8×10" with Lustre Paper
5×7" with Smooth Matte Paper
5×7" with Smooth Matte Paper in a stack of 5 ready for sale — with one opened highlighting white front of chipboard backer
Designed to save You Time Selling Prints
Let us handle the prep work for you. Retail Ready Prints come individually bagged for protection and convenience, so you can create an elevated retail display in less time.
8×10" with Smooth Matte Paper with printed white border
Bagged together with a matching sized chipboard backer for rigidity, with the white side facing up behind the print and kraft facing back.
Arrives Ready to Display
The rigid chipboard backer and clear sleeve ensure your work is protected both on display and during the journey to your customer’s home.
8×10" with Lustre Paper
5×7" with Smooth Matte Paper
5×7" with Smooth Matte Paper in a stack of 5 ready for sale — with one opened highlighting white front of chipboard backer
8×10" with Smooth Matte Paper with printed white border
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Retail Ready Prints
5×7" with Smooth Matte Paper in a stack of 5 ready for sale — with one opened highlighting white front of chipboard backer
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Retail Ready Prints
High-quality Photo or Fine Art Prints that arrive individually bagged and ready for print bins at an art market, retail shelves, or stocking your shop inventory. Save time while beautifully presenting prints of your landscape photography, artwork reproductions, illustrations, and more.
- Individually packaged in a clear, resealable bag to protect and display your work
- Rigid chipboard backer included to keep prints flat
- Available with any of our photographic and giclée fine art papers
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Shipping speed upgrades are available or drop ship directly to your client. Shipping Options
Accepted Files
Prepare your work for printing by saving high-quality JPEG files with an embedded color profile.
- Export files tagged with an RGB Color Profile—P3, Adobe RGB, and sRGB are all great options.
- We recommend saving your files at a JPEG quality of 10 or higher in Photoshop, 90% in Lightroom, or the equivalent in your editing tool.
- Most products are printed at 300 DPI, and we’ll automatically resize your files for printing. For more precise control, you can resize your files and apply any sharpening before submitting.
About Retail Ready Prints
Stock up on prints that are packaged for protection and ready to sell.
Selling your art prints in person comes with the challenge of preventing wear and tear that could cause a customer to pass on a print they love, such as fingerprints, bent corners, and creases. Retail Ready Prints are designed to solve that exact problem while saving you time, so the final prints your customer flips through look as great as the artwork you sent us.
Each print is paired with a rigid chipboard backer and packaged in a clear sleeve, allowing customers to browse a full stack without ever touching the paper. Perfect for art markets and fairs, retail shops, fulfilling wholesale orders, or stocking your inventory to deliver to customers. You can ship to your studio or drop ship directly to your next retail location. We handle the high-quality printing and individual packaging, so your Retail Ready Prints arrive ready to display and sell.
Presentation |
Individual bagged to highlight your art, while protecting it |
Print Surfaces |
Our full line of Fine Art and Photographic papers |
Sizes |
From 4×5" to 12×18" |
Product Options
Features of a Retail Ready Print
Once your order is placed, we individually package each Retail Ready Print to include:
- Professional Print: Each image is printed on your choice of Photo or Fine Art paper.
- Chipboard Backer: The rigid backer is sized slightly larger than the print to shield the edges and corners from damage during handling. The front surface of the chipboard that sits behind your print is white, while the back is natural kraft.
- Protective Clear Bag: The print and backer are stacked and sealed in a clear bag with a resealable closure.
Print Surfaces
Professional printed on any of our high quality photographic and giclée fine art papers.
Fine Art Paper
Smooth Matte Paper
The smoothest surface in our fine art line, made from 100% cotton hot press paper, and popular for photography and artwork alike.
Thickness
0.43mm
Torchon Paper
Our highest quality pure cellulose watercolor paper with bright whites and a distinct, coarsely textured surface.
Thickness
0.50mm
Brand
Hahnemühle
Photo Rag Baryta Paper
Give your images an elegant sheen with warm whites, rich blacks and a high-gloss finish with this inkjet coated 100% cotton paper.
Thickness
0.50mm
Brand
Hahnemühle
Aquarelle Rag Paper
100% cotton paper with a watercolor texture and matte finish. The texture is produced with an ARCHES® traditional mould and the natural grain of this paper beautifully displays pure whites for clarity and contrast of highlights and mid-tones.
Thickness
0.61mm
Brand
Arches
Photo Rag Metallic Paper
100% cotton paper with a shimmery, glossy finish. Its sophisticated texture with underlying metallic elements makes it ideal for reproducing bold colors and deep blacks.
Thickness
0.47mm
Brand
Hahnemühle
Photographic Papers
Lustre Paper
A semi-gloss paper with vibrant colors, sharp details, and excellent skin tones. Surface appears and feels smooth with soft texture that helps reduce fingerprint marks.
Weight
242 gsm
Brand
Fujifilm
Deep Matte Paper
True non-reflective matte paper great for skin tones, soft images, and black & whites. Ultra-smooth and soft to the touch with slightly subdued colors.
Weight
242 gsm
Brand
Fujifilm
Pearl Paper
Rich in color and quality, this paper has a very reflective, high-gloss finish with a pearlescent appearance.
Weight
255 gsm
Brand
Fujifilm
Pricing
Retail Ready Prints
Pricing includes both the print and retail ready packaging (chipboard backer and clear protective sleeve). The prices shown are for our popular Smooth Matte Fine Art and Lustre Photographic papers, or you can upgrade to other paper types for an additional cost.
| Print Size | Smooth Matte Fine Art Retail Ready Print | Lustre Photographic Retail Ready Print |
|---|---|---|
| 4×5 | $2.30 | $1.75 |
| 4×6 | $2.35 | $1.79 |
| 5×5 | $3.00 | $2.25 |
| 5×7 | $3.75 | $2.79 |
| 8×8 | $6.35 | $4.75 |
| 8×10 | $5.75 | $4.25 |
| 8×12 | $10.40 | $7.60 |
| 9×12 | $10.40 | $7.60 |
| 10×10 | $8.15 | $5.95 |
| 11×14 | $12.05 | $8.85 |
| 12×12 | $11.70 | $8.65 |
| 12×18 | $17.95 | $13.20 |
Retail Ready Packaging Cost Breakdown
The Retail Ready Packaging fees are already included in the pricing shown above, but are being broken down here in more detail to help you understand the product costs. The packing fee is the same regardless of paper choice and includes the cost of assembling each print with a chipboard backer and clear protective sleeve sized to match your print.
| Print Size | Retail Ready Packaging Fee |
|---|---|
| 4×5 | $0.60 |
| 4×6 | $0.60 |
| 5×5 | $0.70 |
| 5×7 | $0.90 |
| 8×8 | $1.50 |
| 8×10 | $1.40 |
| 8×12 | $2.40 |
| 9×12 | $2.40 |
| 10×10 | $1.90 |
| 11×14 | $2.80 |
| 12×12 | $2.70 |
| 12×18 | $4.20 |
FAQs
Have Questions? We Have Answers
Each Retail Ready Print is an individually packaged unit containing your print, a rigid chipboard backer sized to match, and a clear protective sleeve with a resealable closure. Every print is sealed and ready to merchandise the moment it arrives.
Retail Ready Prints are available on our full lineup of Fine Art Papers and Photographic Papers. Choose the surface that best suits your work and your retail price point — the packaging is the same across all paper options.
The backer is a rigid two-sided chipboard sized slightly larger than the print to protect the edges and corners. It's finished white on the side facing your print and natural kraft on the back, so the packaging looks clean and considered whether a customer is viewing the print or flipping it over.
Order as many or as few as you need. There's no minimum quantity per design, and you can mix sizes, papers, and images freely within a single order.
Yes. Retail Ready Prints use the same archival pigment inks and acid-free, pH-neutral fine art papers as our standard Fine Art Prints. The packaging protects the print during handling and resale; the print itself is built to last for generations.
Fine art printing is a professional printing process that uses archival-quality pigment inks and museum-grade papers to produce prints with exceptional color accuracy, tonal range, and longevity. At WHCC, our fine art printing uses giclée inkjet technology on curated cotton and cellulose papers designed to last generations.
Giclée (pronounced "zhee-clay") is a fine art printing method using high-resolution inkjet printers and archival pigment inks. The process produces prints with exceptional detail, color accuracy, and tonal gradation — far surpassing standard inkjet printing. All WHCC fine art prints are giclée printed for museum-quality results.
We've hand-selected every paper in our fine art line for superior quality, texture, and archival performance. Combined with giclée printing using archival pigment inks, color-managed workflows, and quality control at every step, the result is fine art prints that meet the highest professional standards — whether for gallery exhibitions, client deliveries, or limited edition sales.