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Adam Jewell

9 Years Ago

Shopper Fatigue On Faa, On Your Own Site?

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When you are marketing or deciding what to upload, is this (shopper fatigue) anything you consider?

If you have your own site do you limit related image choices to make it easier for someone to pick an image that stands out or do you put up a bunch of variations of an image?

If you are on some sort of site with other artists (like FAA) is your strategy any different. Do you just put up one or two similar versions of an image so that they stand out and make it easier for a buyer to choose or do you assume that if you don't upload multiple versions of an image that others probably will so you might as well put up as many variations as possible?

If you shoot panoramic shots do you upload a variety of crops of the same image so a buyer has a variety of sizes and dimensions to choose from or just put one up?

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Greg Norrell

9 Years Ago

Personally I don't like to post very similar shots from the same shooting excursion (e.g., one with mountain goat looking down and one looking up). But I do have lots of shots from particular locations (e.g., Oxbow Bend or Mt Moran). I have had customers call me and say they wanted shots of a particular thing (e.g., Mt Moran), and they were pleased to have a variety of images to choose from.

 

Jeff Sinon

9 Years Ago

Personally I think uploading/sharing a bunch of only slightly different images of the same subject will lead to buyer confusion. I try to avoid sharing images that I feel are too similar, giving the buyer an obvious choice between 2-3 compositions.

Same thing goes with panos. I shoot/crop/edit the photo the way I think it should be. "Paralysis by analysis" will in my opinion result in people giving up in frustration. Too many choices, especially when the choices are only very slightly different, is bound to cause problems.

But then again, what the heck do I know ;-)

 

Edward Fielding

9 Years Ago

I call it boredom. Flipping through galleries with the same image over and over with different names or some slight change.

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Not just artwork but things like 12 choices of paper can be overwhelming also.

 

Heather Applegate

9 Years Ago

If I post variations its black & white and color - that's it.
Decide what is the strongest composition/color variation and move on.

 

Greg Jackson

9 Years Ago

I have a gallery here that has variations of images (barns) on black, white, and gray backgrounds. My $30 a year, so I can play around and provide choices for potential customers. :)

 

Joseph C Hinson

9 Years Ago

Like Heather, I don't do many differeny variations. Just recently have I started putting a B&W version and a color version on and it's not often I do that. First, B&W shots account for roughly 10% of my sales. Plus, I figure if someone sees a shot in color that they want in B&W, they can message me. Typically, I will upload one version of the shot and choose between colorand B&W. I have different shots from the same locoations a few times and have wondered about that and if the amount of different shots might actually stop sales.

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Thomas Zimmerman

9 Years Ago

Not only can it confuse buyers...but it also limits your sales of a single image, and thus limits your search ranking.

I am against it.

 

Chuck De La Rosa

9 Years Ago

I'm not a huge fan of posting multiples of the same or very similar shot. One and only one. I will often try B/W, Sepia, and split toned conversions of something, but when all is said and done I usually pick the one that stands out the best.

I will put up shots done at different times, weather conditions, different angles and perspective, etc.

 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

the only variation i'll do is black and white with a color. but i don't do it on all of them. mostly city shots. and they will look different from one another. if an image sells really well, i'll add other views of it as well. but i try not too. if you put up too many it only confuses the buyer. and they won't look back and forth to see which one they like best, they will just leave. information overload. which vanilla would you like - Tahitian, Mexican, or some of the other 20 variations - would you like sprinkles with that? you'll go crazy with choices. put your best up, and that's what they have to choose from.

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Gales Of November

9 Years Ago

Joseph, I have a lot of images from the same location as well, just of different ships. They're not all the same perspective, but many of them are shot from the same spot. The problem is unless you have a boat, there are limited viewing places for these subjects.

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