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Discussion - how do you price resells?
11 years ago
I feel we've all done it one point or another, and if we haven't we've thought of it. You have an adopt and it's been sitting unused and unloved. Maybe you fell out of love with it, maybe it was a part of an unpleasant conflict and you can't look at it without it reminding you of that bad situation. Maybe you simply feel it would be better loved and appreciated in someone else's hands, or even more dreaded you've fallen on hard times and need the cash. Either way, you're reselling(assuming resells are allowed).
How do you price your resell, specifically one you have extra art of that you've either commissioned or done yourself, and do you break down the cost of each thing as you go down the line so buyers know how you got that price? Do you put a price value on your own work? Or do you not include the added cost of commissions at all or simply not include certain pieces based on content (such as couple pieces when the new buyer doesn't have the other end of a couple)? Likewise how do you manage the inclusion of gift art?
I think it's logical when reselling that the price is a number of factors and I personally like when a seller lists the cost of each commission so the price adds up. A gift is that, a gift and shouldn't count toward the cost since it cost you nothing. I think if you know the gifter and you tell them you're selling see what price they'd put on their work and add that but then give them that cost back (or they donate that cost to you iffin you're really close and they understand but that's between the two friends, like never assume it's okay to add a value to gift art ever)
I think it's okay to add value to your own artwork added for an adopt, but to realistically price your work. (A sketch isn't worth $100 dollars unless you've had people pay that in the past, so no added 'sentiment' price hidden via your extra art)
As far as couples art maybe only half the cost of the piece since the new owner probably can't use it? And since there's two in it the cost would be split between the two for overall value?
What are your thoughts?
How do you price your resell, specifically one you have extra art of that you've either commissioned or done yourself, and do you break down the cost of each thing as you go down the line so buyers know how you got that price? Do you put a price value on your own work? Or do you not include the added cost of commissions at all or simply not include certain pieces based on content (such as couple pieces when the new buyer doesn't have the other end of a couple)? Likewise how do you manage the inclusion of gift art?
I think it's logical when reselling that the price is a number of factors and I personally like when a seller lists the cost of each commission so the price adds up. A gift is that, a gift and shouldn't count toward the cost since it cost you nothing. I think if you know the gifter and you tell them you're selling see what price they'd put on their work and add that but then give them that cost back (or they donate that cost to you iffin you're really close and they understand but that's between the two friends, like never assume it's okay to add a value to gift art ever)
I think it's okay to add value to your own artwork added for an adopt, but to realistically price your work. (A sketch isn't worth $100 dollars unless you've had people pay that in the past, so no added 'sentiment' price hidden via your extra art)
As far as couples art maybe only half the cost of the piece since the new owner probably can't use it? And since there's two in it the cost would be split between the two for overall value?
What are your thoughts?
I think pricing adopts should only include art actually purchased.
I don't think gift art, trade art, or personal art should be included in price.
I think that price should only include price of adopt (assuming it was purchased and not traded) and commissioned art.
If personal art is allowed to add price, then people could just spit out a bunch of art for the purpose of gaining a profit, and I don't think that's fair.
That's just my thoughts on the subject n.n
And I definitely see where you're coming from your end in people taking advantage of that, thus why I had said you have to price your art realistically with the standards you would normally offer of equivalent value. If a sketch is only worth a dollar it's not suddenly worth five.
Sorry this took so long to respond to! I was having a brain fart and couldn't get the thoughts out properly, thank you for the response!
But yeah I mean, its really a gray area. I personally don't think people should do it, but it's really a personal choice, and as long as they aren't exploiting it, and people know what they are paying for, then its not a huge deal.
I have seen people buy adopts, then make one piece, then sell it within like 1-2 weeks time, and that raises red flags for me.
It's just that usually when I make personal art of my characters, the characters live in my head world and have a set personality and backstory, and sometimes when a character is resold, the personality and backstory often changes, but I guess that could be true of commissioned art (other than your generic non-story or non-canon commissions of just a character standing or sitting there or whatever cx)
Idk, like I said, it's an incredibly gray area, and people can do what they wish. I'm not going to sit here and condemn anyone who charges for personal art cx
I know I often use personal drawings as time to think about that character and what they're like, and it often makes it harder for me to want to consider trading or reselling, but I know not everyone is like that or feels that way.
And you're totally right it is a really gray area often times, and it would send up red flags for me if someone got an adopt did art and then shortly after was looking to resell. And sometimes it just happens on occasion where the design doesn't click in the way you hope. Which is generally beyond sad for me the few times it happens. And I have some adopts I've had for a while that may be better off with other people or traded and even though if I've done prior art of them it's harder on me to consider rehoming them.
I love when characters write themselves though CX makes it so much more fun that way!
I try so hard sometimes to make a design work even then I might not trade them. I could prolly count the number of trades I've done on one hand. TvT
I can see that being a good route for personal art you do, though I still stand by why I've said prior if you're strapped for cash and need to try to at least break even on an adopt resell.
Though I suppose mitigated costs in that regards could be considered like, time owned sort of thing. Or I dunno.
I definitely agree that it's good to try and keep prices reasonable for an adopt resale but I don't blame people trying to get every bit back that they can if they're strapped for it.
Thank you so much for the input! I really love your idea in regards to art you add yourself since that seems to help mitigate against people trying to abuse buying adopts and adding art just to resell for a profit.