Question Show me your framed art price tags.......

[blackiris]

Getting ready to make some price tags up on the computer.
In the past I have let the tags hang from the bottom left corner on the frame.
I was just wondering what everyone else does?
On the back?
In the corner of the frame?

Can't sell it if it doesnt have a tag on it!!!!!

 

[Rick Granick]

Typeset all your tags on the computer in consistently sized ruled boxes (you can do this in any draw program).
Print them out and then stick the printed sheet to a piece of black-core matboard. Then cut these out with reverse bevels on a straightline cutter, resulting in little plaque-like signs.
If you don't want to stick these to the wall you can suspend them below the frames on strips of mylar the same width as the tags. The mylar strips can be ATG'd to the back of the tag and to the back of the frame. This gives a nice, professional, consistent look to your tags, and of course there are many fonts available for your designs. I like Palatino for these.
Rick

 

[Shayla]

We print our labels on nice paper, tear it with deckled edges & then
ATG that to a piece of matboard, with 1/2" of mat showing all around.
We attach them to the wall under the frame with rolled-up masking tape.

 

[stcstc]

why dont ya make some mini glitter window mounts, where 3 sides are glued to a backing, that way you could slide prices in and out using the 4 side space?

you could make something quite ornate, etc as you can just keep reusing, just replacing the paper insert

 

[Franny]

Alway been a source of "differing opinions"

I sell art "off the wall" and I have gone before without any pricing...to get the customer to engage. If you have someone there to sell...then...why not?

There are so many ways to look at this issue...it's the same thing as jewelry in a showcase where the tag is upside down and you are forced to ask. And then...how to put the price on it...so that it looks neat, does not impede on the art itself, can be easily removed. I do not sell extremely expensive images, in fact, most of the things I do sell are local photo or print images. Buffalo/WNY is a very proud, loving unto itself community and seeing itself on it's walls is "boat floating."

Right now I am doing the easiest thing you can do and I am using card stock, cut to be placed in the bottom right side corner between the frame and the glass. Not too large, just enough to accommodate a handwritten (nicely) price. Based on these comments, I think I will try some of these ideas just for change. It never hurts to "change things up", which I do on a regular basis. I move my walls around every couple of weeks. I sell a lot, keep adding as well, and I have many regulars that admit to me that they never leave the mall without coming to take a peek. And those words are still sweet music to my ears. Have a wonder ful day everybody!!!

 

[tedh]

size is 4.25 x 3.5

 

[Dave]

We also use a mat board plackard and Dennison labels printed with information and price. Label measures 2" x 4" and is #8363.

The mat board can be attached to the wall with Blue Stik reusable putty adhesive from DAP or the new release strips which I think are manufactured by 3M. Velcro if a more permanent or stronger attachment is required.



The wall tags can get beat up after a while and need replacement to stay fresh... like the one pictured.

 

[cjmst3k]

I sell art "off the wall" and I have gone before without any pricing...to get the customer to engage.

I respectfully disagree with this tactic.

A few years ago I was going to a few bicycle shops to see about buying a new one. There was one shop with no tags on anything. It gave me a sketchy feeling so I left, and certainly would not have been comfortable buying when they provide no information for you to see.

In my gallery the majority of the art on my walls is from $1,000 to $12,500. All the art has "Framed price: $x,xxx.xx" with the other info above it. On only a couple of very expensive pieces I have "Price on request" but that is an exception for those two pieces.

If you're looking to get people to engage with you on certain pieces, you could always price everything as normally, and have a travelling individual sign saying "Manager's Special - Ask about this week's special price on this artwork". Every week put it on a different piece. This will create a sense of urgency for someone to buy that piece, and will also give customers a level of comfort, as they know the prices of artwork already.

Art is not like cars, where people already know a Ferrari is more expensive than a Honda. I think the more at-ease you can make them, the more comfortable they are to make a purchase with you.

 

[Dave]

Which brings up another related topic... which I'll start a new thread on.

 

[Larry Peterson]

There are so many ways to look at this issue...it's the same thing as jewelry in a showcase where the tag is upside down and you are forced to ask.

I don't remember where I heard or saw this, but I thought that in some places this is illegal. Pricing is supposed to be fully displayed and view-able by customers without any sales help.

To me, this borders on bad ethics. I, for one, will not shop where they use this shoddy tactic.

 

[KingstonJW]

I don't remember where I heard or saw this, but I thought that in some places this is illegal. Pricing is supposed to be fully displayed and view-able by customers without any sales help.

To me, this borders on bad ethics. I, for one, will not shop where they use this shoddy tactic.

I've never heard the practice was illegal or unethical and either seem a stretch to me. I do understand how some sellers might consider it a "shoddy" practice but if it works in a specific market to engage a customer and make a legitimate sale, then that is the market. As long as the seller isn't cheating the customer - then no harm no foul.

 

[tedh]

There was a jewelry store in our mall that did not display prices. The tags were upside down. Everybody was put off by the practice. Everybody.

We sometimes don't have prices on a piece - it may have got moved around, whatever. Say one piece did not have a price: which one, out of 300 subjects on the walls, would a customer ask about on a busy Sunday afternoon?

Remember: Murphy was a framer.

 

[KingstonJW]

Another sample:

Though I have gone through variations, I am currently using left over mat of a similar background color (3"x1.5") and laying on a transparent tape printed with a Brother label printer. I don't like the reflection on the tape but there I am...

Note I don't tend to print the art media used. If the customer asks, it gives me a chance to engage and tell the story. I print the SKU for the POS software so that the experience at the register is faster and consistent.

 

[MnSue]

Have you Business Card design printed as a "sales tag"

Brand your logo!

 

[5th corner]

I am trialing using a corner protector in the top right corner. Write the info on with a pen tool on the mat cutter. Don't really have a choice cause I missed my calling as a doctor. Used to print them on the computer in the past.

 

[David Takes]

Having hundreds and hundreds of products on display in our showroom, it is very difficult to maintain price tags on products. Wholesale pricing seems to change with the direction of the wind, so I'd be getting nothing accomplished every day except changing price tags on items. My solution has been to display a product code on each item, allowing a customer to enter that code into a computer at a customer kiosk to pull up the current pricing and product detail. Any time we get new product in, the current pricing is changed as the invoice is entered. There is no additional work required.

Here is the page that is always up on our customer kiosk computer. http://www.expressionsengraved.com/showroom All the customer has to do is enter the code in the field at the top and they get the pricing info they need, including volume price breaks. Give it a test and enter product code MAZZGPLX802A.

 

[DTWDSM]

I have these printed by a local printer then use a label maker to put into on them. back is blank to add notes like where the art came from, when it was first framed and inventory price breakdown for when ringing into register (ie. we ring in art as a separate category as the frame and installation costs, glass/mats/labor)

Tag goes in the bottom left corner of the picture unless it is hung low, then top left.

As for the above system of having the customer look it up on their own...may work for your business but for most retail businesses I would have to say that would be a big turn off and most would not come back again.

 

[Bob Doyle]

When I started up I had a promotions guy make me 100 window clings. The little reminder stickers that Jiffy Lube uses to remind you to come back for your next oil change...

It was easy to use and came off really easy, but if the art hung around for a long time the mat under it wouldn't fade and was darker than the rest of the mats.

Now I make stickers like Rick does, using my printer, a cream colored paper and my heat press. You can use mat board or fome core.

 

[northframer]

Saw this in Santa Fe in 2000 and adapted it in my galleries ... typed onto clear mailing labels, then onto wall (depending on colour), pieces of matboard cut on cmc (match the top mat) and sometimes onto the glass - the latter was a bitch to get off, needing glass cleaner and a razor blade to lift the then softened and wet adhesive ... grrr.
Clear labels onto appropriate background are classy.

 

[Puppyraiser]

I saw a slick one once. The (don't remember exactly what they looked like, but classy) labels were stuck to a piece of plexi. The plexi had a hole cut in the top center that was slightly larger than a bumpon. The sign was suspended by putting the lower right bumpon through the plexi. The price tag/plexi seemed to float, looked easy to remove and generally was darn cool looking.