New Members - Start Here

David, I reactivated this so people could ask for help direct. I hope you do not mind

I was surprised to see it here - But No - I do not mind at all.

Thank you, this post was very informative because I just joined today.

Your welcome Monisha - glad it was helpful

This was really helpful thanks!

Your welcome Stefani - Remember to rotate your profile picture so we can see you better : )

Thanks for reposting this, Abbie. This was very helpful in getting me started.
I have a question about submitting art:

I'd like to submit a .png that's used only for t-shirts.
I'd like to submit a separate .jpg with my own background for other artwork.

If I do NOT want the .png to be used for other artwork, do I simply delete the pricing? Please advise.

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I have a second question about image collections and galleries.
Does the art I upload automatically populate my image collections? If not, how do I set up galleries and image collections?

Thanks for your support as I figure out the workflow here!javascript: document.replyForm.submit();

Sally

Hi Sally,

When you are uploading an image each product (Apparel, Puzzles, Tote Bags, etc.) will have a "Customize Product" Button, select that button and that will allow you to size the image and upload other images such as PNG images.

So you can upload a JPG for the main image and also upload a PNG for select products.



Collections:

On your main page - click on "Collections" just below your profile image >

Top Center of page click on "Create New Collection" >

Fill in the collection Name and Description > Don't forget to hit the submit button >

Now - While you are uploading an image and customizing products you will see your collections and you can chose to add that image to any of your collections.



I would suggest you go ahead and hit the "Upload Image" button just above your Profile Picture and run though a practice upload - you can back out anytime before you hit submit and this will help you get used to the upload tool.


Same with the rest of the site - just visit all the areas of the site to see what everything does.

Im having trouble submitting my artwork due to the file format and I have tried several acceptable formats could someone be kind enough to instruct me the proper way so I don't pull what little hair I have left out.

Hi Tony,

This can happen when you have just uploaded from an SD card version or are using a mobile device. Their updates stopped images saving as jpg and are now saving as HEIC or HEIF

You can go into your settings on your mobile devise and change it to not do that.



This can also happen to any image.

You may need to open your photo editor and open the image and then RE-SAVE AS jpg or png

Hi My name is showing Lyne Seguin, but I wish for my art for my profile, that LM Séguin would show no accent is ok
can you help me please thank you

if I want a shower curtain with one of my paintings for surprise, how could I proceed, thank you, i would buy it myself. Thank you

Hi Lyne,

If you only want your name changed next to your Profile Image you can follow the instructions below.

But if you want your URL changed you will need to contact Tech Support by scrolling to the footer of this page and using the Contact Us button.

To only change the name next to your profile image:
Hover over your name (Upper Right Corner) then - on the drop down menu
Click (Settings > Scroll down and hit (Contact Information) > Change your name and don’t forget to hit (Save Changes)
Remember – doing this will only make changes to the name on the screen – it will not change your URL


To purchase a Shower Curtain:

Go to your Pixels Store - https://pixels.com/profiles/lyne-seguin?tab=artwork

Sign in with your normal sign in information

Select the image you want > Click Home Décor > Shower Curtain and make your purchase.

The price you see on the screen is your price without your mark-up

Thank you for this information. I've been hopefully doing this correctly all this time, but I'm going back over things to make certain now.
I find it hard sharing information about myself, but if needs must then I will. I will try and make it more interesting to potential (hopefully) customers.

Will you get paid using the PayPal linked to the email the account is setup with or will it ask for you preferred PayPal when the time comes?

Hi Kathleen, I often go over my site to see what needs to be cleaned up or changed - Thanks for dropping by and reading my post. Glad you found some helpful information.



Hi Ashley, Welcome to FAA / Pixels glad you joined - - Have Fun creating and I wish you luck. - You just need to add the PayPal email you used to open your PP account.

Hi David,

Thanks for the tips. I'm going to try them out in the next couple of days. I don't mind experimenting, but having a few guideposts along the way is extremely helpful.

I'm also enjoying everyone else's questions and your answers. Very helpful.

Thanks,
Sally

Great information shared for beginners on FAA. i just joined & thank you for the help extended.

I look forward to seeing some of your work Sally.


Welcome to FAA / Pixels Santosh - Good luck with your new endeavor.

Thank you so much this was helpful. I have a question, I uploaded my bio on the fine Art America site but when I go to my personal pixel site my bio says coming soon. How do I add my bio to my personal website?
Thanks
Ann

Hi Ann,

I see your Bio on your Fine Art America and your Pixels sites.

When it comes to your Premium Pixels site you will need to enter your Bio again - the Bio does not auto fill in the premium site.


Open your Premium Pixels site > Sign In > Click Edit (Upper right) > Click Homepage (Left Menu) > Click About > Fill in your info and don't forget to hit Save Changes when your done.

Thank you so much David I have updated it now. I know where to come with my questions now. 🙂

Actually I just thought of another question. I have had one of my paintings featured in a group and I want to post a picture of it and thank them. How do I upload the picture to the message?
Thanks
Ann

Hi Ann,

Just open the image in question >

Scroll down the right hand side until you see EMBED >

Under Embed - copy the code >

Paste that code in the discussion post >


NOTE: you will only see the code until you hit "Post Reply" - then the image will show

David, this is such helpful information. Thank you!!! I have been trying to figure out if there is a way to have one of my images only visible to people I give a link to. I'm in a group of artists, and we want to upload the group logo so that members can order items with the logo. But we don't want people who are NOT members to be able to purchase items with the logo on them. Is this possible?

Thank you!

Hi Leslie,

Yes there is a great way to do just that.

With a private collection - I see you already have three collections so this will be easy for you.



Making A Private Collection

You can make a private collection where only you or someone you give the password to can view the images in that collection.

Sign-In to your account

Open “Collections” Just under your Profile Image

Near the top of the page (Center) open “Create New Collection”

Name the Collection and just under Collection Description open the drop-down menu on Password Protected and select yes – Enter Password and don’t forget to hit “Submit” before closing.

Note: when you are signed-in you will be able to see the password protected images – But visitors cannot see them without the password.


If you want to keep those images private do not put them in any collection except that private collection.

You can have more than one private collection if you need to.

Now - give your group the password and you can all see them. - But no one else can.

Thanks for all the info David! Do you believe the premium membership is worth it starting out? Thanks!
Steph

Hi Steph,

I certainly do believe the premium membership is well worth it.

The premium Pixels site alone is more than worth the $30.00 (Since your own work and no other artist's can be seen there)

Then there is the fact that you can upload thousands of works instead of just 25.

Hi David ,

Thank you for these important and distinctive signs.

Please accept my sincerest gratitude.

Your Welcome Majed - Welcome to Fine Art America / Pixels

Hi Dave. Thank you for this thread. I am so confused about pricing. I understand that I can enter a markup but where do I find the base price for prints, etc.

Hi Leah,

All markups are input in USD.

FAA does not work with percentages.

You are licensing images to show on products FAA sells. You are not selling the products. Therefore FAA prices the products and you tell FAA what dollar markup you want for the size image used

You can add your markup for $10 for an 8.0' x 6.4' ... $25 for a 12.0' x 9.6'... or $199 etc. Whatever you want..

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The final prices are a collaboration of

1. What you put in your markup. That is what you will actually earn for a sale.
2. If your markup is $50 or under, FAA adds $5. If your markup is over $50 FAA adds $5 + 10%
3. Plus FAA’s printing costs

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All of FAA’s wall décor is custom priced and produced based on your unique image sizes. So the easiest way to figure out base costs for your unique image sizes is to set all of your print markups for that image to $1. Then just see the resulting retail prices by size, and subtract your $1 markup by size to figure out our base costs for each.

Because FAA’s shipping prices are also specific to your custom image sizes, the easiest way to figure out shipping charges is to add one of your images as a canvas print (or any other wall décor option that you want to figure out ship costs for) to a cart on our FAA or Pixels.com site, enter a US or international shipping address representative of where your customers are likely to be shipping your orders to, and see the ship price that the site shows you.

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The Price and Dimensions area should be totally ignored if you are not selling original sculptures, paintings etc. We do not charge or take commissions on these.

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If you choose not to sell something, leave the space for markup totally blank. Not even a space.

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Use DEFAULT SETTINGS to set your markup for future images

You can see the base prices of all non-print products by opening Default Settings

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While signed into your account

Hover over the blue line below your name (Upper right hand corner)

On the drop-down menu click on (Settings)

Click on (Default Settings)

Scroll down and Set your markup for the products you wish to sell, don’t forget to click (Save Changes)

Note: If you do not wish to sell a certain product (Leave the markup blank) no 0 no dash

This will set prices on all your future images you upload.

Helpful thanks :)

Hi David, the information provided has been really helpful to me, thank you! :-)

Hi Asta and Anjana,

Welcome to FAA / Pixels good luck in your new endeavor.

Glad the information has helped.

Thank you David for all the good information. Although I have been a member for several months now, I still found some good information after rereading the New Member message.

Hi Charlene,

Funny you should mention that -

I dig-in behind Settings and even after 10 years - I still learn something new.

Same with following the discussion forum - One of the artist will answer a question for someone and I will think - Darn! I didn't know that.

This is super helpful! Thanks!

Your welcome Jasmine - welcome to Fine Art America - Have fun creating and good luck selling.

Thanks a bunch.

Am I the one who will print and send orders such as pillows, towels and so on??

Welcome to FAA Martin and Rahmad,


Rahmad - No - You create and post wonderful images, market your site and get paid your markup - FAA does everything else.


FAA Manages the site - takes care of the sale - collects the money - prints the products - packages the order - ships the order to the customer - handles any returns or cancelations and sends the markup to you.

Tx a lot David for this post. I really appreciate. I just started with FAA and am going to write my biography as you mentioned.

Your welcome Patrick - Glad you joined - I wish you good sales.

Bonjour,
Je suis toute nouvelle; le forum est très important . On ne se sent pas trop isolée dans le monde créatif de FAA,
entre la découverte du Site, le vocabulaire technique , la rigueur dans l'application des connaissances générales.
Je ne suis pas encore bien au fait pour les majorations de prix , et une Biographie bien construite.
Votre soutien Abbie et David est bienvenu.
Merci pour votre patience et disponibilité.
Bonne soirée

Bonjour Ruth,

Je vois que vous avez déjà évalué plusieurs de vos œuvres.

Nous ne pouvons pas vous dire combien facturer - vous devrez facturer ce que vous pensez que votre travail vaut - vous pouvez jeter un coup d'œil sur le site et voir ce que les autres artistes facturent.

À propos de votre biographie - vous pouvez lire ce que je suggère en haut de cette page - Parlez simplement de vous en tant qu'artiste et du type de travail que vous aimez créer

Thank you. I enjoy this site so much. It's a learning tool on self promotion and marketing.
Start out slow and just hang in there...NEVER give up. Blessings.....

Bonjour et merci David pour les conseils
Je vais regarder pour avoir une idée pour les majorations
Bon samedi

Hello Brenda
@ : votre message : "Commencez lentement et accrochez-vous... N'abandonnez JAMAIS. Bénédictions....."
Vous avez raison, il faut prendre le temps; rien ne sert de courir

Hi Brenda and welcome to FAA.

You are so right, The best way is to take your time, do it right the first time around and you wont need to play catch-up later.

So many artists rush in as fast as they can and end up needing to correct everything they did later - down the road.

Great info thanks !

Hi, I’m new obviously lol…. I’m uploading JPEG photos, but for some reason they’re all loaded sideways. Am I missing a setting or something? Thank you in advance for any ideas or suggestions !

Welcome to Fine Art America Kate and TTL


@Through The Lens - I see the images you have uploaded are not loaded sideways - are you still having issues?

A while back we had a few problems with uploading and it was traced to rented servers - it did not last long and was fixed fairly quickly.

Thank you for posting, just joined today having been on similar websites so great to quickly learn how it works on fine art america!

Thank you for the helpful tips! I just started yesterday and love seeing all the talent!

I'm new here and not the most PCsavy person. I did pay for premium and am trying to figure out all the ins and outs. I spent hours reading all the help Mr. Dehner provides Thank You
I can't find an answer to how my uploaded picture are different sizes? The only image big enough for a duvet cover is my trout and the zebra, but I thought all are uploaded the same?

Please tell me what I'm doing wrong
Thank You Evalena

Hi Sebastian, Mary and EvaLena

Welcome to Fine Art America.


EvaLena - You question about sizes:

At FAA / Pixels.com the only size that matters is Pixels - meaning the size of the image i.e. 4000 x 6000 pixels.

For instance - if you go to your FAA home page and click on one of your images - then roll your mouse over the open image - you will see a green box - click the green box and a full resolution will open stating your pixel size at the top.

An average image size may be 6000 x 4000 pixels - and that size may fit most products - including a 60" x 40" print.

However - it still may not totally cover some products - like the duvet cover.

Some of your images are far too small for many of our products - you may need to re-photograph or re-scan some of your images.

The link below shows the template size for all FAA products.

https://pixels.com/showmessages.php?messageid=7163065

When you photograph or scan your paintings - photograph or scan at the highest resolution.

I hope this helps - If you have any other questions - Just ask

Thank you for posting this information. I just read it and have learned something new already. I am interested in figuring out the template sized images. I will try that soon. I am not sure if my photo's are sized correctly and this might help. Also, are there any discussion boards for Marketing on Social Media? Thanks.

Hi Anna, Welcome to FAA / Pixels

There are lots of threads for marketing - you can just do a search on the main discussion forum.

In the meantime - hit the link below its a great place to start

https://pixels.com/showmessages.php?messageid=4702720

Thank you for explaining and responding so quickly

Bonjour David
Merci pour les explications, cela soulage d'intégrer peu à peu
Bonne journée

Thanks this is really helpful in getting started and understanding how the process works!

Your Welcome EvaLena, Ruth and Julie,

So glad that I could be of some assistance to you.

David, thank you so much for your answer to my question a week ago. I posted the question and then had a lot of stuff come up that kept me from coming back to the computer to say thanks. I really appreciate your willingness to help!
Leslie

Thanks David.
Selling is a challenge. In addition to Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, what do you recommend?

You are welcome Leslie and Mahnaz,


Mahnaz, Those SM sites are just fine - The best SM site is the one that you have lots of followers and you are active in groups - you can post on all of them but I would suggest you pick a favorite and put some time in on that one.

Beside SM there are lots of things you can do to market yourself.

Here are some great things to do from Abbie

https://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=6398655

Thank you, helpful and informative
-Kat

Hello! Im trying to set up the TAX section for US residents, but after i fill all boxes and try to save the info, i get the following message in red:

OOPS... SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT Please enter your TAX ID as nine digits with no spaces or dashes.

There is no box to put this number, and also... i dont know where to find this number.

I beg for help!!! And thanks in advance!!!

Hi High Click, Welcome to FAA

I noticed that you are originally from Bolivia – so we must first establish if you do indeed have a Social Security Number.

In the United States, a Social Security number (SSN) is a nine-digit number issued to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and temporary (working) residents



If you do have a Social Security Card – That is the 9 digit number you need to enter.

Sign In to your FAA account.

Hover you mouse over your name – Upper right corner of you FAA page. – On the Drop Down Menu

Enter Settings>

Scroll down to Accounting>

Open Tax Info (US Only) >

Left side of screen – Drop Down Menu – you can choose SSN or EIN – you want to choose SSN

Enter you 9 digit Social Security Number with no spaces and no dashes>

Complete the rest of the form and don’t forget to hit Submit.



If you do not have a Social Security Number – You can apply for one using this form

https://www.ssa.gov/forms/ss-5.pdf

Thank you, this post was very informative

Hi Kathy and Aydin and welcome to Fine Art America / Pixels

So glad you joined us and I wish you success in creating and selling.

Hi David! Is there any option of playing advertisement here on fineartamerica like other websites to make our listing popular?

Hi Anjana,

Fine Art America / Pixels has four Discount Programs designed to maximize your sales.

One of them advertises your products for you on Google, Facebook, and Instagram.


You should already be opted into these programs. You can opt into or out of any of these programs at any time. To read about them and make sure you are opted in go to.

Settings> Special Features> Discount Programs>

Here you can read about and opt in or out of the Discount Programs –

If you make changes – don’t forget to hit “Save Changes” before you leave.



Of course you can post your work in any Social Media site you belong to for free and don’t forget to add a link back to your FAA sales page.


You can also use paid advertising on Google, Facebook, Instagram, etc. – but that will cost you money.



For more marketing advice follow the link below:

https://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=4702720

Hi I love this group shows so much in helping in marketing and show what we xan do .I'm new to this and I just don't have clue what to do in alot of stuff.

Thank You

I am trying to upload a new image. I have done this many times. But today when I go to profile page, upload image, choose file, nothing happens. Anyone else experience this today or in the past?

Welcome Sandy and Sandra, Nice to have you here - Good luck to you both..

Barbara - No - I just uploaded about 20 min ago - No Problems - Did you try a different browser?

Bonjour David,
Comme vous avez noté le message ci-dessus,, j'ai quelque souci . je viens de m'inscrire à Paypal
et je reçois cet avis de FAA :

"Veuillez saisir une ADRESSE E-MAIL PAYPAL correctement formatée."

Dois-je commencer à saisir par https ou autre?
Merci d'avance

Salut Ruth

Utilisez simplement l'adresse e-mail que vous avez utilisée pour votre compte PayPal

Par example

nom@outlook.com

Merci David; je vais
Bonne soirée

Thanks so much for the info. Ot os really helpful for someone who just came here and has no odea how everything works.

Hi Li, Glad you found this post helpful - Welcome to FAA and good luck creating and selling.

Hi! How do I attach images to discussion posts? All I see is "I want to follow this discussion" and "Please notify by email".

Thank you.

Hi Jay - Welcome to FAA / Pixels,


Open the image you want to post

Scroll down the right hand side of the image page

When you get to EMBED – copy the Embed code and past it to the discussion / Image Thread

Note: Only the code will show until after you hit “Post Reply” – then your image will show.

Bonsoir David,

Vos conseils ont produit le bon résultat
Merci

Heureux de l'entendre Ruth - Bravo

Great post!

I found very helpful how to set up the payment method, thank you

Welcome to FAA / Pixels Elizabeth and Ana,

Glad you found this post helpful

Have fun creating and good luck selling.

how can i add my price for my drawing

Hi. Have a question about the Twitter connection. Every time I post something new on Twitter I get about 8 views. Is that "real" views or just views on Twitter? The visits comes almost directly and then... nothing. Is it really people on Twitter visiting FAA?

I've had just one sale and that was before I got the subscription (25 posters maximum). Now with almost 200 I sell nothing.

Thanks for all the help you provide.

Hi Raymond,

Since you already have your drawings for sale as prints - I believe you want to know how to price and sell your original drawings.


When you upload a new drawing you will notice an area that is entitled "Original Artwork"

Fill in the information that it asks for - Width - Hight - Price - and where it asks "For Sale" click on YES.


NOTE:

Since you already have some drawings uploaded you will need to EDIT them in order to place those drawings for sale - just do the following.

Open one of your drawings by clicking on it>

At the bottom of the image click on EDIT>

Now - scroll down to "Original Artwork" and follow the instructions above.

Don't forget to hit the SUBMIT button when you are done.

Hi Bill,

When you post to Social Media you can certainly get a few real visits up front - but most of the 5 to 10 first visits are Bots.

Bots or Web Crawlers, are good things

Web crawlers go by many names, including spiders, robots, and bots, and these descriptive names sum up what they do. They crawl across the World Wide Web to index pages for search engines.

Search engines don’t magically know what website pages exist on the Internet. The programs have to crawl and index them before they can deliver the right pages for keywords and phrases, or the words people use to find a useful page.


It can take a bit of time to get a following on any POD site - the best way to get eyes on your work is marketing. Follow the link below for some good suggestions on marketing. You are already using Twitter and that is a good start.

https://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=4702720

For Everyone...

Here is another great marketing thread from Abbie that we all should read.


https://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=6398655

Thank you so much, i am new to the site and this was very helpful

Thank you for posting, I am new to the site and looking for answers which I found here!

Hello Gabi and Clara - Welcome to Fine Art America / Pixels - have a great time creating and we wish you many sales

Hi David,

I began the product creation process and it seemed pretty intuitive. But when I got to the pricing, I was confused.

For example, the base price of a notebook was showing as $20, which is really high if I want to resell.

So I loaded pixels.com and found people were selling notebooks for as low as $14 -- much more reasonable for the consumer.

I assume this is happening for all the products, but I didn't check them all.

So why am I getting such a high base price?

Thanks,
Sally

Hi Sally,

Can you explain where you are seeing a base price of $20.

The base price for a notebook is $12.


Go to Settings> Default Settings> scroll down and you should see the base price for all products except prints.

Hi David -

I'm not able to replicate what I saw yesterday... fortunately. I didn't take a screenshot. Perhaps I mistook another base price for the notebook? I'm not sure. Anyway, gratefully, I'm seeing $12 now.

Thank you
Sally

Thank you for this, very helpful.

Thank you for your advice.

Your welcome Chelvie and Preston,

Welcome to FAA / Pixels - we are glad you decided to join..

Hi, thank you for this post, I’m new so it was helpful.

Do I nessaerly have to wait 30 days as a member from the date I signed up to be in a contest or to join one?

Impressive

Welcome Oceane, Carrie and Vaibhav,

Glad you joined us - take a good look around and get to know what you can do with your new membership.


Carrie - Yes - the 30 day rule is to prevent people joining just for the contests.

I am a new member and trying to get my site set up but having a hard time navigating the site. Still can't figure out how to add photos to my collections. Is there a tutorial somewhere that I can watch? Thx

I'm trying to find the website page to the "price mark up" page for their products (Coffee mugs, phone cases n tote bags) so forth. Haha, I found it yesterday but now I TOTALLY CAN NOT find that website page today! I guess I got lost in this website! PLZ guide me to this particular website page. I want to adjust the prices for the products with my artwork.

Thank u! C.K.

UPDATE -- HAHA, I just saw post that 2 days ago from a Lady named Sally. U had helped her with the "price mark up" website page. Guess what... I found it! 😆 Thank u David for helping us! This thread was helpful! 👍

Hi Catherine,

To Add Images to a Collection


Select “Collections” just under your profile picture

Go to the collection you want to add images to

Click “Edit” under the collection

Click “Images Not In Collection”

Scroll down and hit the “ADD” button for each image you wish to add

Don’t forget to hit “Submit” when you are finished



PLUS: Don't forget - when you are uploading a new image you can choose the collections you want to add that new image to - by check marking each "gallery" you want it in.

Hi Carrie,

So glad you found your way..

Just for future reference - Default settings will set prices for future uploads and Bulk Edit will set / change prices on images you have already uploaded.

It all looks complicated but once you do it four or five times - it's easy : )



Set Default Settings: For all Future Uploads

While signed into your account

Hover over the blue line below your name (Upper right hand corner)

On the drop-down menu click on (Settings)

Click on (Default Settings)

Scroll down and Set your markup for the products you wish to sell, don’t forget to click (Save Changes)

Note: If you do not wish to sell a certain product (Leave the markup blank) no 0 no dash

This will set prices on all your future images you upload.





Set / change - Bulk Edit Prices: For all images already uploaded

While signed into your account

Hover over the blue line below your name (Upper right hand corner)

On the drop-down menu click on (Settings)

Click on (Bulk Edit Prices)

Click on (Show All Images)

Checkmark the square to select all images

Checkmark the square to select all 6 of your images

Click (Edit Checked Images Simultaneously)

Scroll down and Checkmark square to the extreme right of products you want to adjust price

Set the price for your markup, and do not forget to click the (Submit button) when finished

Note: If you do not wish to sell a certain product (Leave the markup blank) no 0 no dash

This will set / change all your current image prices

Hi David.
Hope you are well.

I just wanted to know when it comes to photographers images is it best to upload a cropped image or an image with a white border. I know buyers can enlarge or crop an image to match a phone case etc but looking at posters I personally would probably want a white border around it. Having not bought an image I dont know if that is an option. What is the best thing to do.
Best regards, in antisipation,
Bernard Bleach.

Hi Bernard, I am well - thank you,

It is best to upload images with clean cropped edges (No Borders)

The prints that should have white borderers are done at the printers - if you add a border there would be two borders

Of course your Triptych works - like your flowers and keys would be placed on a background that is normally white or color - I have a few of them - It is fine to have some white or color edge around that type image.

Hi everyone, I am pleasantly surprised... I opened my account a few hours ago...I already have some followers! There's life here!

Hi Evelyne, Welcome to Fine Art America / Pixels.

Yes, the site is very active - even more so if you stay active inside and outside the site.

Once you have more than 10 images (That is when FAA search will pick you up) and you start following all the great tips in the discussion forum.

That is when you can get active in the Forum - Groups - Contests - Social Media etc. etc. - That is when things really start happening for you.

Have fun creating and good luck selling.

Thank you for the information, it has really helped!

Currently I have zenfolio as my website and it is quite expensive and they just upped their fees again. One of the things I like about it is when someone buys a print I get an email and then I can upload the full watermarked image to be printed. Does Fine Art America have this option as well? If so where can I read about how the selling works? Thx

Hi Justin, Your Welcome - so glad the info was helpful.

Hi Catherine,

When you upload your images to FAA - you upload your highest quality and largest pixel image that you have - under 25 MB.

Your original image is stored on secure servers and never on the internet - an image under 900Pxels of you upload is shown in your sales pages.

When you image sells - FAA - uses the stored image from their secure server to print.

I hope this answers your question.. You have Beautiful Photography...


NOTE: we are not permitted to post the names of competing POD sites here on the discussion forum - would you remove the name of that other company Please.

Hi, how can I modify an advertisement (example: prices or description) without deleting it?

Hi Evelyne,

While you are signed in:

Open the image you want to make changes to>

Click on the EDIT button - under the image>

Scroll down and make any changes>

Don't forget to hit SUBMIT when you are done.

Thank you for the guidance here. What are some thoughts on descriptions in the painting listing itself? While my art does have a lot of meaning to me on why I choose to paint the images I do, I also don't want to restrict someone else's personal experience by clouding their own formulation of meaning and what may connect them with the piece. Thanks anyone for any thoughts on this!

OUPS... QUELQUE CHOSE N'EST PAS CORRECT Veuillez utiliser uniquement AZ dans le titre de votre œuvre.



Bonjour David
Comme vous avez vu le message ci-dessus, cela m'est arrivé 4 fois maintenant lorsque je saisis un titre
J'ai déjà AZ dans une autre création; pourquoi répéter le titre; cela ne peut -il pas prêter à confusion ?
Il m'est arrivé que deux images ayant le titre similaire se chevauchent lors d'un téléchargement
Merci d'avance et bon après-midi

Hi Jessica,

This is a great question and something everyone struggles with – including me. : )

I can give you the basics – as I know them.

To start your description:

Describe the image as if you are on the phone with someone who cannot see the image. That is what Google and other search engines are – someone who cannot see the image. They will place your post in search according to your description.

I agree with your assessment of clouding the viewer’s perception of what to experience while looking at an image.
You can always notate why you painted it but add that art has its own distinct meaning to each viewer.


I hope this helps – It is only my opinion

Bonjour Ruth,

Ce que signifie cet avertissement - vous ne pouvez pas entrer de caractères spéciaux tels que des virgules, des points, des points d'interrogation, même des apostrophes peuvent provoquer cet avertissement.

Vous ne pouvez ajouter que des lettres et rien d'autre à un titre.

J'espère que ça aide.

David

Good evening.

I receive this message

Social Media Apps Facebook

Error accessing the application
We're sorry, but the app you're trying to use doesn't exist or has been disabled.
Thank you for your interventions

Hi Amine,

The Auto Post from Facebook has been discontinued by Facebook - No longer works - you can still use Twitter Auto Post.

You can also use the Facebook share button and you can post manually to Facebook - that is what I do.

David Dehner

thank you very much for your clarification
I will follow your recommendations
Beautiful evening

C'était aussi simple que cela
Merci David, téléchargement satisfaisant
Bonne soirée

Northern Lights print quality is horrendous. The blues are black and the greens are brown. Very dissatisfied with purchase. Won't make the return deadline so now I'm stuck with the purchase. Probably just throw it out. Total waste of time.

Hi William,

Sorry to hear your are having this issue - please contact Customer Service and they will assist you to make this right.

Use this link:

https://fineartamerica.com/contactus.html?tab=contactus

Or this phone number

877-807-5901

Thank you so much! I have no idea what to do or where to begin and how to even take pictures of my paintings. This is very helpful.

thank u

How to start now .. as I am new here

I wish I had seen this thread when I joined.

Fortunately I did nothing wrong, but gather new and better information about what to do and how to do it.

Thank you, David!

Hello Melissa, Godly, Mawra and Ricardo welcome to FAA / Pixels and our discussion forum.

So glad you all decided to join.

Quality of printings and misconceptions possible of the website: Mister Dehner I can upload some image with a very low dpi (96), the system judge it by size, and propose me a variety of printing supports for that image size. And there's no message from FAA warning against the poor quality of my dpi before I'm putting that image online. Could be a big issue for customers?
Some printing on-demand companies as ** inc etc. have a website that judges the qualité of images submitted by the artist for impression and divides it between poor, medium, and good. There's is no doubt for the artists. Thank you for your attention.

Hi. Not sure where to ask this but is there a way to change the URL? I'm using my pen name for my art but now the URL that links to my shop is using my real name. I have no problem with it really but I would like to be consistent. Is it possible to change that in some way? Does anyone know how?

Hi Evelyne,

It is true - FAA / Pixels does not rate your images as they are uploaded - It is entirely up to the artist to make sure what they upload is clean, clear, cropped and ready to print.

If - For some reason your sold image cannot print - FAA will contact you and tell you why it cannot print and give you the opportunity to fix what is wrong so the sale can go though.

Hi Liath,

Abbie can change you URL to whatever you want - as long as it isn't already taken : )

I will let Abbie know that you wish to change it.-


What is the new URL you wish to have??

Thank you David! I just want it to go to my pen name, Liath LaVerne Hawke if possible! So Liath-Hawke.pixels.com or Liath-LaVerne-Hawke.pixels.com or something similar if it needs a number in it. I'm not very picky but I just want it to match.

Thank you so much for these words ,i must admit i feel a bit let alone in this . I thought to have someone here for one-on-one e-mail traffic but i am not getting any answers from anybody i send my emails to.I even woke up one day not seeing back any of my uploads and again no response on my mail .By three days after i reloaded again my works someone wrote me back he saw my works :((( and that was the end of the help
Or i sold some cups and want to know the status if they have been shipped or not ,where to go??And commands have been canceled because the shipment is half the price of the purchase ??? I live in Europe ,make it in Europe !!
Anyway i struggle on
I want to stay possitive
So shine the light please
Kind regards

Ciet

Hi Ciet,

Let me see if I can sort some of this out for you Ciet.

Q – Not getting answers from anyone?

A – When you need assistance you can post your question on the main discussion forum or you can use this Contact Us Button at the bottom of any page.

Customer Service (For Orders Only)

Technical Support is for members with technical questions about using the site.

Always check you spam folders in your email for replies.


Q – I want to know the status if my sold items have shipped?

A – Go to Settings> Scroll down to Accounting> Click on Sales> and Balance.

This is where you will see your sales and if any were canceled or returned.

Only the customer can see when the items were shipped – you cannot.


If you purchase something you can see when it shipped in “Purchases”


Q – Order being canceled due to shipping cost – where is it being shipped from?

A – Shipping is very expensive and I do not see the cost going down any time soon – or ever.

FAA ships worldwide from many locations – But not all locations manufacture and ship all products offered – so some products need to be shipped from other countries.

The link below is a list of all manufacturing facilities and the products that each produce.

https://fineartamerica.com/global-print-on-demand-manufacturing-network.html

I do hope this helps you.

Hi Liath,

Abbie took care of your request for a URL change - It is now completed : )

Thank you for the time you took responding me . I know ofcourse the costs of transport are everywhere an issue but i thoughtFFA was much more introduced in manufacturing in Europe but i see it is not producing any of the merchandise like bags or textiles even puzzles etc .That makes it to hard to sell .Imagine to buy a puzzle and a cup together make €100,- add shipping costs of €45,- .This customer is not going to buy
I don’t know if FAA is willing to get foot in Europe ?It dramatically need to change this .An average shipment price in Europe is around €20 at most .I have no arguments to defend since all these articles are simple to buy in border-free Europe .
Q: i did but no responds
Untill now you are the only person helping
Many thanks
The link you gave me shows the sell we make but i would like to know the delivery-date to know if everything is working as hoped

Thank you very much for your time
Ciet

Hi everyone!
I'm a new member, and I'm having an issue with the watermark feature... When I started uploading (+- 2 weeks ago) I checked the box to turn on the watermark... But now I changed my mind, And I went to the photos, and unchecked it... but the watermark is still there...

Then I thought: "well, I'm going to delete the photos, and upload them again, leaving the watermark feature unchecked", so I did it... But even the fresh uploaded photos got watermarked ( and yes, I went to the default settings, and unchecked the watermark feature as well...)

Can anyone help me?

Thank you in advance.

Greetings from Portugal!

Thank you David and Abbie for changing it!

Hi Ricardo,

Tech Support are the only ones that can take the watermark off the images already uploaded.

But since you deleted the images and re-uploaded them - that will also work.

I know you are still seeing the watermark - It will take 24 to 48 hours for the new images to appear because you used the same titles - It could take longer..

I noticed that two of your images have the exact same title - that can cause issues down the line - All images should have a different title - even if you just add a number or letter at the end of one.

Great info, thanks for the attention to detail and great advice.

Thank you David, this was refreshing and helpful.

Hello Jim and Zoe - welcome to Fine Art America / Pixels

Have fun creating and good luck selling

Hello, i just joined yesterday

Very useful post! Thank you.

Milena

Thank you, David!

I've changed the name of one the two "same name" photos, and now I have to wait to see if the watermarks disappear.

Very helpful, thank you. I would like to know if Google and other search engines pick up the keywords when you post art? Or are those keywords only for FAA search?

Hi Peter,

Keywords are mostly for internal search - Titles and Descriptions are mostly for external search engines

How do you know what Group(s) are right for your art?
To be honest I have know idea what mine even is considered. I’m not trying To be rude or ignorant I’m just really confused.
Sorry and thanks!

Hi Melissa,

I think your work leans toward Abstract.

But there are many groups that you can join and add work to - The group does not have to be just for abstract art.

Follow this link - I think you will find many of these groups fit general art that any artist can post to.- The first few pages are the most popular groups on FAA.

https://fineartamerica.com/groups.html?tab=highlyactive


Pulse while you are on that page you can do a search for abstract

Thank you so much!!

This is very helpful, thank you!

You are welcome Melissa.



Welcome to Fine Art America / Pixels Charles - So glad you decided to join us. Good luck creating and selling.

thank you. really usefull information

Thanks

Hi all I just joined today, and i hope my journey will be awesome. I’ve noticed some talented designers on here. Let’s all have some fun and always encourage each other. Happy designing all.

Hello Tommi, Gabriella and Clinton,

Welcome to FAA / Pixels and thanks for joining us.

Take your time - read everything you can - get to know all the great things you can do with your new membership and most important - have fun and make friends.

Thank You for your advice. This is a huge help for me.

Your Welcome Justin - and welcome to Fine Art America / Pixels

Thanks!

I don't like that anyone can right click on an image and save to their computer. Also, the watermarks don't take to every photo. And, the watermarks aren't showing on any product. I can click art print and right click and save to my computer.
Not very secure at all. What do you think?
And I have written the company.

Hi Linda,

Unfortunately, no site can protect work from copyright infringers who are adamant on having an image that is on their page.

As soon as you go to a site, the image is on your computer. No right-click or watermark stops that. All images go straight into a temp folder and can be grabbed from there by people who want it. That is how browsers are designed to make browsing and speed more efficient.

I only have to take a screenshot and I have any image I want, from any site.

FAA does, however, counter this with these options

1. They have no right-click on some pages but all mobiles and some browsers ignore that order. Nothing they can do about that.

2. They offer a watermark, although this does deter buyers.

3. Enlarging any thumbnails degrades the quality of the image terribly so it is useless for a print. Remember if they want the image for a phone wallpaper etc there is NOTHING they can do to stop that, even phones have screenshot takers

4. Your full resolution image is hidden away so people only see the low-resolution copy

5. On the full resolution preview on the main image pages, it only shows a small section and a border is actually removed. That way, even if people took the time to open all the full resolution image and copied each segment to stitch together, they would not get the complete image.

The low-resolution thumbnails and preview images are as safe as they can make them, your full images are not on the site

Really useful post. Thank you

Hello
how to associate an image in discussions
Thank you

Hi Sambel, So glad you found this information useful - Welcome to Fine Art America / Pixels.




Hi Amine,

To Post FAA Images in Discussions / Image Threads



Open the image you want to post

Scroll down the right hand side of the image page

When you get to EMBED – copy the Embed code and past it to the discussion / Image Thread

Note: Only the code will show until after you hit “Post Reply” – then your image will show.

David
Thank you so much.

This was definitely very helpful !! Thank you.

Hi David, I hope you are well. I just started. I was wondering if you have any suggestions for getting yourself out there or improving my work? Thank you

Hi Megan and welcome to FAA / Pixels - Glad you decided to join.



Hi Maximus,

The image you have posted looks just fine - Don't forget use as many keywords as you can - as long as they have to do with the image you posted - using the location and name of the lake is always a good idea.

Once you get 10 images uploaded you will be in the search.

Take your time upload your best work and when you are ready for the world to see your work - follow this link from Abbie.. This will tell you how to get eyes on your work.

https://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=6398655

Oh wow that's actually really helpful David :) Thanks again.

Thank you so much David now I'll have to check on this post from time to time in order to make sure I get all this right. Hey avid would you pleas check my site to make sure I'm on the right track.
Again thank you, David
Roberto

Hi Roberto,

First off – I like your images. When someone asks for my opinion I am very straight forward – Please don’t take it as anything but me being helpful.

Now – What you need to do to have the best chance of selling. IMHO

Your image “Lighted Sky” is a good size image 6000 x 4000 pixels – that size you are able to get a nice size print and will fit most products.

Unfortunately the other 9 images are way too small and you should re-upload all of them. Upload the original size your camera produced – Always set your camera / phone to the largest size available and then upload that size to FAA.


(From My original post)

TITLE – Give it a short but descriptive title – “A Beautiful Scene” will not tell perceptive buyers that your image is actually a Butterfly on wildflowers in Central Park.

DESCRIPTION - Just like your biography when you're uploading art into your gallery, use the "Description" field to tell the story behind the art. Google loves a good story and that can help you in searches. Tell what it is, where it is, why you painted it or photographed it.


Let’s talk about title and descriptions – all of yours can use some work – to save a lot of typing let’s just talk about the image entitled “Rock”.


Actually there are a lot more customers that would hang an image of the beach and ocean in their living room than there would be hanging an image of a rock.
Since it is a local beach I would go there – back up away from that rock and photograph the sandy path lined with high grasses leading to the ocean. That would be a great shot.


In the description you should mention why you were there – is it a beach you always visit?
Maybe that the path is used by many vacationers – or that it is a private beach and few people get to see such beauty.
Tell them what beach it is – if it is Hernando Beach in sunny Florida – say so.

You want to describe your work in the description area as if you are describing it to someone on the phone that cannot see it. Google Loves That.

The title – Maybe “Hideaway Beach on the Atlantic” Just something a bit more exciting than rock. : )


KEYWORDS – Very important for internal search – you can use up to 500 characters, use them all if you can. Note: they must relate to the image. Do not use words or phrases that have nothing to do with the image you are uploading.

I noticed you have maybe three or four keywords that are fairly generic – Your keywords are going to help determine where your image shows in the search. Again let’s use your “Rock” image.

Your keywords are rock, sand, grass, brown and landscape.


My suggestions would be. (After you change the rock image to the path to the ocean image)

ocean, beach, Hernando Beach, Florida, nature, water, coast, landscape, sea, grass, travel, vacation, sand, summer, sky, blue, coastline, tourism, shore, seascape, atlantic, sandy, wave, tropical, sun, seaside, sunlight, beautiful, sunny, outdoor, white, bay, scenic, paradise, holiday, horizon, waves, usa, beauty, scenery, outdoors, peace, Roberto Arroyo, Arroyo,


I do hope this helps you – After you get settled with uploading images and getting accustomed to the site – take a look at my other posts above – I posted a few links of great marketing advice so you can get your images in front of potential customers.

Excellent. Thank you

Hi David
by upgrading to the premium membership.

amine-cadi.pixels.com

(This is a stand-alone shopping cart for your website. Copy and paste the "Embed Code" onto any page of your website, and the shopping cart, below, will appear. )

How
Copy and paste the "Embed Code" on any page of your website,

It seems that it does not work. Or that I don't know the tricks
Thank you

Hello Wes,

You are welcome and welcome to Fine Art America / Pixels - We are glad you decided to join us -






Hello Amine,

Your website amine-cadi.pixels.com is your Premium Pixels website that you get when you upgrade to the $30.00 year membership.

It is a stand alone website and everything you upload to your FAA or Pixels pages will also upload to your Premium web site.


You do not need the stand-alone shopping cart on the premium site.


If you had your own site - for instance - cadi.com - and you could manage the pages you could use the Pixels Shopping Crat on that site.

Thank you David


I have my website
amine-cadi.pixels.com

what do you advise me to make better use of it?

Amine,

Some artists go into edit mode and change the header or colors or image slides - you can do that if you wish.


I have not changed much of anything on my premium site.



Once you upgrade to Premium your Pixels Premium site will show all substrates of prints and ALL other products.

This will be the site you want to send your potential customers – They will see only your art work with no distractions or links to other artists work.

So when you post on social media - post a link back to your premium site.

Thank you David
your interventions are relevant.
always clear explanations

Thank you for such an informative piece on getting started. Simple and clear. You helped me when I first joined and this really will help everyone! Thanks for creating it David!

I just joined FAA, thank you for the useful information!

As a new member, I really appreciated the helpful information. Thank you all so much!

Hello Judith, Nina and Lucy,

You are welcome, I am so glad that I could be a of some assistance.

Thank you so much David for the information!
I just joined and started adding my art. But I was getting disappointed very quickly. I know now that I have to keep adding more art work and get my socials redirected here as well.
I hope this works out :)

Hi Naheed,

You are correct - Like Abbie always says - "This is not a race - It is a marathon"

Good Luck to you!!

Thanks you

Thank you so much for posting this amazing information, just joined here and I am looking forward to being a part of the network here.

Thank you for the information.

Thank you for this post, it was very helpful!

Hello Lisa, Raven, Sue and Laura,

I would like to welcome you to Fine Art America / Pixels - We are glad you decided to join us.

Have fun creating and Good Luck selling.

Hi David,

Thank you for the information you made. I think it was so useful especially for us who are the new members. Should we join many of the contests in FAA?

Thank you!

Hi Arifin,

Yes - Join contests that match your images - Contests have been know to produce sales - visitors do look at contest entries.

Thank you very much for all the helpful info!

Thanks for the help

This was really helpful

Hello Rhonda, Zack and Virginia

Glad you found some of this information useful.

Welcome to Fine Art America / Pixels

Hello everyone . I think i did the above right . How much time did it take you , to make that first sale ?

Hi Vision,

Everyone is different for a multitude of reasons - I myself made my first sale on FAA / Pixels exactly one month after I joined.

From Abbie:

Uploading images on Fine Art America is half of the work. The other half is marketing. Fine Art America is a platform for artists and photographers to run their own businesses. The artists that are successful on Fine Art America do outside marketing to promote their work and we offer a handful of different marketing tools to help you e.g. Shopping Cart Widget, Email Campaign, etc. So I would definitely take a look at these features (found 'Settings') to help get some sort of marketing plan in action.

Being an active member on Fine Art America is also a plus - we have a very large community of artists and photographers. 'Favoriting' images, leaving comments, participating in discussion forums, etc., are big ways to get your work noticed! I would also look into uploading more images.

We have over 7 million images listed on Fine Art America, , so if there is no marketing and promotion done on your end, your images will get lost in the mix. If you follow all of these suggestions you will appear higher and more often in the search engine.

We cannot tell why some sell and why some do not so we cannot give that kind of advice.

VERY helpful. Thank you, David!

Great advice and I am acting on it!

Its too Helpful!! Thank you

I'm still having problems uploading my art . I notice only around 9 or 10 the choose file button works but anytime after or before I press button and nothing happens it won't upload my photos. Do y'all only allow upload at a certain time. Because I'm stumped on why some days it works and some days it doesn't. I don't know if it's on my end are you end but every time I complain it works again. And I got a bunch of photos I need to upload. Help! I'm so frustrated

Hi Virginia,



From Abbie:

Please try a different browser first to make sure you do not have any extensions stopping you

Make sure the images are under 25mb

You are not uploading from a memory card but uploading to your computer and then loading here

Your filename is correct and shows no spaces or .'s where they should not be.

You are not using 'Redirect Remover' or 'Social Tracker Stopper' addons on the browser

Avast Anti-track has been shown to stop uploading. They have been informed but may not change anything

You have tried a different browser

It is taking under 15 minutes (any longer is a connection issue)

You have checked your cookies on your router and tried resetting it

Try a direct, wired connection (with an ethernet cord) before anything else and see if it improves.
If not, go here: http://www.speedtest.net
If your speeds are above 2 Mbps, that shouldn't be the problem.
If it's slower than 2 Mbps, you might want to look into upgrading your internet service to a higher speed.
Then head to: http://www.pingtest.net
If your grade is A or B, that shouldn't be the problem.
If it's C or lower, you might want to contact your internet service provider and tell them you've got poor line quality. They may send a tech out to check your lines.
95% of the time, slow internet speeds are due to high volumes of traffic taxing your service provider. Try testing your connection again in the morning or very late at night (at off-peak times).

Hello Anna, Kathy and Mohini,

Welcome to Fine Art America / Pixels - Have fun creating and good luck selling.

Thank you for the informative introduction!

Thanks for your information

Tips for photographing artwork? Struggling with this one. I've tried lighting of all types, at all angles, I've tried direct and indirect sunlight....I still have problems with shadows appearing and also the artwork bending and curving even when pinned at the corners. I don't have a fancy camera - just my Android Note on a tripod. How do other artists photograph their artwork?

Here you go

How To a photograph Your Artwork https://fineartamerica.com/blogs/how-to-photograph-your-artwork.html

Normally in the FAQ

I am very happy with all the information you give us here . That is why I also ask you the following question . Earlier I already expressed my concern about the fact that all merchandise from America has to come to Europe and I asked if it could soon come from Europe itself. Now I add that the height of the shipping costs caused by this seems even higher. I have a customer who buys about 10 items simultaneously but has to pay high shipping costs for each product while of course it will all be sent simultaneously in a non-bulky packaging. Why is my customer not getting a fair shipping price?
You must understand that since the Corona pandemic my customers are very aware of how to do that better and I have to compete with Amazon and Co.
I hope you can shine your light for me

Kind regards
Ciet

Hi Ciet,

Here is a link to all our manufacturing locations

https://fineartamerica.com/global-print-on-demand-manufacturing-network.html


If everything is coming from one location it may help if you contact Customer Service to ask about shipping while the items are still in your shopping cart and ask them the same question.

https://fineartamerica.com/contactus.html?tab=contactus


Of course if the items are coming from different locations there will be separate shipping charges.

Perfect answer
Thank you so much and i will do so
Happy you are here for us 🤗
Ciet

Thank you for this post.

Hello, I am experiencing a difficulty in uploading images. My images are jpg format and smaller than 25mb. I get error messages that my images are too large. Please assist me. Thanks.

New to FAA and this was super-helpful. Thanks!

Hello everyone. I am Eric from Cameroon. New to Pixel.com. I Thank you to welcome me in this group.
Cheers

Hello Pauline, Meredith and Eric,

Welcome to Fine Art America / Pixels



Pauline, (Difficulty Uploading)

This can happen when you have just uploaded from an SD card version or are using a mobile device. Their updates stopped images saving as jpg and are now saving as HEIC or HEIF

You can go into your settings on your mobile devise and change it to not do that.

This can also happen to any image.

You may need to open your photo editor and open the image and then RE-SAVE AS jpg




From Abbie:

Please try a different browser first to make sure you do not have any extensions stopping you

Make sure the images are under 25mb

You are not uploading from a memory card but uploading to your computer and then loading here

Your filename is correct and shows no spaces or .'s where they should not be.

You are not using 'Redirect Remover' or 'Social Tracker Stopper' addons on the browser

Avast Anti-track has been shown to stop uploading. They have been informed but may not change anything

You have tried a different browser

It is taking under 15 minutes (any longer is a connection issue)

You have checked your cookies on your router and tried resetting it

Try a direct, wired connection (with an ethernet cord) before anything else and see if it improves.

If not, go here: http://www.speedtest.net

If your speeds are above 2 Mbps, that shouldn't be the problem.

If it's slower than 2 Mbps, you might want to look into upgrading your internet service to a higher speed.

Then head to: http://www.pingtest.net

If your grade is A or B, that shouldn't be the problem.

If it's C or lower, you might want to contact your internet service provider and tell them you've got poor line quality. They may send a tech out to check your lines.

95% of the time, slow internet speeds are due to high volumes of traffic taxing your service provider. Try testing your connection again in the morning or very late at night (at off-peak times).

Thank you very much for all the helpful info!

This is great - thanks!

Hello,
Thanks for the suggestions and advises here.
It will help me as I am a new joiner in this group.

OOPS... SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT Your CREDIT CARD NUMBER is invalid. Please double check and re-enter the full card number.

Bonjour David

C'est le même message qui apparait en saisissant les informations pour l'abonnement Premium
J'ai téléphoné à ma Banque pour me renseigner sur les numéros au dos de la carte
Ils m'ont indiquée; mais cela ne fonctionne toujours pas
Je souhaite continuer à télécharger les images, mais ne puis encore aller au-delà des 25
Merci d'avance et bonne journée

Bonjour Ruth,

D'Abbie,

Je suis désolé pour le problème que vous semblez avoir avec cette transaction.

Malheureusement, lorsqu'une carte de crédit est refusée, la seule information que nous recevons de notre processeur de carte de crédit est le mot "REFUSÉ".

Une carte de crédit peut être refusée pour plusieurs raisons :

1 Vous avez entré le mauvais numéro de carte.
2 Vous avez entré la mauvaise adresse de facturation.
3 Vous avez entré le mauvais numéro CVV2 (c'est-à-dire le numéro au dos de la carte).
4 Vous avez dépassé la limite de dépenses quotidiennes de votre carte (par exemple, 1 000 $ par jour).
5 Vous essayez d'utiliser une carte prépayée

Si votre carte a été refusée, veuillez vérifier que toutes les informations de votre carte de crédit sont correctes et essayez de soumettre à nouveau votre commande. Si votre carte est refusée la deuxième fois, assurez-vous que vous ne dépassez pas votre limite de dépenses quotidiennes.

Assurez-vous de saisir à nouveau TOUS les détails, pas seulement une partie qui a changé

Hello Baladeco, Ann and Abhijeet,

Welcome to Fine Art America / Pixels - so glad you decided to join us.

Have fun creating and good luck selling

Thanks for the post. It was really helpful

Bonjour et merci David pour toutes les précisions

Thank you this article was very helpful

Tout va bien David
La Banque avait tout simplement bloqué
car ils attendaient la confirmation téléphonique.

Your Welcome Bukola and Osman - Glad you found the information useful


Ruth,

Je suis content que tout ait marché.

Je vois que votre nouveau site Premium Pixels est déjà en place et actif

Hello I entered my PayPal email and click submit
It says your changes have been saved for a moment and disappears.. like if I haven’t submit..
I guess it’s all good..?

Hi Karine,

Open Settings > Scroll down to Accounting > Open Payment Information > If your PayPal email address is there – your good.

If it is not there – enter it and hit SUBMIT again..

Thank you:)
I saw after that I had received many confirmation email as I pressed more than once:)

Great info, thanks.

Iwanna discuss about that

Hello David,

How can I upload a custom Collection Logo?
or
Can I use existing 'work' and use it as a Collection Logo?

Many thanks for all your help.

Szymon

Hi Szymon,

Go to your Collections Tab under your Profile Image

Click EDIT under the collection you want to work with>

Scroll down and pick the image you want and click USE AS LOGO on the extreme right hand side>

Don’t forget to hit SUBMIT before you leave

Thank you:)

This is very helpful. I am just starting out on FAA. My main problem is taking photos that work on the site. I have taken photos of all the paintings I have sold but discovered the pixels weren't high enough to print from. I have since changed the settings on my iphone and it seems to be working but I only have recent paintings to post. I am also having a hard time getting quality photos. The one I just posted was actually subtle shades of purple but it looks bright blue. Also the clouds and pink doesn't stand out like the original. Any suggestions to improve please?

Hi Nicola,

Your paintings are very nice indeed. Wonderful work.

What a shame you don't have good photographs of your prior paintings - The original photographs should not be enlarged - due to pixilation / blurriness issues.

You should always use the best camera / phone / scanner you have - and always set on the highest size / quality.


Rich is our resident expert at photographing your work - follow this link for his thread on photographing originals.


https://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=2764654


Note: Each monitor is a bit different - so colors and shades will look different than the original - monitors should be calibrated to show proper colors and shades.

The images you upload are the colors and shades that will print - but each persons monitor may show slight differences

Hi David,

Thank you for responding. I will use the link you provided. I'm going to hang my latest one at work so maybe I will get a better picture there. I have more natural light than at my house. I also have two more originals I can take a photo of.

Niki

Hi David,
Thanks for the helpful info on how to use the site. Giving it a whirl!
Barbara

Hello Barbara,

Welcome to Fine Art America / Pixels - So glad you found this information helpful -

This was very helpful thank you!

Hi David
I am very shocked
A lot of my collection is disappearing
I see many strange effects on my website and i lost 75 of my uploaded works
I have sent a message ofcourse
But this did already happen to me in the beginning
I thought it was my mistake not knowing how and what
Now i realy need to know if this is happening more often and why and if more people live this horrible event

Thank you
Ciet

Hi Ciet,

I sent you a Private message

I am a new artist from india

Oh this taught me, thanks for the help

how will I receive the money? and why can't I decide on the price as it gives me meager prices for what I've been working for hours

Hi Enas,

Q – How will I receive my money?

A – You get paid though PayPal

You need to do the following to get paid your markup.

Go to Settings and then Accounting open Payment Information and enter your PayPal email address. If you do not have a PayPal account, you can set one up for free by visiting http://paypal.com.

Remember – you won’t get paid until you complete this section.



Q – How do I set my prices (Markup)

A - You will need to enter your own markup – that is the amount of money you receive for each sale.

Go to Settings and then GENERAL click on the DEFAULT SETTINGS. Take your time and fill in all your markups. When you are finished do not forget to click the SAVE CHANGES button.

If there are items you do not wish to sell - just leave the mark-up blank - no -0 no - dash - just blank.

Now when you upload images all your markups will automatically fill with the amounts you selected in the DEFAULT SETTINGS.

To change the markup on the image you already have uploaded.
Click Edit under the image and scroll down to change your markup on each product – don’t forget to hit Submit when you are done.

Hello Madisson, Priya and Xiaowei

Welcome to FAA / Pixels - so glad you decided to join us.

Have fun creating and good luck selling

Good morning. How do I post an image to a discussion thread?

Thank you

Hi Michael,

To post an image in a discussion thread.


Open the image you want to post

Scroll down the right hand side of the image page

When you get to EMBED – copy the Embed code and past it to the discussion / Image Thread


Note: Only the code will show until after you hit “Post Reply” – then your image will show.

Thank you for sharing this information! Starting out can be overwhelming but this really relieved that anxiety I had!

Hi Willow,

Thank you for joining us here at FAA / Pixels.

Most of my life I caused Anxiety - so glad for once I relived it : - )

Have fun creating and good luck selling

THANK YOU so much for that , is importan any beginning in it

Hi Chakib,

Welcome to Fine Art America / Pixels - Glad this thread has helped you -

Thank you so much for the info!

Thanks so much for the info, it really helped me get started!!

Hello Charlotte and Reaux,

Welcome to Fine Art America / Pixels - so glad you decided to join us.

Have fun creating and good luck selling

I just read all the advice you posted for New members and I love the way you said it. THANK YOU for the advice and thank you for making me smile. I am a relatively new member even though I joined in 2018. Like I tell in my profile, life got in the way and I stopped for a while. Now I am back and I will have to come and visit the discussions here because I still have a lot to learn about uploading my work and even 'getting it ready' to actually be uploaded. If you could direct me to a link relating to what else I need to know, please let me know.
Again, thank you.

Thank you but what sites tend to help bring in sells the most

Hi Sabrina,

Welcome Back - I am so glad you found this information useful -

To answer your question - there are so many helpful artists that have posted great information - I picked Rich's post about copying images because that is one of the fist important things we need to get right upfront.

If you need help with other subjects - the best thing to do is run a search for that subject in the main discussion forum - Lots of great information.


https://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=2764654


Have fun creating - Good Luck selling

Hi Virginia, Welcome to FAA / Pixels,

Q - What sites tend to bring in sales the most?

I believe you are referring to Social Media Sites?


Any Social Media site can be a great way to get potential buyers eyes on your work.


Which site to use is a great question - if there was one that produced the most sales all of us would be using it : )

You can post a couple of your images on all the SM site each day and you may get some response - but it is best to pick one or two and work on them - build a following -

interact with potential buyers - post with links back to your sales page - It will take work and time before you see results.


Here is a link that could help get your work in front of potential buyers


https://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=6398655

Thank you!

Thanks so much for posting this. Been using this site blindly without any strategy. I'll get my bio up today. :)

thank you

Hi Milo, Ingrid and Miguel,


Welcome to Fine Art America / Pixels - Glad the information was helpful.

Have fun creating and good luck selling..

Thank you for the vital information, much appreciated!

Hii

Thank you for this post - love it...

I just started here and this is wonderful advice. Thank you!

Hello Kathy, Bayuktx, David and Celine,

Your welcome - So glad you found this information helpful.

It's great you all decided to join us here at FAA / Pixels

Thank you for this post. It is very helpful. I do have questions that I’m not easily finding answers to, pertaining to discussions and contests. What is an embedded code, and how do I submit that?

Hi Karen,

Post FAA Images in Discussions / Image Threads


Open the image you want to post

Scroll down the right hand side of the image page

When you get to EMBED – copy the Embed code and past it to the discussion / Image Thread

Note: Only the code will show until after you hit “Post Reply” – then your image will show.



When it comes to contests:

Open the contest you want to enter

Scroll down the right hand side of the contest page

When you get to JOIN THE CONTEST - click to submit your artwork

Under the artwork you want to submit click ADD

There is really helpful me and other so thank you sir.

Welcome to FAA / Pixels Grant and Moradhawj - glad you decided to join us,




Grant - If you only want to sell Greeting Cards - you will need to sell at least one print size - or your cards will not show up.


So you can place a Mark-up in the smallest size print and then place a mark-up on Greeting Cards.

Any product or size print you do not want to sell leave the mark-up completely blank - no dash - no 0 - no space



Good Luck to you both -

Thank you for this helpful information!

This information is important and educative.I have learnt a lot from it.Thank you.

Hi David

how Copy and paste the "Embed Code" onto any page of website,
Can you check if gift cards are correcty active on my site? ( https://amine-cadi.pixels.com )
Thank you
Remark
. I use a translator

Thank you Abbie. But its not the same "Embed Code"

Widget #2: 300 x 120

This is a 300 x 120 widget combined with a pop-up shopping cart. Copy and paste the "Embed Code" onto any page of your website, and the widget will appear. The images in the widget will scroll from right to left automatically. If a visitor to your website clicks on one of the images, a complete shopping cart system will pop up (see Widget #1, above). You can customize the appearance of the widget using the options on the left. You can customize the appearence of the shopping cart by editing Widget #1, above. In both cases, click "Save Changes" to see the changes take effect. The images in this widget are offset to the right so that you can upload your own background image with your own custom branding (e.g. headshot, company name, etc.)

Hi Amine,

The widgets / shopping cart are not for FAA / Pixels sites.

They are for websites / blogs that you can manage the back end.

You would add the HTML code in the administrative area of your personal website and visitors can purchase your images using that shopping cart

Thank you for the great info!

Thank you Abbie&David

I appreciate feedback and support with the way in which Fine Art America works with the various settings. I am trying to improve upon the way in which my shop and website looks. Any help is appreciated.

Hello David,

Thank you for the post! I was growing weary of updating my prices each time I uploaded something. ;)

MX Sisters

Thank you for the helpful information!

Thank you so much for your info!

Your Welcome Shanna, MX Sisters, Denise, and Barry,

So glad you are her at FAA / Pixels with us.

Have fun creating and good luck selling.

Hi Kathy,

There are two things that I can suggest that will help you move forward here at FAA / Pixels.


You need to upload a Profile Image


And - In order to get more eyes on your work - Use social media - don't forget to post a link back to your Premium Pixels site.



It is up to you to drive customers to your work - Use social media, business cards, art shows, anything that will drive folks to see your work on your sales page.

Hello - I may have missed the answer to this question in the long discussion string... Regarding My Bio - The FAA site says "Coming Soon"... is there a minimum number of pieces that need to be posted for the Bio to be visible or is there something I'm missing?
Thanks
Tony

Hi Tony, Welcome to FAA / Pixels,

I see your Bio is posted in your FAA and Pixels sites.

If you want it on your Premium Pixels site you will need to write it again - it will not auto post to that site.



Sign- in to your Premium Pixels site as administrator>

Click on EDIT>

Click on HOMEPAGE>

Click on ABOUT>

Complete you Bio and don’t forget to hit Apply Changes before you leave.

Thank you,this is helpful.

Hi David - Thank you for your help!
I do see my Bio on my FAA page, but I am unable to login to my Pixels (Premium?) site.
It says it does not recognize my email address.
Can you help?
Much appreciated.

Hi Tony,

That - I cannot do - : )


If is has a "Forgot Sign-on" use that to reset your sign-on

If it does not - You should contact Tech Support - use the link below

https://fineartamerica.com/contactus.html?tab=contactus

Great info for new members, thank you

This post was full of great advice for artists on the platform, thanks David!

Thank you I've posted about 50 images with short descriptions and Nestor. Now my posts have substance, a pretty good story to every piece and short names.
And I'm using every key word sometimes I have to erase some.
I hope this gets me outings the world. Myartmeans everything to me . I Live eat sleep art. I'm a addicted artist, attached to my precious tablet always making something new before the other50 even had a chance to get out. I'm overwhelmed with the amount of art that is so very important tome every piece I am uploading till dawn, and right back on in the morningtrying to get as much up as possible. I have been creating on a daily basis and selling with 5000 listings on Facebook, working on Ebay and etsy. Bug itsso hard to choose what to put up and in what order. If become overwhelming to groups or miss a rule, I'm not doing it intentionally. I just have a lot, diverse and I'm very proud of all my children. Every one is unique and I've birthed 50,000 pieces every one important . Its great you have advice for star upside. I really want to dedicate to creating a great website and breath taking gallery. My art I'd mystery, and soul.created yet more like birthed. I go through so much labor process when it's delivered I'm exhausted and drained.
I want to be an active member and I've joined about 30 groups, but a lot is sad that I can only post one image a day when I've uploaded 30 in a day, all very important. How will they get noticed and is it okay that I'm asking for reaction actions like and comments I am trying to communicate with fellow artists. J guess patience. Is it desperate to ask for a comment or a like?

Thank you! This was very encouraging!

Hi Reagan, Shawntae, Kristin, and Royal,

Welcome to Fine Art America / Pixels – So glad you all joined us and happy to hear this information was helpful.



Kristin – Joining groups, entering contests and being active on the site is a great way for you to get noticed.

Note: do not ask for comments and favorites – being active on the site – they will come naturally.

The best way to get potential buyers eyes on your work is to market yourself off the site – check the link below for great marketing advice.

https://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=4702720

Good evening,

Im new, and its a pleasure sharing my art with you all

David,
Thank you immensely. One thing I can not understand is I only want to post paintings and photographs. However, the site is making other items such as exp. towels how do I remedy this.
O' Jones

Hi Sharney,

If there are items you do not want to sell just leave the markup on those items blank - no 0 - no dash - no space - just blank and they will not be for sale.

I opened this account for my wife and want to connect her twitter account . But so far when I go to enable twitter it only give me my twitter account. needing some help. Thanks in advance.

Hi Marcie's Husband,


Try This:


Go to Settings> Public Profile > Contact Information >

Under Twitter.com – make sure it is your wife’s twitter address and not yours

Don’t forget to hit “Save Changes” before you leave


Now try to set-up the Auto Twitter

thanks for this info

Hi everyone! I just joined less than two weeks ago and this is all new to me. My biography tells a little history about my life. I am open to helpful ideas and constructive criticism.

I did the most out of the checklist and as I being to add much more serious and experimental virtual photographs to my catalog, I would love to get feedback from everyone that visits my page. I still hold on to the patronage of established galleries and museums supporting my work but i do understand that i need to gather money to get there and being here is a hopeful step to my dream of being recognized or inclusive in this "art world"

Hi David and everyone, just got here and find your tips very useful. Thank you a lot and regards from Amazonia!

Hi Ana, John, Ellis and Renata,

Welcome to Fine Art America / Pixels - So glad you all decided to join us.


Have fun creating and good luck selling

Hi. I welcome any advice for a new artist. Thanks!
Matt.artspan.com

This was really helpful thanks!

Great advice. Thanks so much for sharing.

This post has helped me get started. Thanks so much for all the info.

I started on FAA in 2012. my url was https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/julie-brayton
I closed the account a few years later. Then I recently reopened in 2020. I had asked to ReOpen the old account but instead was given a new one.
https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-julie-brayton
The old url is not connected to the new url. A Google search finds the old url but not the new and they are not connected for patrons, only for me to login to. I would like my original url but with my new files moved into it. That was my original request before I had added work to the new.

Or I would like the old url completely deleted and unsearchable so my new one can get picked up.

I had talked to someone before since I've been back in but with no success.

Welcome Back Julie,

Your old account has not been closed - that is why you are having these issue.

If you can still sign-on to your old account.

Open settings > click on Close Account and hit YES

That will close your old account.

Thank you for the post, I will reference this discussion as I continue to get started sharing some artwork on this site. Cheers, Barrett

Hi Matt, Mohmmed, Sharon, Linda and Barrett,

So glad to see you all here at FAA / Pixels

Have fun creating and good luck selling

Thanks David for the step by step start up guide. Now I can get to work streamlining my experience with fine art America.

Your welcome Chanthini - So glad you found it helpful.

Welcome to FAA / Pixels.

Thank you for this post. A lot of helpful information here for newcomers!!!

thanks, it was very good

helped a lot thanks!

Hello,

I just joined and I have a question. Unfortunately, Customer Support wasn't able to help, so I hope I might get an answer here.
I saw that Customers can order merchandise with my design on it. Is that a Business of FAA or are the Artists getting anything from it, since it is their design?
Thank you for helping.

Just joined, thank you for the great info?

I joined 2 years ago, but only now (finally?) got around to actually uploading some of my work. It's a lot of work, but still I enjoyed doing it. Hope it will be appreciated by the visitors and members of this site. Thanks for the great and extensive explanation!

Thank you for your help!

Thank you so much for the great tips.

Thank you for the inspiring information. It gives me great pleasure to be amongst great creators in the art world. Hopefully we all can be an inspiration to each other. Once again, thank you for this humbling experience.

Your suggestions are very helpful to me, I've never used any websites to promote myself ever to the extent of actual selling of my art. I value your insight.
Thank you

Hi Deborah, Sibel, Melih, Mirela, Victoria, Franky, Jailey, Sheryl, Shawn, and Amy,


Sorry - I was away for a bit.


Welcome to FAA / Pixels everyone - so glad you decided to join / re-join us.

Great to hear this information was helpful to you.

Have fun creating and good luck selling



Mirela - Everything sold on this site including prints and merchandise benefits the artist in the form of a markup. All you need to do is add a markup to anything you wish to sell - and when it sells you receive that markup. If there is something you do not wish to sell - just do not add a markup - leave it blank - no 0 - no dash - no space.

I hope this helps.

Bonjour David,
D'après ce que j'ai lu dans un forum, la plupart de mes images sont floues. je pensais avoir fait le nécessaire.
Je souhaite totalement remettre le site à neuf ou le supprimer. Quel conseil pourriez-vous le donner?
Merci et bon dimanche

Bonjour Ruth,

J'ai jeté un œil à tes images.

Ils semblent être un peu flous / pixélisés.

Ils donnent l'impression que vous les avez créés petits puis agrandis avant de les télécharger.

Si vous avez toujours les images d'origine - avant qu'elles ne soient agrandies et qu'elles mesurent peut-être entre 3000 et 4000 pixels, vous pouvez simplement changer les images - au lieu de supprimer votre travail et de recommencer.

Mais – si vous n'avez pas enregistré vos tailles d'origine – vous devrez peut-être recommencer.

Créez votre art - en commençant par une toile numérique de grande taille, peut-être 8000 pixels ou plus - n'agrandissez jamais votre travail une fois qu'il est terminé - cela le rendra flou / pixélisé.

Si vous utilisez des images du domaine public - assurez-vous qu'il s'agit d'images grandes / claires - regardez-les à 100% avant de les utiliser pour vous en assurer.

Désolé que vous ayez terminé 69 œuvres avant que cela ne soit découvert - bonne chance à vous.

Je vous remercie David pour vos excellents et encourageants conseils
Je vais utiliser les images 3000/4000 Pixels en attendant de me servir d'un appareil photo
ou du scan , ou essayer à 8000 Pixels
Je réserverais uniquement les images qui ont été sélectionnées dans les groupes
Ne soyez pas beaucoup désolé, je n'avais pas ces précieux conseils dans un autre site
Mes amitiés

Thank you for the information. I am a self taught artist who just start selling. I’m wondering if I’m able to disable certain categories of product,? for example I feel my picture is not good for duvet cover, or the horizontal pictures are not good for phone cases.

Hi Qinghui,

Welcome to FAA / Pixels

If there are any products you do not wish to sell - just leave the markup completely blank for that product - no 0 - no space - no dash.

Thank you so much! I started a profile years ago yet didn't take the time to do all of this... I anticipate more interactions, feedback and sales due to your information!

Thank you for the helpful info!

Thank you for the information, it was very helpful in getting started.

Hi Andrea, Rebecca and Pam,

Welcome and Welcome Back to FAA / Pixels.

So glad you decided to join us here.

Have fun creating and good luck selling.

Hi David, Thank you very much for all the useful information. I wish you a nice day.

Hi, I’m just starting right now, thanks a lot for the advices, still trying to get this, lots of prices to set!

Hello, guys. Got a question, and I’d appreciate if you can help me. I have three twitter accounts and when I try to link this page with my twitter, it doesn’t allow me to choose the account, and the one that appear os not the right one for this topic. Can you help me? Thank you!

Try this Miguel,

Hover over your name – Top Right Corner>

On the drop down menu - Click on Setting>

Under Public Profile - Click on Contact Information>

Make sure the Twitter Address is the one you want>

Be sure to hit Save Changes before you leave.


If that does not do it – you will need to contact Tech Support using the following link.

https://fineartamerica.com/contactus.html?tab=contactus

This is really helpful, thanks!

Hello!

Thanks for your recommendation , appreciated

Miguel

Log out of the one you don't want and be sure you're logged in the correct one... Then try

Thank you for this helpful information!

Thank you so much for this intro info!! I"m just getting started, and appreciate any help I can get. Will head to the settings and start my research. ;-)

I have a question about print quality. I've uploaded images that are 72 dpi, usually 5-18 MB. Will they print ok as fine art prints at larger sizes? Should I have them be 300 dpi instead? Thanks!!

Hi Karen,

Welcome to FAA / Pixels -

dpi means very little here at FAA / Pixels - Any MB is fine under 25 - Pixels is what counts for the larger products - Here are image sizes for products.

https://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=6763465

Here is some important information for all new members -

If you sell an image FAA will refuse to print it if the image shows.......

Pixellation
Blockiness
Noise
Bad cropping
Blurriness not in keeping with the image (ie not meant to be there)
normal font signature (Arial, Times New Roman etc)
signature cropped half off the image
large watermarks
noticeable camera flash
Upsized images

FAA does not do quality control until you sell so, it is your responsibility to quality control your images carefully before uploading. You do this by zooming in using a photo editor to 100% and then carefully going over the image, checking for the above defects

Read this thread for original art copying techniques https://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=2764654

"About" section:

I entered text in this area a long time ago, but it only shows "Coming soon" on the home page. My logo image shows, but not the text. What am I missing?

Hi Jerry,

When entering your biography you can use A to Z, Numbers, Periods and Commas.

Other special characters should not be used or the bio will not show on your page.


Also Copying and Pasting your bio may have a negative effect on it appearing on your site.

Thank you, David. That fixed it.

Very helpful thanks - much appreciated

Very helpful, thanks

Thank you so much for the information.

Hi David,

Thank you so much for this post. It made all the difference with me being able to actually get up and running here!

I do have a question. I've so far uploaded 26 photos and they are showing up all together with no spaces between them just like they would on Flickr or Instagram. Did I miss something in settings about how to properly set things up? I notice other sellers pages I look at have nice spacing between their images and also more information below each image, including title, artist, and price. It looks so much better that way.

Thanks so much again!
Debby

Hi Debby,

No – You did not do anything wrong..

Your page preference is set to “IMAGES” and that is how it is set to look.

You can change your preference From IMAGES to COLLECTIONS or SHOP

Here is how you do it:

Hover over your name – upper right corner>

On the drop – down menu click Settings>

Then click Default Settings>

Right at the top see Profile Page – Default Settings>

Since you do not have any Collections yet – Set it to “Shop”>

Before you leave - Scroll to the bottom of the page and hit Save Changes

Now when you or a customer comes to your page – it will be your Shop page.

You can change it back again just by following the steps above.

Hello and welcome - Alysia, Dayang, Kelvin and Debby,


So glad you all decided to join us here on FAA / Pixels


Have fun creating and good luck selling..

Hi David...

I am slowly getting going with my page, 12 images. And now I am worried that the quality of the images is not good enough. They are an average of 5-10 MB, mostly under 5000 pixels, and for the most part regular iPhone images, not taken by a professional photographer.I am not a photographer by a long shot, and I don't have Photoshop, but have managed to get by so far just with my own photos of my work. They are ok for my website and exhibition purposes. I see that other artists have images that are 10,000+ pixels. :-(

If possible, can you take a look at my images to let me know if they are satisfactory for printing? I may have to start over from square one... I really hope not.

Thank you for all your help getting going with FAA!

Hi Karen,

Not to worry – you do not need to start over from scratch.

I really like your style of painting – It is clear that they are landscapes – but abstract enough to visualize many other things – even though they are acrylic – they have a watercolor look to them – and they have wonderful colors.


OK – being on the abstract side they can be a little on the off focus side for printing – so you are good there.

I did notice that with the size of the uploads you should be able to have 50” prints printed – but it seems you only have up to 30” prints priced.
Lots of buyers like large prints – so if you can price prints above 30” that may help you sell.


Some phones are very good for taking photos – just be sure you have your phone programed to take the largest size.


I did notice you may be having a hard time with Tags / Keywords – I know that can be difficult with abstract art.

Here is some keyword help for abstracts: From Abbie:

https://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=7083723

Oh thanks so much David ! Feeling better already. I took the larger sized prints off because I was afraid they wouldn’t work , but now I’ll go back and include them.
I haven’t “launched” my FAA page yet but after I get more images up and the wrinkles ironed out I’ll start putting the word out on my social media and websites.

And thanks so much for your kind words about my work 😊

Thanks for this! Super helpful!

This was very very helpful. I appreciate the tips!

I wanted to ask though, if anyone could review my page and my first artwork to see how it is so far.

Question: How can I change the order of my images on my profile page?

Hi Karen,

Please follow the link below - and scroll down to the last post in the thread - from Abbie.

https://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=7474583



Once these tests are done - you can place your images in any order you like.

Click on "IMAGES" just below your profile image >

Click on the EDIT at the bottom of an image - or - Click on the pencil icon on the image>

On the drop-down - select the position you want that image to go to.

Thanks David! Lots to learn...

You are correct Karen - Lots to learn.

I am here 10 years and I'm still learning - But heck - that's part of the fun..

Thanks a lot that was helpful! still struggling here but hope I could find some time to sort things out! ^^

Hello
Thank you for the helpful tips. I just joined and uploaded my first image, I am still learning and getting to know this site.

Nice

Technical glitch..? I am resetting default pricing for my products, and wanted to have ornaments available. I've gone back into each piece and made ornaments available, but when I go onto my shop page and search ornaments, it says there are none. Also-- I wanted to make t-shirts unavailable, and it seems it won't let me make them unavailable. Maybe it just takes a while for the default settings to change?

I don't want the t-shirts to come up!! And I can't get them off...

Hi Karen,

Default is for Future Uploads and Bulk Edit is for images already uploaded

Here is step by step instructions:



Set Default Settings: For all Future Uploads

While signed into your account

Hover over the blue line below your name (Upper right hand corner)

On the drop-down menu click on (Settings)

Click on (Default Settings)

Scroll down and Set your markup for the products you wish to sell, don’t forget to click (Save Changes)

Note: If you do not wish to sell a certain product (Leave the markup blank) no 0 no dash

This will set prices on all your future images you upload.



Set Bulk Edit Prices: For all images already uploaded

While signed into your account

Hover over the blue line below your name (Upper right hand corner)

On the drop-down menu click on (Settings)

Click on (Bulk Edit Prices)

Click on (Show All Images)

Checkmark the square to select all images

Checkmark the square to select all 29 of your images

Click (Edit Checked Images Simultaneously)

Scroll down and Checkmark square to the extreme right of products you want to adjust price

Set the price for your markup, and do not forget to click the (Submit button) when finished

Note: If you do not wish to sell a certain product (Leave the markup blank) no 0 no dash

This will set all your current image prices

Thank you. This is very helpful! Just joined hours ago

Thank you David... this helped!! It appears all my price changes went through.However-- after going through all the steps (for both) I still cannot get the ornaments to come up properly.. it shows several, but when I click on the collection, there's only one image that comes up as an ornament (Road to the Chateau)
Also-- the t-shirts are still showing up as available with my paintings on them , and I don't want to be selling t-shirts, for now. I do not have any prices set for the t-shirts in any of the default settings, so I figured they would be eliminated from the search, but no luck.

OK!! It seems as if the problem(s) have been solved.. I think. In any case, many thanks for your continued help here, David!
One thing that seems tricky is navigating as a shoppe, but there is a lot of ground to cover ao I assume people figure it out.

Hi Karen,

I did search many of your images and found some still have t-shirts and some do not have ornaments.

That is fine at this stage - it can take 24 to 48 hours for the search to pick up changes.

If some changes do not appear after that time frame you should clear your cache.

If that does not fix it then re-do the Bulk Edit for T's and Ornaments.

Hope This Helps

Awesome, thanks David!!

Thanks ..

Thank you so much, David. Your help and this thread have been invaluable!

I have one other question. I'm wondering if there is a sense of how many images should be up before breaking them into collections. I do eventually want to do collections but not sure at what point it is best to do that.

Take care!
Debby

thanks for the info, it is very helpful c:

Hi Debby,

You can actually have collections as soon as you have two or more images up - if you want to -

Just do not have the Collections as your default page until you have enough collections to keep a potential customer interested.


If you use collections right up front - you can place your images in a collection as you upload it - You will not need to go though lots and lots of images later trying to place them in collections.

Great!

Hello and Welcome Caitin, Faheemat, Nour, Atira, Fabio, Octavio, Reda, Alejandro and Tara,

So glad you all decided to join us here at FAA / Pixels.

Have fun creating and good luck selling.

Thanks for the great advice!

I'm baaaaack! WOO-HOOOOOO... YAY!
Just uploaded a few paintings.

Thank you very much. This was very helpful

Thank you very much for this enlightening article.

Hello everyone, i have just joined and I wanna thank you for this informative post, it helped me to set up everything faster. Greetings

Very helpful! Thank you!

Thanks, it was very helpful. i am not ready yet but I will prepare to do some nice work.

Thanks!

Welcome to FAA / Pixels Kiko, Tanner, Rick, Chelsie, Susen, Robertonis, Erietta, Omar and Daniel,

We are glad you decided to join / return - Have fun creating and good luck selling

Thank you David, this post was very useful.

Hi David-- I have a question regarding shipping. I ordered a few of my items to see the quality of the printing (nice!) and merchandise (good!). However, the packaging was not good. While on the cards the artist is named on the back, on other merchandise there is no mention of the artist at all, no info included. The mug came in a a generic cardboard box with no label or information, and the tote bag was in a plastic bag with no labeling or information. The prints were tightly rolled in a triangular tube with no information on the shipping label. Is FAA considering improving the quality of its packaging? It was disappointing, and terribly generic.I feel that when customers receive orders, and have paid a hefty shipping fee, they expect some sort of attractive branding from the company they order from, or at the least, some information about the products they have purchased.

Thanks-- I know you're not the one who has ALL the answers, but you seem to be the one to go to.. so thank you!

Karen

Hi Karen,

While I agree – it is nice that the artist name is on the back of the greeting cards – all prints and products are being sold by FAA / Pixels – we – as artists are agreeing to let FAA / Pixels print our images on their products, and in return we receive the markup we designate.

If you feel you have issues with the packaging and or shipping, the correct department to talk to would be Customer Service – You can reach them by using the link below.

https://fineartamerica.com/contactus.html?tab=contactus


EDIT: Just wanted to add - I have had over 3300 sales on FAA / Pixels and never a complaint from a customer about shipping / packaging : )

Thank you for all the help!

Just read through all this. Will definitely be following these tips! Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for the useful information!

Hello and thank you I just joined yesterday! I have a question about pay pal? Is there going to be any other way to have funds transferred like through e transfer?

Hello Handrick, Courtney, Michaela, Ellie and Leah,

Welcome to FAA / Pixels - So glad you found this information useful.

Have fun creating and good luck selling.



Leah - Q - Is there going to be another way to have funds transferred?

As of now - PayPal is our only option - I do not know of any plans to add other options.

I have a question about PayPal again! Can I use my daughters PayPal account to receive funds from you as I did have one but it was hacked and for some unanswered question they will not allow me to have another! Arghhh

Hi Leah,

Yes you can.

Just make your arrangements with your daughter.

The PayPal email address that you post under Payment Information is the PayPal account that your markup funds will go into.

This post was really helpful

Thank you for your reply David-- And I"m pleased to know you've never had a complaint from a customer, after thousands of sales! Wow~

(I've sold 3 things so far~!! ;-) )

Hi Karen,

That is good for being here less than a month -

The good news is - Even the big sellers (and I am not one of them) had just 3 sales at one point. : )

Hello David, Thank you for the “New Members” information. I’m creating my new profile and was curious if photographers apply their watermark/logo on their photos?

Thanks you really explained a lot of things

Welcome to FAA / Pixels Om, Mary and Clarion,

So glad you decided to join us - Have fun creating and I wish you luck selling.



Mary - Q - Do photographers apply their watermark/logo on their photos?

I will answer that with the official answer from FAA / Pixels.



Everything that appears in your images will appear in your prints.

Digital signatures are fine as long as they look "stylized". Think of it this way - if you were a buyer, would you want to see that signature on the artwork?

Copyright notices are generally frowned upon. No one wants to see COPYRIGHT 2012 JOHN SMITH printed across a piece of artwork that they want to hang on their wall and the same goes for watermarks.

Note: Watermarks of any kind - including the FAA watermark can deter sales.

Wow! Just started uploading some of my work yesterday, and thanks to David Dehner, the beginning process has gone smoothly. Lots to learn, but this has been VERY helpful. I will be back to learn more and to expand my site. Very grateful for your advice, David.

Good Informative post... Thankyou for that..

Welcome to FAA / Pixels Nancy and Zinnat,

So glad you decided to join us - Have fun creating and good luck selling

Hello
About image size. Thinking about wall art products.

Are there any recommended aspect ratios for the uploaded images?

I allready uploaded some square ones Is this ok? Make it harder to sell?

Now working on 4:3 and 5:4 versions (Digital drawings)

Hi Federico,

We don't actually worry about aspect ratios here - just upload what you have and don't worry about sizes.

Upload the largest size you have under 25 MB. - It is all about Pixels here.

You can turn on cropping so your customers can crop to common sizes of horizon, vertical, square or the natural size you uploaded.

Very helpful information Thanks for your answer

it is helpful! thanks

Your Welcome Federico and Cheryl,

Glad the info was useful - welcome to FAA / Pixels - Have fun creating and good luck selling -

Thank you so much for the helpful information

Thanks! Very helpful information.

Hi Solomon and Faye,

Welcome, So glad you decided to join us here on FAA / Pixels.

Have fun creating and good luck selling...

Thanks! Mr. David.....though i had some questions if you don't mind...like how do i feature my work into groups and how do I add people to my watchlist to get updates every time I post new work?

Hi Solomon,

Getting your work featured in groups:

The administrator of a group features images - The members of the group cannot.

You get your work featured by joining the group - play by the rules - and submit your best work.



How do I add people to my watchlist to get updates every time I post new work?

When you have a members page open - you will see a FOLLOW button next to their profile image - If you follow them - you can see images that they post on your activity page.

In order for them to see your images on their activity page - they need to follow you the same way.



The best way to accomplish both getting featured and added to other members follow list is to be active on the site - Join contests - support other members by commenting and liking their work -etc. etc.

Thank you this is very helpful

Your Welcome Amanda -


Welcome to FAA / Pixels




So glad you found this information useful

Very informative! Thanks so much!

Thank you for the help. I wasn't sure on how to set up pricing and my payment method.

Wonderful, thanks so much for the info! I must admit I joined without knowing a whole lot about markups and advertisement, so this really helped

Hi Natassja, Jayden, and Rebecca,

Welcome to FAA / Pixels - we are glad you decided to join us.

Have fun creating and good luck selling.

Thank you this was Extremely helpful!

Thank you so so very much. Greatly appreciative. The best to you all.
Sincerely,
Sean

Thank you very much for the reply.
Sincerely,
Jacob

Thank you so much for the information! This is very helpful as I just join to the site ;)

Hi Mandylynn, Sean, Jacob and Anindita,

Welcome to FAA / Pixels - So glad this information was useful for you.

Good luck to you on your new endeavor

This was all very helpful! I am still adjusting my profile, and found your info on the biography section to be useful. I am still at a loss for how to find friends on Facebook, it will not let me "log in to facebook" from this page to find and follow any friends. But thank you so much for all the assistance! I do enjoy the helpful attitude to us new people! Thank you thank you thank you.

Hi Krystal,

Facebook has discontinued auto apps - hopefully they will reinstate them in the future.

Find Friends on Twitter is active.

Great information- thank you!

Hi Diana,

Welcome to FAA / Pixels - have fun creating and good luck selling...

Thank you for the tips!

Your Welcome Resia - and Welcome to FAA / Pixels