Saturday, June 2, 2007

Price Reduction

Price Reduction

A gallery association coming to an end means that I can lower my prices. I have removed the very high commission rate I was being charged from this gallery. Now I can pass on the savings.
I must say that when I signed the contract with this "gallery" a 50% commission seamed a little high but I know this is almost a industry standard any more. My disillusion with this gallery started three months later when I was informed I was expected to create, print, and distribute brochures about his gallery. I informed him that it was not in the original contract and was not going to do it. Needless to say the six months went buy with absolutely no sales.

Show Update
I have been working so hard for my boss that I come home exhausted. I have not had the strength to paint for several months now. I have let my paying job get in the way of my art. This is not what I wanted when I started this job. My bosses new assistant confided in me that on the weekends he brings in movies to watch. Last years sales were $59,000. This year I shipped out $159,000. My boss gives me a $50. gift card for reaching $100,000. What really irks me is my bosses boss thinks that I am reaching these shipping totals to easily and I need higher goals. I wonder how many people they are going to have to higher when I quite.