hi im 14 but i know i wanna do photography as my job and i was looking to start to sell cards or even some framed pictures but im not sure where to start or how much i should charge please help :)
I have a friend who makes cards to sell. She started out with scrapbooking though but she charges $3 a card. The trick is to figure out how much it costs you to make them, factor in a bit for your time, and then set the price so you don't lose money but low enough that people will still pay it. She gets a lot of ideas from pininterest, but I don't know that much about it. I know she just sold a batch of Chinese New Year cards - the year of the snake apparently.
I do all the village post cards and calendars but you need to advertise yourself. No printers are cheap but the more you order the less it costs. As you won't be Vat registered that means whoever you are selling to can't claim vat back ! Around here postcards are sell for 30p. I sell for 25p Calendars 12 GBP. They all sell out but I do it for publicity not profit !
A great place to see what people are doing in making photo gift cards and or photography is the website "etsy" which is a great venue to for local artists, jewelry makers, crafters, and the like to sell their goods. It is also a great place for buyers to know they are buying something handmade and from a small vendor. You should check them out for ideas, inspiration, examples and pricing. You can even create your own site on etsy http://www.etsy.com/search/handmade/art/photography?q=gift+cards&view_type=gallery&ship_to=US
etsy, dawanda if you're in the UK or Germany, set up a website on www.wordpress.com its free and pretty easy, link that to a twitter, facebook and flickr page, get some business cards printed on vistaprint. Its been said the first 10,000 pictures are your worst so keep taking pictures you whippersnapper.
Find out what sells where you live, local scenes are usually best. Go to galleries, cafe's, tourist shops, arts and crafts shop's etc to see who sells what.
Get a portfolio printed, use a quality printer, not the cheap online crap. Get these displayed in a nice looking album, I use an old antique leather one, and visit the place's mentioned above. Discuss with them the possibility of displaying and selling your work, talk percentages etc. you may want to get your parents to come along for that.
Obviously get business cards, these are fairly cheap online. Also look at local markets and art fares in your area. You may need to make a long term commitment to those, again parents, and there is often a waiting list.
As already mentioned Etsy and Dawanda can be good additional outlets for selling, though most of my sales come from local shops.
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Get a portfolio printed, use a quality printer, not the cheap online crap. Get these displayed in a nice looking album, I use an old antique leather one, and visit the place's mentioned above. Discuss with them the possibility of displaying and selling your work, talk percentages etc. you may want to get your parents to come along for that.
Obviously get business cards, these are fairly cheap online. Also look at local markets and art fares in your area. You may need to make a long term commitment to those, again parents, and there is often a waiting list.
As already mentioned Etsy and Dawanda can be good additional outlets for selling, though most of my sales come from local shops.
Don't plan on getting rich.