Need help :(
11 years ago
General
I've done my taxes and I owe even more than last year. Since Valve issued me a cease-and-desist on my TF2 and Half Life patches I'm making significantly less on my embroidery on a monthly basis now. I've been trying to find a job but even the fast food and retail places either turn me down or don't call me back.
I need two things: one, to make as many sales in my Etsy shop as possible. Please take a look and pass the link along:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/neithersparky
Second: I need to bulk up my catalog. I mostly sell stuff for cosplay, so I can use all the suggestions for patches you think people would buy as possible. I am currently working on the four main Attack on Titan designs to sell in small and large versions, but I don't watch anime or play video games so I need suggestions. Also some of my biggest sellers have been things I wouldn't have thought would even sell, like my Team Zissou/Master Frogmen patches, which are currently my biggest sellers. Suggestions of emblems from movies, cartoons, anything you can think of are appreciated.
I would LIKE to offer commissions for embroidered furcon badges but to do those I would prefer to do my own artwork and I don't know if people would like my art...Here's one I did for myself some time ago:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3269788/
If you think you might be interested let me know, but understand that a badge like this would probably run about...$60+, because I have to draw it, digitize it, then physically create it.
Thanks for reading. :3 Still hopeful I can make Biggest Little Furcon but taxes come first.
EDIT: Oh I should mention, I will be selling my first embroidery machine, a Janome 350e, along with many things I bought (and even made) for it. I don't know how much yet, but I'm thinking in the $700 range. Obviously it would be easiest to sell it locally.
I need two things: one, to make as many sales in my Etsy shop as possible. Please take a look and pass the link along:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/neithersparky
Second: I need to bulk up my catalog. I mostly sell stuff for cosplay, so I can use all the suggestions for patches you think people would buy as possible. I am currently working on the four main Attack on Titan designs to sell in small and large versions, but I don't watch anime or play video games so I need suggestions. Also some of my biggest sellers have been things I wouldn't have thought would even sell, like my Team Zissou/Master Frogmen patches, which are currently my biggest sellers. Suggestions of emblems from movies, cartoons, anything you can think of are appreciated.
I would LIKE to offer commissions for embroidered furcon badges but to do those I would prefer to do my own artwork and I don't know if people would like my art...Here's one I did for myself some time ago:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3269788/
If you think you might be interested let me know, but understand that a badge like this would probably run about...$60+, because I have to draw it, digitize it, then physically create it.
Thanks for reading. :3 Still hopeful I can make Biggest Little Furcon but taxes come first.
EDIT: Oh I should mention, I will be selling my first embroidery machine, a Janome 350e, along with many things I bought (and even made) for it. I don't know how much yet, but I'm thinking in the $700 range. Obviously it would be easiest to sell it locally.
FA+

Also science things. I've seen vinyl decals sell at conventions of science clip art like beakers, biohazard image, etc. Nerd clientele.
TV shows: Adventure Time. Dr Who.
Further nerd/geek ideas: http://www.thinkgeek.com/