This last weekend I was in the dealers’ den at Anthro New England. It was my first time vending at a furry convention, and it went pretty well! I sold a bunch of masks, took a couple tail commissions, and got some art from neighbor vendors.

Between this and Arisia last month, it was good to get some insight into which sorts of things in my line of products resonate with people in those sorts of contexts. The most popular things for catching people's eyes were the robot dragon drone hood, scale tail, and pet rocks; while the things that sold the quickest were the raven skull masks, scale mail bracelets, and leather fortune cookies.

I’ll definitely be looking into more conventions and other venues to sell stuff at. The big challenge will be logistics--since I don’t have a car (it’s way more trouble than it’s worth when living in Boston), getting myself to non-local cons will require making better friends with people who go places and carpooling. (Or I guess learning to drive and renting a car, but that’s even more expenses.)

I’ll also need to think about how to diversify my product range, because it’s definitely true that only a relatively small minority of people will actually buy a mask, even if they really like it. So I may resume working on everyday-carry sorts of things, like the notebook covers I’ve done in the past. I’d kinda like to do more leather bracelets again, but last time I had them at a con I only sold like 2 of them, so that didn’t seem to be a winner.

I’ll also be looking into cons with art shows, because I think the big hoods may have a better chance at selling in that sort of context.

Anyway, things were fairly successful on the whole, and over the next couple months I’ll be mulling over how to improve more.