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<blockquote data-quote="KitanaVorr" data-source="post: 705263" data-attributes="member: 9167">It comes down to this.People will pay for the art they can afford and people will pay whatever they believe the art is worth to them.You can't really convince someone who doesn't believe that the art is worth that much to them (no matter how high its worth is to you) that whatever price you set is what they should pay.&nbsp; Just find a buyer willing to pay your price and ignore those who don't.Its really a combination of trial and error to find the right pricing structure for your art.&nbsp; But fear not!&nbsp; The more well known and accomplished you are, the more prices your art commands.&nbsp; The hard part is getting to that renown.I'm a writer and it works the same way with art.&nbsp; Yeah I know my poem/short story is a masterpiece...but they don't know me, so they will charge this horrible price to use my work.&nbsp; However, once they develop a relationship with me, once their readers develop a relationship with me, I can up my price each time until its where it wants to be.This happens in every profession.&nbsp; You've got to pay the price of starting out as an unknown (no matter how outstanding your art is) before you can command prices that other artists of more renown command.&nbsp; This can take years.&nbsp; There's no fast track.&nbsp; But if you alienate your consumers/buyers by insulting them...then what are you going to do then?That you do the art for yourself is a good thing, but if you want to sell your art at prices people are willing to buy (and yes they are mostly ignorant of the basic material costs...just explain it to them politely) then do your art for your niche market or find a niche market that appreciates your art and sell there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KitanaVorr, post: 705263, member: 9167"] It comes down to this. People will pay for the art they can afford and people will pay whatever they believe the art is worth to them. You can't really convince someone who doesn't believe that the art is worth that much to them (no matter how high its worth is to you) that whatever price you set is what they should pay. Just find a buyer willing to pay your price and ignore those who don't. Its really a combination of trial and error to find the right pricing structure for your art. But fear not! The more well known and accomplished you are, the more prices your art commands. The hard part is getting to that renown. I'm a writer and it works the same way with art. Yeah I know my poem/short story is a masterpiece...but they don't know me, so they will charge this horrible price to use my work. However, once they develop a relationship with me, once their readers develop a relationship with me, I can up my price each time until its where it wants to be. This happens in every profession. You've got to pay the price of starting out as an unknown (no matter how outstanding your art is) before you can command prices that other artists of more renown command. This can take years. There's no fast track. But if you alienate your consumers/buyers by insulting them...then what are you going to do then? That you do the art for yourself is a good thing, but if you want to sell your art at prices people are willing to buy (and yes they are mostly ignorant of the basic material costs...just explain it to them politely) then do your art for your niche market or find a niche market that appreciates your art and sell there. [/QUOTE]

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