Events clove and I will be selling at in the next few months!! We’re super excited! If you’re in the Brisbane area, definitely stop by!
made a new and updated commission sheet, dm me if you’re interested!
reblogs appreciated!
made a new and updated commission sheet, dm me if you’re interested!
reblogs appreciated!
Events clove and I will be selling at in the next few months!! We’re super excited! If you’re in the Brisbane area, definitely stop by!
doodled some of my guys with fangs <3
Lovekins will be selling at this event this month!! If you’re in the Brisbane area and you like rats, please come by!! It’s gonna be a great day run by awesome people <3
just finished sweet tooth and i cant stop thinking abt little deer boy. cant wait for s3
also my wife wrote a song that fits gus so well and its been consuming my brain for like 3 days straight
its coming out of summer here but its still warm and it makes me think of little beach boy larusso
where else do you post?
Only here because I have a full time job </3 I used to use twitter but well. Not anymore
If you don’t mind my karate kid insanity I do post slightly more on my sideblog @alwayscobrakai but that’s about everywhere I’m active these days
I have some more questions! What’s the most popular forms of merchandise you guys sell, what’s your favourite, what else have you seen around, and if you were to branch out into more stuff, what would you try? :-)
I know from my own observations that some common stuff is pins, stickers, prints, keychains- but I’ve seen some obscure things such as patterned fabrics, comics/zines, sculptures, figurines, sticker hoarder books (which seem to be on the rise) plushies, etc.
clove wrote another nice long piece that summarised all my thoughts too so i’ll put all that below
TLDR
most popular by quantity - badges
most popular by profits - keychain or prints
favourite to sell - zines
best starter merch - anything you can make at home!
things I’d like to do next - sticker books, pens, embroidery
dream merch - plushies
every piece of merch has their ups and downs, and I find that some forms that I never have luck with selling fly off other people’s tables and vice versa. it’s all about finding your niche and what flows well with your style and business model.
for context for others, this is a summary my experience selling at large weekend long pop culture cons in Australia. this is going to be different for online sales, or for stalls at smaller events aimed at different audiences. adjust your stock accordingly. any prices I mention are in AUD
here’s my thoughts
Thank you two so so much!!! I really appreciate the response. :)
Of course!!! If you have any other questions abt merch selling or zines feel free to ask!
Hey there, I have some questions about selling zines in Australia? I apologise if it’s rude to ask about stuff like business, but I simply can’t find this info anywhere, so please forgive me.
How much do you stock per convention? Does it depend on where you’re selling? Do people buy original works? How did you start, how was that experience? How hard is it, as a beginner seller in Brisbane, to find venues to sell? How do you print your zines, at home or with a service?
Many thanks if you do answer, if not no worries. :-)
Not rude at all, I’m happy to answer!! Clove and I are big advocates of Zines For Everyone so the more people who have this info, the better!!
Clove and I both wrote out our answers so I’ll put them under the cut here because they got pretty long! We are Passionate abt zines <3
For new zines at cons, it depends a lot on the content of that particular zine as to how much we print. Like with our old art compilation zines for example, that’s a popular ‘genre’ right now so we printed about 12 of each. For something more obscure/niche like cloves MediZine, we printed about 5 from memory. If the zine sells well or even if people just seem to like it (even if they don’t buy) we try to up the number a little or keep it steady at 12-15. Even if it doesn’t sell super well, we still try to keep 3 or 4 in stock because you never know when you’ll find the right person for it.
At least at the locations we sell at, there isn’t a huge difference that I’ve noticed when it comes to zine sales. At cons there are zine hunters who hit up anyone who sells zines and we end up trading almost as many as we sell! Same goes for the nonbinary festivals that we’ve attended.
Original stuff absolutely sells and in my experience often sells better than fandom. People who are into zines are usually into supporting original works from artists too. Honestly as long as the zine is something you’re passionate about, no matter the subject, someone will love it.
