Just looking for some input
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Pro painted means nothing
Frankly, no matter how good I was, I would never use the words pro painted on any of my auctions. It\'s really a joke, especially on eBay. Anyone can call their minis pro painted, and frankly some of them are awful. If I were you, I would simply put painted in the title of the auction, not pro painted.
If you want to indicate your experience painting (for example, I\'ve been painting X years etc), you should do so in the auction description, and let the pictures speak for themselves (this is why good pictures are VERY important). No one cares if you\'re a \"pro\" painter, what matters is how good the mini is. Just remember that selling minis on eBay can be iffy, sometimes it takes a while to get recognition from bidders. Most people can\'t start selling minis and get good prices immediately, it takes time to build up your name and get known enough to have people bid on your auctions. Most people aren\'t that willing to spend lots of cash based on just a picture no matter how good the picture looks, so it often takes them buying one of your minis, seeing it in person, then they\'ll be more willing to big higher on your next auction.
Finally, I think your stuff is pretty good, consider linking your stuff from CMoN, that can drum up some bids to, especially on non-GW stuff, which doesn\'t always sell as well on eBay.
Oh, just saw your last bit, there\'s tons of stuff on NMM (or non-metallic metal as its called) out there, including several articles on this site. Check out the articles section here for a start. Lots of painters here have tutorials on their own sites, so if you see a mini using the technique, try clicking to the person\'s site to see if they have a tutorial on it...
--Katie G.
Frankly, no matter how good I was, I would never use the words pro painted on any of my auctions. It\'s really a joke, especially on eBay. Anyone can call their minis pro painted, and frankly some of them are awful. If I were you, I would simply put painted in the title of the auction, not pro painted.
If you want to indicate your experience painting (for example, I\'ve been painting X years etc), you should do so in the auction description, and let the pictures speak for themselves (this is why good pictures are VERY important). No one cares if you\'re a \"pro\" painter, what matters is how good the mini is. Just remember that selling minis on eBay can be iffy, sometimes it takes a while to get recognition from bidders. Most people can\'t start selling minis and get good prices immediately, it takes time to build up your name and get known enough to have people bid on your auctions. Most people aren\'t that willing to spend lots of cash based on just a picture no matter how good the picture looks, so it often takes them buying one of your minis, seeing it in person, then they\'ll be more willing to big higher on your next auction.
Finally, I think your stuff is pretty good, consider linking your stuff from CMoN, that can drum up some bids to, especially on non-GW stuff, which doesn\'t always sell as well on eBay.
Oh, just saw your last bit, there\'s tons of stuff on NMM (or non-metallic metal as its called) out there, including several articles on this site. Check out the articles section here for a start. Lots of painters here have tutorials on their own sites, so if you see a mini using the technique, try clicking to the person\'s site to see if they have a tutorial on it...
--Katie G.
Flashman14
Member
Katie is right on ...
Traditionally a pro is one who makes a living at their work. This may indeed be true in the examples you saw on Ebay but it shouldn\'t imply quality in and of itself.
Volume is often of more value for the career painter assuming it\'s of a decent quality.
Traditionally a pro is one who makes a living at their work. This may indeed be true in the examples you saw on Ebay but it shouldn\'t imply quality in and of itself.
Volume is often of more value for the career painter assuming it\'s of a decent quality.
Oxygenthief
New member
I agree as well to all the above. Pro painters are some times far from Pro paint jobs.. don\'t do it, it turns people off. It won\'t seperate your auctions and make them stand out. Your much better off just being with: painted by and how long you\'ve been painting and let your buyer decide if its worth spending the cash. If you sell enough you\'ll build up your own reputation without the flash some people use.
I never could understand why somebody would want to waste the leters \'PRO\' in the limited ammount of space that one has for a title. Seems a waste.
Let you auctions and picture speak for themselves. Advertise the heck out of your stuff here, TMP, Bartertown and any place else that you can get it.
Let you auctions and picture speak for themselves. Advertise the heck out of your stuff here, TMP, Bartertown and any place else that you can get it.
