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Old 04-09-2006, 10:58 AM   #24
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Oh, this whole topic just makes my stomach feel funny. Pricing has been a sore spot for me. Two or Three years ago Michele gave me some great advice and I followed it. It was something similar to what Richard is describing with his "trusted advisors". I went through the SOG artists and found artists that I thought might be similar in style to what I offered and printed them all out and mixed them up with some portraits of mine that a group of my friends had not seen. I think they actually thought I was showing them a batch of "MY" paintings.

I asked them to rate them in order from like to dislike, bracing myself to be last in their choices and was SHOCKED to come in so high so often. Unfortunately, this is where I stopped following Michele's advice. I at that point should have felt more than confident to up my prices and still didn't have the nerve to do it.

I'm getting ready to work with a rep, so I am going to HAVE to raise my prices in order to give her her cut. But the whole thought of the money situation really makes me feel ill. How do you over come that?

I like the idea of a members only pricing help forum. Maybe if someone else told me what to charge I'd get the nerve to do it.
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