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Subject: A new idea: selling prints of the gallery artwork

JHoagland opened this issue on Dec 28, 2001 ยท 4 posts


JHoagland posted Fri, 28 December 2001 at 11:56 AM

Over the holiday, I was printing some photos and an idea hit me- what if there was a way to purchase a high-quality print of the images in the Renderosity Gallery? Renderosity could print the image onto 8 1/2 x 11 photographic paper, ship it to the buyer, and the artist who created the image would get a small cut. A button could be added, under the image, that says "Purchase Print", which would add the image to the person's shopping cart (under "Shippable Products"). Then, they could continue to "shop" or look at other images and add more prints. The store could charge $10.00 for a rolled print or $20.00 for a framed print, as well as a small shipping fee. (After all, how much money does it really take to print a picture? The cost would be divided between the pack of paper and the color ink.) I don't know how easy it would be to do this- could you use the existing gallery image or would you need a high-res Photoshop file to get the best results? But, it could be a good way to raise money for the site. And, I know that I would probably buy prints of some of the incredible artwork found in the galleries. --John


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