Faa Broker Original And Limited Editions

Great idea. For the right price I'd be happy to sell the "Original" of any image I've ever captured(assuming it's never sold previously of course), then promptly delete it from the site.

I only upload digital art here, but still create "original" art with traditional mediums and would love that! Can't imagine how that could work though.

When I first started here I thought the "Sell the Original" feature was to sell the actual image file - meaning selling all rights to the image. That was my interpretation. Which I have done and would do for the right price.

Anyway I was told that wasn't the intent of that.

"Sell the Original" is a great idea. I would certainly participate.

Surprised there are not more people weighing in on this. I know a lot more people have shown interest in this, and people use the system the way it is to sell originals.

If it was a fair exchange... then yes. Why not?

I have sold originals through the site - the buyers just contacted me through the contact option and then asked to purchase the originals which and I sent after being paid through PayPal. Given that I have the originals I don't know how else this could be done. Am I misunderstanding what you are asking?

As an aside, for reference, our local gallery now charges 40% commission which makes print sales through a POD significantly more profitable and hassle-free then selling originals.

I would like to be able to sell limited editions photos with auto-fulfillment, shipped with a COA or something of that nature.

30 to 50% commissions have been the gallery standard for as long as I can remember.

40% of a much larger number can be a lot more than all of a much smaller number. Originals should be a lot more money.

I am not looking for ideas on how it can be done. There are dozens of sites on the net that have been doing it for years, including Amazon, eBay, Bonanza, and several others that we can not mention here.

I do not doubt that if Sean wanted to do it, he could do and do it just as well as any of them.

People here sell originals through other platforms and do their own fulfillment. It would be a nice addition to their FAA presence, considering they are already doing marketing to attract people to their gallery.

I know it is not for everybody.

"I would like to be able to sell limited editions photos with auto-fulfillment, "

I don't see that in works at all. That is way too much work for FAA. I see it as the seller doing their fulfillment. They can print using the FAA wholesale program and have the prints sent to them for signing and fulfillment.

I am not looking to sell my own limited editions.

I am a dealer for several top limited-edition publishers. They do the fulfillment for me.

I also have a warehouse full of prints that I have bought over the years. A lot of it is a limited edition. I have been selling them for years and years, and I do my own fulfillment on my own inventory.

I would be interested in something like SAATCHI art does - especially for international sales. I'd rather not deal with shipping, customs, etc.

One thing. We often get emails from buyers of originals complaining that this, or that, artist sold them a piece and never sent it.

Nothing to do with us, thankfully, but they don't realise that at first.

Imagine if you will, FAA being responsible for all originals which have been paid for, but are never shipped to the customer.

The nightmare that the legal team would have.

This is just one reason I'm against it. The responsibility, and liability, is huge.

I'm sure there may be ways around that, but they'd have to be gone through in explicit detail beforehand, and even then it's a logistical nightmare

There is a way to do it and do it right.

As I mentioned above, several companies are doing it. I have used these platforms for years, even before FAA started. There is no need to reinvent the wheel.

You are getting complaints because you do not have a system overseeing the transaction. Most safeguards would be built into the payment systems (PayPal for instance) if FAA brokered the transaction. I would bet you would get fewer complaints. The buyer could just open a dispute with PayPal.

For any transaction that was not done through the designated payment system (cash, check, or credit card), the buyer would be on their own. If a seller had a poor performance, he would be banned from the system.

FAA has a massive penetration into the art-buying market. It would be nice if we could take advantage of that.

I get it; it would have to be profitable for FAA to the point they would want to get involved. I, for one, would be willing to pay for the service, and I am sure others would too.

There are probably hundreds of FAA members using some of these other services. Too bad more of them are participating in the threads.

Personally, I'd be perfectly happy if we could choose "limited edition prints" instead of just originals.

Yup, stated properly, even that would be a welcome improvement.