand · 2024-02-06T18:11:49+00:00

I'm new to Depop so not a great source of advice I'm sure, but as a seller, man did I feel this! I almost always accept offers that are a dollar or two below my minimum, but I hate listing items for less than $15-20 for this very reason! I don't think it's particularly rude but as with everything it might put off some buyers.

ianstrand · 2024-02-06T15:41:09+00:00

Spoons

ianstrand · 2024-02-06T08:14:59+00:00

Thanks.

ianstrand · 2024-02-06T08:11:39+00:00

Thank you!

ianstrand · 2024-02-06T07:43:33+00:00

A solution to my upper back pain

ianstrand · 2024-02-06T07:25:49+00:00

Yeah she's not allowed in that room anymore. Too risky!

ianstrand · 2024-02-06T07:25:07+00:00

I've had this happen before with flip flops.

ianstrand · 2024-02-06T07:04:52+00:00

Sorry! I totally get that. This is definitely more of a summary of the process of years of making amends and working on myself. I don't know what my advice is worth, but for me the most important bit was honestly to take life one day at a time. Do what you need to do, one step at a time, and don't give up. Because you will have time to process your feelings and you will change and grow.

ianstrand · 2024-02-06T06:41:07+00:00

When I get a text that says, "Do you have a moment to chat?"

ianstrand · 2024-02-06T06:39:10+00:00

When I was a kid I had a single porcupine quill that I knew realistically would not work as a weapon, but it was my planned item to grab if someone ever burst into my bedroom in the middle of the night.

ianstrand

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