An Easy Way to Sell Photo Prints Online from your own website using Fine Art America.

[@andrewhookerphotography4774]

Interesting concept and idea Ian. Two things I would like to know - 1. What is their quality like? Have you bought anything to do a quality check? 2. If you buy your own items do you pay just their cost plus shipping?

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Yes I have seen the quality and it's excellent. The Irish embassy in Ljubljana bought a canvas from me and I used FAA to fulfil the order. When it arrived I had a photo taken with the Ambassador next to it and got to see the quality. Other customers have also told me theirs were really good quality and were happy. As I said, they offer a 30 day no quibble money back guarantee so you are covered if something is not up to scratch. Yes you can buy and resell your own items at their cost minus your markup and potential commissions which you would get on other things such as frames etc. So a 16 x 10 inch canvas is £54.69 to me vs £98.30 for the customer. Of course that is my markup. Each photographer can set their own markup.

[@andrewhookerphotography4774]

Cheers Ian. Hope you sell lots.

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Thanks. Already have sold a fair few just through their website and other PODs. I'm now working in trying to promote it through my own website to increase sales.

[@jonstreeter1540]

This video is exactly what I was looking for. I don’t know why there aren’t at least hundreds of thumbs-up.

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Thank you Jon. So glad you found it useful. Do you have your own website?

[@suemassey6099]

Just wanted to thank you again for your tutorials. They have helped me immensely. I followed your instructions and I built a site on wix and have everything linked to FAA/Pixels site. Everything is working smoothly, even on mobile phone to pixels mobile app. Three sales so far, very smooth and easy. I was really lost on how to get an SEO-generating site up that would work with the FAA/Pixels site, linking them together seamlessly with each posted print for sale. So, I really appreciate your very clear information and details you provided. Uploading the logo to pixels worked too. Thanks again!

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

That's so great to hear. Congratulations. What is your website address?

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

@@suemassey6099 Thanks. I'll give it a look over late.

[@suemassey6099]

Thank you so much for your helpful tutorials.

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

You are very welcome.

[@timcoleman8297]

Thanks Ian. This is exactly what Ive been looking for so so grateful for stearing me in the right direction. Kudos

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

You are welcome. Glad it helped.

[@gibsonwashere6005]

Thanks very much for making this video. I have been struggling over how to setup a selling platform. I believe you have laid out the perfect option.

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

You are welcome. It's a really simple solution. Time consuming pasting all the urls, but once done you don't have to worry about it anymore.

[@seekingprimal4822]

Thank you! This was so helpful! Exactly what I was looking for! I was searching and searching on google and youtube for hours and couldn't find a good recommendation and helpful walk through.....finally got a good video--thanks again!

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

You are very welcome. Glad you found it helpful.

[@idahoshortsaleking]

Thanks for the information.

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

You are welcome. Hope it helped.

[@c.e.m7535]

Thank you for making this video Sir! 🙂

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

You are very welcome.

[@nancyloomis3046]

Thank you Ian! I'm getting ready to get a lot of photos and some art online. This is such helpful info!

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

You are very welcome. Let me know if you need any other help.

[@Lilione111]

FYI...I've just joined FAA & not paid the subscription yet, as I'm still uploading the first 25 (free) & I've been given the Pixels website. I will be subscribing so I can upload more but look like you get the website even on the free plan.

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Thanks for the info. They must have changed it. Good to know.

[@markhartfeld8082]

Very nice video. Thank you. I was using another host website to sell my photos as they just weren't cutting it. Like you said, I already have my own website, and I was more or less looking for a 3rd party site for the sale. Fine Art America looks like it will do the trick, thank you!

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

You are welcome. It's the perfect option especially as you get your own microsite and even if you direct people there they won't see anyone else's photos.

[@jiffy1313]

This video is a aptly what I was looking for, very well made. I have subscribed ND wish you the best with growth. I would be very interested in a walk through of how you linked your FB page and how you size your photos for upload. Do you crop for 4:3 print or keep them the original aspect and full size. Cheers!

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Hi Jeff, thanks a lot for the comments and the sub. Unfortunately it seems that although the setting is there, the way I linked my FB page seems to no longer work, and I see that my FB page no longer has the plugin. I think it has more to do with the changes that FB have made to their pages. As for the photos uploaded to FAA, I upload the original full resolution JPEG in the final aspect ratio I have it in once I've finished editing and processing the image. The larger your file the larger the print you can offer for sale.

[@freakshow2012]

Wife gave me this link and I love it! $39 is a great deal! Im down to do this. Thank you so much. Im just starting out with landscape prints and this is legit. I will buy 1 and will check quality for sure.

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Fantastic! Glad it was helpful. It really is the easiest way to sell in my view. Takes a lot of work to setup, but once it's done you just need to work on promotion and marketing. I've had the best sales ever this year since doing this.

[@timothykieper]

I would guess that accounts for half the sales on these sites, people buying their own art work. I was on this exact site and you are lucky to make $10 on a $100 sale ?

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

@@timothykieper Unlike on other sites where you set a percentage, on Fine Art America you set your own markup in dollars for each print size and you get exactly that. On the run up to Christmas I made over $1000 profit in sales. I didn't buy any of my own work. I direct all sales through there as it's much easier than having to deal with myself.

[@alseveron6558]

Hi Ian, I too am on the South Coast, and have also been using FAA/pixels for the past couple of years. Thanks for the helpful tips.

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

You are welcome. Glad it helped. I really love being able to sell like this. It saves so much work.

[@alseveron6558]

@@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel Yes, it does save lot of work. One thing is puzzling me: I set up a custom License in the Licensing Options admin section, and yet, when someone visits the relevant image, they don't see any option to buy the license. Any idea why?

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

@@alseveron6558 Yes I saw the same too. Really odd. I keep meaning to try and find out why. I'll let you know when I do.

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Actually just seen that they are only for sale on this site: Licensing.Pixels.com and not the main print site it seems

[@alseveron6558]

@@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel Ah, yes - that's the answer! Thanks so much, Ian! BTW, have you tried placing an order on FAA/Pixels lately? I tried it the other day and it seemed impossible. Not sure if their servers were overloaded or what.

[@intothebigworld]

Been searching for exactly this, glad I found this video. Do you put your name on the prints that are sold?

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Thanks. Glad you found it useful. No I don't put my name on my prints, but if you wanted to you could. But best to ensure it's small and unobtrusive otherwise it might deter some people from buying.

[@wedrivetheworld]

Ti Ian thanks for the video do they have the ability to print panoramas, I sort of specialise in the 3:1 aspect ratio im struggling to find anyone who can deliver the product . this looks like a fantastic solution if they can do panoramas

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Yes, they will print panos and any other format. I have several panos up for sale there. However, the only downside is they limit the file size upload to about 30mb, so in many cases you need to reduce the size or add more compression if it's a huge file.

[@FloridaIan]

Very nice video, I wish you would have showed how you actually integrated pixels into your personal website.

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Thanks. How you link it will vary depending on how your personal website is setup. I use wordpress with a specific theme, but essentially you need to set a hyperlink to the product page of each image on a button underneath the image on your personal website. I see you have a Wordpress website, so you would need to create a "buy a print" button and set that to link to the product page for that particular photo. I use Elementor pro alongside this theme, which is how I am able to set those galleries and set the purchase button below each photo: 1.envato.market/QOyqN6 I plan on making a series of videos on how to build a photography website using wordpress.

[@CharlesPalmerPhotography]

Interesting. I've setup a picfair store, but this looks like it has a lot more options.

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Yes it does, and I like the way it works myself. Very easy to set everything up.

[@BehindThe_Spotlight]

Ohhh you have a picture from Lake Bled 😁 I was raised there 🥰

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

I have lots of pictures of Lake Bled on my website. It's a stunning place.

[@BehindThe_Spotlight]

Yeah I know 😁🙈 I live in Germany now but my mother is still there 😊 I never saw Bled so beautiful like everyone else because I lived there 😁🙈

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

@@BehindThe_Spotlight It's always the same when you grow up in a place you never appreciate it until you move away. We are currently in Ljubljana but would love to live around Bled someday.

[@peterhavord5984]

Hi Ian - excellent video. I have two questions - 1) Can I sell digital images on FAA ? 2) Is there a limit to the number of images you can display for sale on FAA ?

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Thanks very much. Yes you can sell digital images on FAA, by setting licensing options. There is no limit to how many images you can upload and sell on the paid version, but the free account is restricted to a set number of uploads. But there annual fee is so low it's well worth it.

[@peterhavord5984]

@@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel Thanks again Ian

[@dr.peterscroll422]

Good idea

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Thanks. And it makes it all so easy. I used to take care of orders myself and at the end I wasn't making any more money.

[@ChrisAnsonPhotography]

Ian, would you explain what colorspace you use when you upload prints to Fine Art America to sell?

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

I use sRGB.

[@ChrisAnsonPhotography]

@@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel Thanks!

[@razin275]

So in this scenario, am I the owner of the product itself and FAA is only acting like Printful / Printify, a 3rd party dropshipping company, OR, is FAA still the owner of the goods and I am simply going to receive small artist commissions per design sold?

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

You are the owner of the photo you put up for sale and you set the markup (amount you want to receive) for each photo print size and use on other product types. When someone buys a product, FAA send the photo to the nearest printing company to manufacture the item and send it direct to the customer. You get notified of the sale and get paid the amount you specified for the sale.

[@LouiseDAlise]

Hello Ian, I am not tech savvy. Is this only compatible with a pixels website, I have a wix website so can I still consider your information as an option for my product.Thank You for a very informative video with no fluff.

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

I link to mine from a Wordpress website, but there is no reason why you can’t link from a wix website. You just need to grab the url of the photo product page you want to link to on the pixels site.

[@thatcornishcockney]

Does this still work if your based in the UK though?? Do they ship from the US or do they use UK based printers?

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Yes they have UK based printers. They use printers around the world. For EU countries I think it's in the Netherlands. I regularly makes sales to UK and Ireland.

[@thatcornishcockney]

@@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel Thank you, I've been looking for a service like this for ages

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

@@thatcornishcockney You are welcome. I've been using Fine Art America for years now and what I like most is that you can set the exact markup that you want to receive for each print size and you get exactly that. Other PODs only allow you to set a percentage.

[@cherliepegalan3823]

We want to sell our photos and we are looking for a site to work for printing, framing and shipping. Etsy is our choice but it just for selling not doing the rest of it. Hope you could help me. Thank you.

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

The video explains it, but you need to also have your own website to link to it from. If you need help with that check out my website building service and get in touch. ianmiddleton.co.uk/services/

[@cherliepegalan3823]

@@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel Thank you.

[@topfuel336]

Ian, I have been an FAA/Pixels seller since 2009. I am starting a Shopify website using a different name & URL address & using the FAA pixels app. I'm curious; you don't mention that app in your video. What do I need to do here to make this work? Do I need to change my Pixels name to the new Shopify store name? Not sure if I can do this or not. Any suggestions? Alan

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Hi Alan. Not sure what you can do with the app, as far as I know there are no tools to integrate FAA with Shopify. If you are going to use FAA for your sales and fulfillment then I don't see why you would need Shopify, unless you plan to sell other things. All you need to do is set links to the dedicated photo page on your personal pixels site from the image on your website, be it shopify or any other website.

[@topfuel336]

@@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel Ian, Thanks, Their app has been available since 2016. I wasn't aware of it actually. The info is buried in the settings section; then again I didn't want a Shopify store since just recently. I'm branding another name so this is my reason plus the SEO advantages as you are aware of. Alan

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Is the info buried in the app settings? I can't see anything on the website version other than the ability to add shopping cart widgets, but they take people to your FAA profile which you don't want.

[@wanderlina]

Are you US based? I'm based in UK and don't really know if its the right website

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Hi. No, I am UK based too. FAA use fulfilment centres in the UK, Netherlands, USA and Australia so wherever the buyer is located the image will made in the closest printing house. I've sold both in the UK and USA, also Canada.

[@marcwormser1616]

I have not been able to locate the wordpress youtube file you promised. Where is it?

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Which file are you looking for?

[@marcwormser1616]

You had indicated in an earlier pixels/faa video you were going to show how to tie in wp with your website.

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

@@marcwormser1616 Yes, I have plans to make a series of videos on how to build a photography website using WP, which would include this. Unfortunately it's not ready yet. There is this one using for Squarespace, the same can essentially be done in WP: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmqlgad4md2djpI

[@adrianvanleeuwen]

How exactly does the discount code work? Will FAA offer the 30 percent off for example and take it from their margin as well as you markup amount. I thought FAA wanted a certain amount for the production of the item (but is this flexible with discount). With a discount offer are they willing to lower their margin? Or are discounts available for a limited time or quantity of items?

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

The discount code only discounts your markup. I put a note saying the discount is for the print only.

[@petarkosovic6455]

Hi Ian, Is it complicated to connect FAA shop in my wordpress site?

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Not complicated, just a bit laborious. You need to set an external url link on each photo to the FAA product page for that photo.

[@petarkosovic6455]

@@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel I actually did that, but I'm still under 25 photos and planning to buy premium. Found out later you can set automatic prices. Anyway, great video.

[@gerdkohlmus9703]

Hi Ian, nice video, thanks for posting. I would be interested to know one thing: if you were to start selling fine art prints (acryic, canvas, metal) now, would you still go with fineart america or just put it up on your own webshop and work with a print on demand company once you receive some orders?

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Hi Gerd. Thanks. Actually it was the opposite. I started selling myself and using a printer to fulfil, but it just meant more work and also if I were away from home it was a problem because I needed to access the high res file to send to the printers. So last year I switched to this option, and I use FAA because you get the free pixels site you can direct buyers to and they don't see anyone else's photos. Also with FAA you set your markup as a fixed amount not percentage so you always get what you want.

[@gerdkohlmus9703]

@@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel Thanks for the fast response Ian. Very much appreciated.

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

@@gerdkohlmus9703 You are welcome.

[@patrycjasmietana]

Hello! This sounds amazing as I travel full time. Can those prints be sent Worldwide? Also, I'm not a US citizen, can I sign up anyway?

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

I'm not a US citizen either. It doesn't matter where you are from. And yes they do ship worldwide.

[@patrycjasmietana]

@@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel Thank you!

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

@@patrycjasmietana You're welcome.

[@timjourdanmedia]

Great Video, but i kinda got lost a bit: so you need to make a wordpress/casual homepage first, i get that. but how exactly do i integrate the webshop function/redirection to the shop into my original website?

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

You can do it by adding a "buy a print" button underneath the image on your website and set the url of the product page on your FAA microsite. What platform do you have your website on?

[@timjourdanmedia]

@@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel honestly, havent made the website yet, I was trying to get started doing it. But i wouldve used hostgator and then went with wordpress... Ive done a shopify website once, but im not seeing myself paying 15/30 a month as an amateur motorsport photographer/videographer that probably sells nothing anyway, but i want to have the option for page visitors to buy something just in case

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Have you seen my video on how to make a wordpress website? kzbin.info/www/bejne/joPOnXqOm5eiY9U

[@timjourdanmedia]

@@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel honestly not yet, Ill check it out right now, maybe thats just what i needed. I know how to do a wordpress page but not how to incorporate a shop within the page Thanks alot :))

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

@@timjourdanmedia In this video I show you how to add buttons and set the links. You can do the same also in a wordpress site: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGeZcqGZl651qa8

[@jogoternews]

Is it shopify website?

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

No. The site is built in Wordpress and then linked to a POD site called Fine Art America.

[@jogoternews]

Which themse and plug-in do i can use like yur site

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

@@jogoternews It's called the photography theme. You can get it here: 1.envato.market/QOyqN6

[@jogoternews]

Bro another question fine art America gave me their sub domain site with pixels so, i can't set up my website sitemaps even i can't doing SEO? Because there is nothing c pannel option.just behind the scene some option.So,please kindly let me know what i can do in this situations?

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

@@jogoternews You cannot do any SEO on the pixels site, no. It will not show up either in search engines, but rather your FAA profile page or your images on the FAA site will appear. What you need to do is setup the galleries within your own wordpress site, optimise this for SEO and then link all potential buyers to your pixels site to fulfill any purchases. If you look at my website I have set each gallery to do this, and each individual photo when enlarged has a purchase button which links directly to the personal purchase page on pixels for that image.

[@wedrivetheworld]

Tried to set up an account can't get past the phone number part it doesnt recognise my number very frustraiting

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Did you put any gaps between the code and main number? Usually a section that is specific to a tel number will not recognise gaps so need to put all numbers together.

[@wedrivetheworld]

@@IanMiddletonPhotographyTraveltried everything

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

@@wedrivetheworld Strange. Maybe try contact their support.

[@wedrivetheworld]

@@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel have done been waiting two weeks now absolutely hopeless no further forward

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

@@wedrivetheworld Can you email me a screenshot of the form as you fill it in? And then with the error message.

[@ladd1000]

How do you prevent people from screenshot and stealing your images ?

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

You can't. But a screenshot will only be a low resolution image so not much you can do with it.

[@ladd1000]

@@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel thanks how to download a digital copy of a photo?

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

@@ladd1000 From where?

[@animeshekka8206]

Platform name???

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

My website is built with Wordpress, but you can do this from any platform.

[@animeshekka8206]

Name of third party website?

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Fine Art America, as described in the video and the link is in the description.

[@animeshekka8206]

Shutterstock vs Your Own Website?

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Shutterstock only sells stock photos and you get pennies for it.

[@animeshekka8206]

@@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel GLAD YOU SAID THAT I have a big collection of images, PODs and Third Party sites are the way to go or having Your own Website?

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

@@animeshekka8206 Both. You need to have your own website and sell directly, but can also sell through PODs and stock sites. You can read my article here for more tips: blog.ianmiddletonphotography.com/2020/12/05/how-to-make-money-with-photography/

[@RamblingTog]

Good luck with it, let us know what you have made in three months?

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Actually I've been selling with FAA for years. My biggest sale was 300 prints of one photo to the same customer. While selling prints is a difficult business, it's one of many sources of income and this way makes it easier than setting up a shop yourself and having to deal with each order yourself. At least it is in my view. Thanks for watching.