how about discord? i dont do commisions myself, but ive seen people get plenty of commisions through furry discord servers. youve gotta wedge yourself into the community a bit and show of a bunch of your art, but once youve got a reputation in them its probably easier to get commisions. its definitely a different environment from websites like furaffinity because discord servers are more like big chatrooms, but it might be worth trying.

ive also seen people get commisions through toyhouse, though getting a code to get on that site is a bit difficult, and the site is more geared at people who sell adopts/character designs.

as for pricing, id say artists should never undersell themselves and should charge based on the time and effort they put into their pieces. however it is true that smaller artists should start off with cheaper prices until they get more established. id say 8 dollars is really cheap, but if it works it works!

but i hope this helps :) good luck!

I've always stuck to one website, and while I've never gotten a lot of commissions at once or for it to be any stable income, I've pretty much always gotten repeat commissions/commissions from friends as most of my work

I also struggle with pricing, but I try to see it as a type of "menu": I only offer something at a cheap price if it's limited (like with slots), and I know I can do it in a certain amount of time. And I only offer a few options, no sketches. For example, I'd like to get paid at least 15(USD) an hour, but I know that's an undersell for commission work. So I only offer what I know I can draw in about an hour for 15 dollars, with only 10 slots.

Honestly it's not about "how much your art is worth", it's more like, people prefer to pay cheaper prices for something that's so custom/a luxury good. People will come to you if they think your art is worth it, so I wouldn't worry about it being too expensive. but it might be worth lowering prices/having a limited sale if you feel like you're not selling fast enough and need to; your audience might just not have the money. And plus once they get a commission on sale, they're probably more likely to get another one when they're not on sale since they now have someone they trust to commission.

When I first started on here and was hella desperate/needed money and had 0 audience, I would post an ad (just an upload) for the front page nearly everyday. Just doing that helped a lot: I theorize people who might be looking for commissions might check submission tags under stuff like "open_commission" or "commission" and sort to most recent?? but i have no idea

Apologies if this is a bit of a ramble lol!! I hope it makes sense! and good luck!!!!