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omgmog.net - The collected works of Max Glenister

Or you could buy a prints account and support the site....

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The true value of art lies in the emotional effect created. – Me

i dont think phill is up with the idea of losing the 10% or whatever it is, for each sale..

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omgmog.net - The collected works of Max Glenister

I did some math, eh.

daPrints: 25 dollar one-time fee.
I get only 50% of any price I set - so out of the 10 bucks for an 8x10 I get 4 or 3 something because of the base cost 'clause'.
I then only get paid only if I accumulate 20 bucks every trimester.
So I'm already 25 dollars into the shitter up to 3 months at least into the program - and we all know that at 3 something of profit to myself I won't sell enough in a year to make up for it (I don't have high hopes for selling my prints, mind you).

Basic daPrints:
I get about 10% of the overall profit. I don't know the base prices nor the standard prices (which I cannot change) but I'm guessing they are a little above 10 dollars; but if we were to keep it at my pricing, I wouldn't make a dollar for every print I sell.

My way:
30 minutes per print, about 50cents CDN (25 cents for 2 8x10 sheets in case I screw up - I buy the chemicals for my own use as it is) a print plus shipping, which I've already pointed out is separate.
That means in one 8x10 I make about $9.50. Honestly, I don't know why I'm offering 4x6's at 8 dollars (total profit $7.75) as they take more work to do than a sole 8x10 but hey, why not.

From my perspective, I'm getting shafted either way if I use DA. - particularly because I'm not good/popular enough to sell enough to make back what I've spent.
My way, if I sell one print at my pricing I get more money than if I were to sell 8 prints in daPrints (considering initial cost, which is there and that 8 prints x 4 dollars something on my end per print = 32 dollars - 25 dollars = 7 dollars) ON THE SPOT or (if I were to keep the prices at 10 bucks an 8x10, which I can't) 10 prints in Basic. Let's not forget I want to make money out of my hobby, not insure people can have copies of my work.

Even the consumer is better off:
Highest quality possible in a print (I use Film and Film alone. Personally, at least, it can't get any better than an actual print in light sensitive paper, versus a printed copy of a scan from the negatives). Signed by the artist. At a low price (for I'd have to raise prices to make any decent amount of money back), without any middlemen .

Now, if I were to use a digital camera or I did paintings or drew or did anything that is a son of a bitch to replicate, it would a good deal of sense to use daPrints.
However, I don't .

So, the standing question is: do I look stupid to you ? (you don't have to answer that :B)

If I want to support the site, I'll get my money's worth and buy a damned subscription. I won't, however, put myself 25 dollars (american, was it?) in the hole just for the site, then watch as I get 50% of the my work's worth.

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"J'ai mal à la tête et à l'univers."

you only get 10% , which is different.

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"J'ai mal à la tête et à l'univers."