The Pearl Jam 2016 Poster Experience!

FR181798 · August 2016

I wouldn't be surprised if he gets permission to do a second variant of the poster which will be offered to those who are refunded. Those who are disappointed could then be overjoyed at owning the most collectable version.

On a side note if you sell 400 prints on your website at $100. Does the artist get to keep all of the $40,000 minus the printing and eCommerce costs. Presumably they get paid by the band for the artwork in the first place as well. Anyone know how it works?

Merkin Baller · August 2016

FR181798 said:
I wouldn't be surprised if he gets permission to do a second variant of the poster which will be offered to those who are refunded. Those who are disappointed could then be overjoyed at owning the most collectable version.

On a side note if you sell 400 prints on your website at $100. Does the artist get to keep all of the $40,000 minus the printing and eCommerce costs. Presumably they get paid by the band for the artwork in the first place as well. Anyone know how it works?

Does the artist not get to decide the # of prints?

I would have thought it would be their discretion, but I really have no idea to be honest.

bradklausen · August 2016

at some point, artists who start doing posters for pj are confronted with the reality that there's a much bigger wave of interest then you understand and the tsunami is too much for most sites to withstand... and you get clobbered with exactly the situation steve is dealing with.

It's a bummer on numerous fronts...one, you have all this extra work to deal with that you weren't expecting and all these payments to refund and trying to make sure you do it as fair as you can, and then you have to let people down who were excited to get the poster they thought they ordered for the show they went to. And then there's always the ugly flipper aspect, which you can never fully police and you know some percentage of the posters are not going to go to homes of people who went to the show and want it for their wall or collection but instead are going to some leech who just wants it to make a quick buck.

most template style websites are not built to handle pj poster sales... and you have to custom build a site from scratch to make sure it's capable of handling things.

tempo_n_groove · August 2016

bradklausen said:

at some point, artists who start doing posters for pj are confronted with the reality that there's a much bigger wave of interest then you understand and the tsunami is too much for most sites to withstand... and you get clobbered with exactly the situation steve is dealing with.

It's a bummer on numerous fronts...one, you have all this extra work to deal with that you weren't expecting and all these payments to refund and trying to make sure you do it as fair as you can, and then you have to let people down who were excited to get the poster they thought they ordered for the show they went to. And then there's always the ugly flipper aspect, which you can never fully police and you know some percentage of the posters are not going to go to homes of people who went to the show and want it for their wall or collection but instead are going to some leech who just wants it to make a quick buck.

most template style websites are not built to handle pj poster sales... and you have to custom build a site from scratch to make sure it's capable of handling things.

We are that much of a force huh?

bradklausen · August 2016

tempo_n_groove said:

bradklausen said:

at some point, artists who start doing posters for pj are confronted with the reality that there's a much bigger wave of interest then you understand and the tsunami is too much for most sites to withstand... and you get clobbered with exactly the situation steve is dealing with.

It's a bummer on numerous fronts...one, you have all this extra work to deal with that you weren't expecting and all these payments to refund and trying to make sure you do it as fair as you can, and then you have to let people down who were excited to get the poster they thought they ordered for the show they went to. And then there's always the ugly flipper aspect, which you can never fully police and you know some percentage of the posters are not going to go to homes of people who went to the show and want it for their wall or collection but instead are going to some leech who just wants it to make a quick buck.

most template style websites are not built to handle pj poster sales... and you have to custom build a site from scratch to make sure it's capable of handling things.

We are that much of a force huh?

yup, you guys are a powerful bunch...a force of nature, common man he don't stand no chance... sorry couldn't resist.

derbydave · August 2016

bradklausen said:

at some point, artists who start doing posters for pj are confronted with the reality that there's a much bigger wave of interest then you understand and the tsunami is too much for most sites to withstand... and you get clobbered with exactly the situation steve is dealing with.

It's a bummer on numerous fronts...one, you have all this extra work to deal with that you weren't expecting and all these payments to refund and trying to make sure you do it as fair as you can, and then you have to let people down who were excited to get the poster they thought they ordered for the show they went to. And then there's always the ugly flipper aspect, which you can never fully police and you know some percentage of the posters are not going to go to homes of people who went to the show and want it for their wall or collection but instead are going to some leech who just wants it to make a quick buck.

most template style websites are not built to handle pj poster sales... and you have to custom build a site from scratch to make sure it's capable of handling things.

If anyone would know...
it would be BK!!
Thanks for the explanation...
really helps us understand the perspective of the artist,
and the challenges they face!!

Stone McVedder · August 2016

Variant, only 1, 12:01:48

EM194007 · August 2016

Thanks for your input on the situation Brad. I really feel bad for Steve having to deal with this issue.

That you're doing one of the posters for Wrigley.

buck502000 · August 2016

Raffles

Suziemay · August 2016

bradklausen said:

tempo_n_groove said:

bradklausen said:

at some point, artists who start doing posters for pj are confronted with the reality that there's a much bigger wave of interest then you understand and the tsunami is too much for most sites to withstand... and you get clobbered with exactly the situation steve is dealing with.

It's a bummer on numerous fronts...one, you have all this extra work to deal with that you weren't expecting and all these payments to refund and trying to make sure you do it as fair as you can, and then you have to let people down who were excited to get the poster they thought they ordered for the show they went to. And then there's always the ugly flipper aspect, which you can never fully police and you know some percentage of the posters are not going to go to homes of people who went to the show and want it for their wall or collection but instead are going to some leech who just wants it to make a quick buck.

most template style websites are not built to handle pj poster sales... and you have to custom build a site from scratch to make sure it's capable of handling things.

We are that much of a force huh?

yup, you guys are a powerful bunch...a force of nature, common man he don't stand no chance... sorry couldn't resist.