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Changes, New Ideas and Testing the Water
2 years ago
So, as some of you know there have been some significant changes in the last week or so. I'm gonna detail them here so everyone's up to speed, and then I'm going to detail some ideas I've had recently, for which feedback is welcome, especially just to see who would be interested or not, but also if there are any tweaks you might suggest.
The biggest change is obviously that I closed my Etsy store. While this was a difficult decision, as Etsy was a relative consistent, albeit small, source of income for me, there were reasons why I could no longer in good conscience continue to trade there. I have, instead, started my own website to sell my plushies, and of course custom commissions are always available through my social channels. (And my commissions are wide open atm so get in while you can!)
The next change is streaming: you may have noticed recently my streaming has been lax. I really did want to build the habit again but I had some computer issues I needed to fix. I will be returning to my stream schedule soon, however some things have changed, and more changes will be happening in the future. First, I am now twitch affiliate, so if you want to check out my streams, maybe drop a follow (and if you're someone who has Amazon Prime but does not use their free prime sub and wants to drop it on me please do!), you are always welcome. As some of you know I stream across multiple platforms and there will be changes to that which I will announce closer to the time.
Finally ideas:
I am currently developing ideas in order to encourage repeat business. These include the following:
1) Custom made plushies, designed with clothing options in mind. The idea being that I can design a plushie for you (anthro or feral), and keep hold of the various dimensions and design so that I can make clothing and/or accessories that can be swapped out and changed.
2) A "mystery plushie of the month", where it kind of works like lootcrate in that you don't know what you're getting until you get it. The idea being each month would be a different plushie, decided randomly, and people would preorder (for which there would be limited slots) and I would make them and ship them out all at the same time. I'm not sure I could set this up as a subscription on my new site, but the monthly variation might make people come back over and over again to keep collecting the plushies. The months could also have themes, like Halloween for October, Christmas in December, Pride Month and so on.
The biggest change is obviously that I closed my Etsy store. While this was a difficult decision, as Etsy was a relative consistent, albeit small, source of income for me, there were reasons why I could no longer in good conscience continue to trade there. I have, instead, started my own website to sell my plushies, and of course custom commissions are always available through my social channels. (And my commissions are wide open atm so get in while you can!)
The next change is streaming: you may have noticed recently my streaming has been lax. I really did want to build the habit again but I had some computer issues I needed to fix. I will be returning to my stream schedule soon, however some things have changed, and more changes will be happening in the future. First, I am now twitch affiliate, so if you want to check out my streams, maybe drop a follow (and if you're someone who has Amazon Prime but does not use their free prime sub and wants to drop it on me please do!), you are always welcome. As some of you know I stream across multiple platforms and there will be changes to that which I will announce closer to the time.
Finally ideas:
I am currently developing ideas in order to encourage repeat business. These include the following:
1) Custom made plushies, designed with clothing options in mind. The idea being that I can design a plushie for you (anthro or feral), and keep hold of the various dimensions and design so that I can make clothing and/or accessories that can be swapped out and changed.
2) A "mystery plushie of the month", where it kind of works like lootcrate in that you don't know what you're getting until you get it. The idea being each month would be a different plushie, decided randomly, and people would preorder (for which there would be limited slots) and I would make them and ship them out all at the same time. I'm not sure I could set this up as a subscription on my new site, but the monthly variation might make people come back over and over again to keep collecting the plushies. The months could also have themes, like Halloween for October, Christmas in December, Pride Month and so on.
