Canvas or substrate depth: does it matter for your buyers?
Most of my work ends up as prints, but I've been prepping a small run of mounted metallic prints on rigid substrates and hit a decision point on depth. Thicker panels look finished on the wall without a frame. Thinner ones give the buyer the option to drop them into a float frame if that fits their space better.
I keep going back and forth. A slim mount feels more flexible, but there's something about a deeper edge that reads as "this is the final presentation" and removes a step for the buyer. For anyone selling originals or physical pieces, I'm curious what depth or profile you've settled on and whether your collectors have a preference. Does the option to frame later actually matter to them, or do most people just want something ready to hang?
Honestly I went back and forth on this same thing when I started offering mounted prints. What I found, at least with the people buying my landscape work, is that most collectors just want something ready to hang. The fewer decisions they have to make after the purchase, the better. I tried offering both thin and deep options early on and it mostly just created confusion. Once I committed to a deeper profile that looked finished on its own, returns and questions dropped off. That said, I still keep a few slimmer pieces for the occasional buyer who wants to match existing framing in their home. But the majority? They want it on the wall the same day it arrives.