[Hidden-tech] monetizing Wordpress

[Shel Horowitz]

Bruce, thanks for that clarification.

Ultimately, I think Annamarie hit it: she's mailing postally; maybe she
doesn't need any shopping cart.



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On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Bruce Hooke <bghooke at att.net> wrote:

>  I think that issue is pretty much going to be inherent in whatever
> system is used. Each new drawing will be a single, unique "product," which
> will need to have some sort of name or ID so when an order comes in she
> knows which drawing has been ordered. And it sounded like there might be
> some variation in price too from one drawing to the next, again requiring
> that each drawing be uniquely identified in the system. Yes, this will mean
> that when each new drawing is uploaded the associated data will have to be
> entered (drawing name, price, ...). But, I don't see this as a huge deal.
> Yes, it means lots of entries in some database but that's not a big deal.
> And it doesn't take that long to fill in a few text fields.
>
> It does mean that systems where you pay per "product" will likely not make
> sense.
>
> As an artist I can quite understand not wanting to get into printing
> multiples. It's far from easy or cheap to accurately reproduce a work of
> art, especially at larger than letter size. It takes quite a bit of work to
> keep the color right through the steps of scanning/photographing the work
> to printing it. Yes, it can be done but it takes time, money and experience
> to do well. And in the end it's still a reproduction. Yes, she is already
> doing half of this process to get the images online but its a lot less
> demanding to get an image that looks good online that it is to produce a
> printed reproduction that looks good, at least if you are an artist who
> wants the colors in the reproduction to accurately match the colors in the
> original, which most artists do.
>
> Bruce
>
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> hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] *On Behalf Of *Shel Horowitz
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 06, 2015 1:58 PM
> *To:* Dan Richardson (t)
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> *Subject:* Re: [Hidden-tech] monetizing Wordpress
>
>  Hi, Dan,
>
> I'm not sure some of the responses demonstrate a full understanding of the
> situation.��Hoping that my pointing this out will get you more useful
> answers.
>
> The problem is in selling originals. I am not sure how you set it up so
> that no product can be ordered more than once, without a lot of work
> manually entering the name of the piece or the date it was published, and
> then setting the quantity available to just one would mean a lot of dead
> space on the cart as things are purchased and removed from availability.
>
> Have never used Etsy or Shopify, but from what I know, the same problem
> would apply.
>
> Is there a reason she wouldn't want to be able to print more copies?
>
> BTW, I am a fan of Kate's art and keep her Facebook page up on my desktop
> computer. I usually visit at least 2-3x/week, though these days, I'm using
> my laptop more, and the laptop doesn't do as well with a bazillion browser
> tabs open.
>
>
>
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>
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Dan Richardson (t) <tech at nottooloud.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> My wife is an artist. She has a long standing daily practice of doing a
>> drawing and posting it online at https://eyespider.wordpress.com/. She's
>> looking for a simple way to make it possible for people to buy the
>> originals or to contribute to help defray her expenses. She's not
>> interested in doing prints, and wants to make the originals cheap, $20
>> and up. She's looking for the easiest system, both for her and her
>> viewers. Doesn't have to be on Wordpress, but she's happy enough there
>> otherwise. Click a button by a picture, takes you to an address form and
>> maybe a PayPal link, and also marks that picture as sold. Something like
>> that.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
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