Pricing help?

Kootenay · May 7, 2014

Ok, so a girl from Poland wants to buy digital copies of some of my photos to print herself. She wants 13! photos, and I am just not sure at ALL what to charge for this. I would just email her high resolution, unwatermarked photos.

People have had massively varying opinions on what to charge, so I wanted some more opinions!

Sekah · May 7, 2014

I have a friend who purchases photos regularly and has paid as little as $5 and as much as $100 for a digital photo. So, yeah, opinions vary wildly as to the cost and value of photos. I'd probably request somewhere in the $20-$50 range each, depending on what they might be used for.

xpaeanx · May 7, 2014

I think it would depend on the use of them.

Are they just for putting up in her house? Are they to decorate walls at a business? Are they being used for advertisement for her company?

Kootenay · May 7, 2014

xpaeanx said:

She said they would be for in her house.

I'm inclined to go on the low end of the spectrum, especially since she wants so many of them.

Thanks for the input Sekah! Really massive range, this is why I was so confused!

AgilityPup · May 7, 2014

I sold some I took from an agility trial at 10$ each and 5$ each after the 3rd, I believe. But that was because I had several people from the trial buying, so I was able to sell them cheaper. And honestly, the quality of your photography is much higher than mine so I think you'd be fair to charge more.

If it was me, I'd probably do $15 per, with each one after the 5th at $10.

JustaLilBitaLuck · May 7, 2014

Since they're digital copies, so she's paying for printing/framing, and they're for personal use...I would go in the $20-30 range per photo. Since she's buying so many of them, maybe offer a discount? Like 10% off the set, or $30 for thr first 10, $20 for each additional?

That's awesome that someone wants to buy them! Your photography is gorgeous!

kady05 · May 7, 2014

*I* personally would never sell high resolution digitals to anyone unless it was at a ridiculous price. Just not my thing for a lot of reasons. One being that I want complete control over my images, and handing them over to someone to print at who knows where is not something I'm comfortable with.

I do give people resized, watermarked digitals with every print they buy though (they buy an 8x10, they get a resized digital of that picture).

Anyway, don't sell yourself short. $15 for a high resolution digital is just crazy, IMO.

release the hounds · May 7, 2014

kady05 said:

*I* personally would never sell high resolution digitals to anyone unless it was at a ridiculous price. Just not my thing for a lot of reasons. One being that I want complete control over my images, and handing them over to someone to print at who knows where is not something I'm comfortable with.

I do give people resized, watermarked digitals with every print they buy though (they buy an 8x10, they get a resized digital of that picture).

Anyway, don't sell yourself short. $15 for a high resolution digital is just crazy, IMO.

What she said

~Jessie~ · May 7, 2014

kady05 said:

*I* personally would never sell high resolution digitals to anyone unless it was at a ridiculous price. Just not my thing for a lot of reasons. One being that I want complete control over my images, and handing them over to someone to print at who knows where is not something I'm comfortable with.

I do give people resized, watermarked digitals with every print they buy though (they buy an 8x10, they get a resized digital of that picture).

Anyway, don't sell yourself short. $15 for a high resolution digital is just crazy, IMO.

Completely agreed

iriskai · May 7, 2014

I paid $50 for three digital photos I had done of Mimi for an eZine ad.

milos_mommy · May 7, 2014

Can you get a signed release saying she will only use the photos for personal use/home use, and not for business or advertising?

I would charge on the lower-middle of the spectrum, personally. Your photos are a great quality, but she's buying a larger volume, and, as far as I know you aren't frequently selling prints or a well-known artist. Consider the time you spent both shooting and editing, though, as well as communicating with her.

I'd probably charge her $20 each. Or $250 even.

Oko · May 7, 2014

kady05 said:

*i* personally would never sell high resolution digitals to anyone unless it was at a ridiculous price. Just not my thing for a lot of reasons. One being that i want complete control over my images, and handing them over to someone to print at who knows where is not something i'm comfortable with.

I do give people resized, watermarked digitals with every print they buy though (they buy an 8x10, they get a resized digital of that picture).

Anyway, don't sell yourself short. $15 for a high resolution digital is just crazy, imo.

+1

JazzyTheSibe · May 7, 2014

kady05 said:

*I* personally would never sell high resolution digitals to anyone unless it was at a ridiculous price. Just not my thing for a lot of reasons. One being that I want complete control over my images, and handing them over to someone to print at who knows where is not something I'm comfortable with.

I do give people resized, watermarked digitals with every print they buy though (they buy an 8x10, they get a resized digital of that picture).

Anyway, don't sell yourself short. $15 for a high resolution digital is just crazy, IMO.

This, all of this.

Kootenay · May 8, 2014

Thank you all very much for your opinions!

While I completely understand this viewpoint, for me in this situation it feels like an ok thing to do. I don't feel all that proprietorial of my photos, they are in various places on the internet and I suspect some have been "stolen" before. And I am always broke, this seems like a nice way to make a little bit of extra money for almost no work at all. We'll see, maybe I will regret it, but for now I feel ok about selling a few photos. If she uses them for something else, it'll be too bad, but not the end of the world.

release the hounds · May 8, 2014

In the end, whatever you're comfortable accepting is what you should sell them for. Myself? I give all mine away if someone wants them because I only take pictures of my stuff and friends and I'm certainly no professional. I make money doing other things and photography is strictly a hobby for me.

If photography is your profession or something you hope to make money at, then position yourself as a pro. I've seen some of your pictures and you have some very good work. At least as good as others i've seen charging 30-60 bucks just for a single print and thats after a sitting fee. Digital "rights" to certain prints I see going for 150 on up, at least when i've inquired about it. 3-500 wasn't really a high number either, and that wasn't getting a high res digital file to own, that was just the right to make a couple prints from that file.

however you decide is obviously fine, but I would say if you're wanting to make money as a "pro" then position yourself as one and make it happen. Nothing wrong with just making a couple bucks from photo's either if that's all you're looking for.

release the hounds · May 8, 2014

did you check this place out? You'll probably get people to respond with a bit more experience with what you're looking for.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=23

Xandra · May 8, 2014

release the hounds said:

They even have a sticky on how much to charge:
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=61210

AllieMackie · May 8, 2014

Kootenay said:

Agreed with what everyone else has said about the ridiculous price ranges - but keep in mind that undercharging yourself also harms other professional-level photographers in the industry selling prints of their work. It's the same in the art industry and I see it every day - people won't pay $15 for a print of my work because there's a thousand people selling prints for $3 on DeviantART.

You don't have to charge a mint, but please please don't undersell yourself either. Your work is worth it.

RedHotDobe · May 9, 2014

We've bought photos from the track photographer before and it's been two for $15. Full resolution, no watermark. Photos from photographers on TOD are about the same - $7 or $8 per photo, discounts on multiples.

Kootenay · May 9, 2014

release the hounds said:

In the end, whatever you're comfortable accepting is what you should sell them for. Myself? I give all mine away if someone wants them because I only take pictures of my stuff and friends and I'm certainly no professional. I make money doing other things and photography is strictly a hobby for me.

If photography is your profession or something you hope to make money at, then position yourself as a pro. I've seen some of your pictures and you have some very good work. At least as good as others i've seen charging 30-60 bucks just for a single print and thats after a sitting fee. Digital "rights" to certain prints I see going for 150 on up, at least when i've inquired about it. 3-500 wasn't really a high number either, and that wasn't getting a high res digital file to own, that was just the right to make a couple prints from that file.

however you decide is obviously fine, but I would say if you're wanting to make money as a "pro" then position yourself as one and make it happen. Nothing wrong with just making a couple bucks from photo's either if that's all you're looking for.

That all makes sense to me. At this point in time, it's mostly a hobby, I'm happy to make a few bucks here or there but I don't consider myself a pro yet. We'll see where it goes.

Anyway again thanks for your opinions, everyone!

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