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January 2008
January 31, 2008
eBay to Lower Fees
Well, my art selling reader, or art buying readers, eBay has announced that effective Feb 1, 2008 they will reduce some of their fees. This is an exciting thing. They are lowering their listing fees, offering gallery free as well as a few other positive lowered prices. They pick the money they are loosing on that through raising their final value fees. Here's the break down:
Listing Fees:
| $0.01 - $0.99 | $0.20 | $0.15 Lower fee! |
| $1.00 - $9.99 | $0.40 | $0.35 Lower fee! |
| $10.00 - $24.99 | $0.60 | $0.55 Lower fee! |
| $25.00 - $49.99 | $1.20 | $1.00 Lower fee! |
| $50.00 - $199.99 | $2.40 | $2.00 Lower fee! |
| $200.00 - $499.99 | $3.60 | $3.00 Lower fee! |
| $500.00 or more | $4.80 | $4.00 Lower fee! |
That's really not bad when you think about it, for those people who are selling items under $10 it's a good deal and for those selling above $25 it's even better.
Gallery Fees:
| Starting or Reserve Price | Current Gallery Fee | Gallery Fee (effective 02/20/2008) |
| Auction-style Listings | $0.35 | FREE |
| Fixed Price Listings | $0.35 | FREE |
| Store Inventory Listings | $0.01 | FREE |
| Classified Ads | Variable | FREE |
That's an even better deal for anyone who used gallery.
Here's where things get interesting:
| Closing Price | Final Value Fee | Final Value Fee (effective 02/20/2008) |
| Item not sold | No fee | No change |
| $0.01-$25.00 | 5.25% of the closing value | 8.75% of the closing value |
| $25.01 - $1,000.00 | 5.25% of the initial $25.00, plus 3.25% of the remaining closing value balance ($25.01 to $1,000.00) | 8.75% of the initial $25.00, plus 3.50% of the remaining closing value balance ($25.01 to $1,000.00) |
| Over $1,000.01 | 5.25% of the initial $25.00, plus 3.25% of the initial $25.00 - $1,000.00 plus 1.50% of the remaining closing value balance ($1,000.01 - closing value) | 8.75% of the initial $25.00, plus 3.50% of the initial $25.00 - $1,000.00 plus 1.50% of the remaining closing value balance ($1,000.01 - closing value) |
The difference don't seem too drastic but let's do the math on a $19.99 item, pre changes and post changes and see what the changes really are.
$19.99 Item listed @ $0.99
Old:
listing fee:$0.20
Gallery Fee $0.35
Buy it Now:$0.10
Final Value fee:$1.63
Total: $1.85= 9.25%
New:
listing fee:$0.15
Gallery Fee $0.00
Buy it Now:$0.10
Final Value fee:$1.75
Total: $2.00= 10.00%
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book sells for $54.50, I started the bidding at $9.99 used gallery and
had buy it now. Here's the fees and how it all compares old to new.
Old:
listing fee:$0.40
Gallery Fee $0.35
Buy it Now:$0.20
Final Value fee:$2.28
Total: $3.23= 5.87%
New:
listing fee:$0.35
Gallery Fee $0.00
Buy it Now:$0.10
Final Value fee:$3.24
Total: $3.69= 6.71%
SO When you do the math, add it all up and figure out the percentages- eBay is actually charging you more than they did before, but only if your item sells. Also keep in mind that this doesn't include PayPal's fee structure- add an additional 3+% onto your final fees for them. Again eBay screws the lower priced sellers. When I read the CNN article about eBay lowering their fees I was stoked but doing the math leaves me cold.
The real question is this: Did eBay really think that they could effectively raise their prices for sellers, market it as a decrease in fees and that no one would notice? This has got to be some sort of false advertisement.
January 30, 2008
Hump Day Journaling Prompts #1
Recently a thread has been going about the blogosphere about minimum tools for journaling art or otherwise. I’m going to jump on the bandwagon and give my 2 cents as well as add some materials prompts. Each Wednesday (Hump DaY) will feature a new prompt about a material. The prompts will be open ended and deal only with the material, subject and content are up to you wonderful reader but the material is dictated.
The format will be a brief explanation with the prompt at the end.
Ultimately you really only need two things- a journal and a writing utensil; that’s bare bones and I've seen some very smart stuff on Flickr using just those 2 items. Be it pencils or pen you can do some fantastic work.
Prompt #1- work with one material- pencil or pen. Subject is up to you- it could be writing it could be drawing, have fun.
Leave a comment with a link to your blog with pictures of what you've done!
On Etsy
I forgot to point out that the painting "There is Love Inside" is for sale on Etsy. You can find it here.
I plan on putting up some better pictures of it soon, these are far too bright.
Stop Animation- Drawing Dummy
Little gems like this are why I love the internet and YouTube!
January 27, 2008
NEw Video on YouTube- 2007 Art Journal
This is a video of the art journal that I put stills up from last week.
January 26, 2008
New Hedgehog Moleskin
Immediately after finishing my last hedgehog/ moleskin I started a new one. This one has distressed brown and black sheep hide covers, is 3.5x5.5 in size and was entirely hand made by me. It got kraft paper pages which is something new for me to work on. I used rough wrapping paper kraft paper for the pages too so it has a great texture for drawing and such.
So far it has been taking every sort of abuse I can hand to it, thus far in this book, I've gesso'd pages in clear and white, tinted pages with acrylic, glued in magazine pages with matte medium, sanded gesso off the pages, added layers of magazine, acrylic and ink. I've scraped with a pallet knife and credit cards. I've wiped on and off with a rag. All in all this paper is tough as nails. Unlike the 140lb printmaking paper it does cockle a bit but after drying it smooths out quite a bit. I'm very pleased with the amount of abuse that this book has taken, and to think that this books was one I deemed unsalable because I screwed up and trimmed the cover short. (Note how far the fore edge pokes out from the cover. Looks good with this but not so good when first made.)
After you get done looking at these pictures head on over to my Flickr account and see more pictures. I didn't load them all here because it takes longer but at flicker you can see all the spreads thus far that are in the book.
Time with Tascha Vlog
At the TimewithTascha blog she posts some great vLog showing her art process. I like watching art process videos. I'm not sure why but there is something fascinating with watching an artist's progress from plain canvas to finished canvas.
January 22, 2008
Creative Marks
An interesting video. Great ideas on things you can use to make different marks in your art journal. Scroll through to about the 4.5 minute mark.
January 19, 2008
2 Videos of a recent painting
2 Videos of a recent painting. I plan on either listing the painting on eBay or Etsy. I haven't decided yet. The image started out in my journal, a heart with a medical diagram heart inside. Red heart, blue heart, antique so it wasn't so bright and cheery. I had a lot of fun making the painting as well as making the videos.
