So Disappointed
Here I put in over 8 hours making 10 owls and 10 parakeets with Steampunk outfits and sold none of them.
I attended a Steampunk event, a one day affair, that was doubled up with Anime and a little Dr. Who, down on the MSOE campus. The primary focus was Steampunk though. My table had a range of items on, from Cthulhu dolls to large squid, fancy fake fur muffs, the Ferret Tarot, Cthulhu Spawnette cat toys, Victorian catnip mice, wooly hamsters and the keets and owls. I had backdrop displays and everything looked really nice.
The muffs started selling once I started pointing out there were no moving parts (gotta get humor going, it really makes a difference). The Cthulhu dolls went fine. The big draw were the squids, which are 16" long and in vivid colors. But nobody was interested in the tarot or the birds.
My owls had utility belts with little glass bottles and metal harness. The keets had ivory tie offs for equipment, small 'leather' bags and glass bottles for 'samples'. They both looked semi-realistic and had wired feet for perching, were displayed perched on the backs of the displays in full sight.
Nada. Barely anyone reached out to pick one up. Maybe it was the price point? I'd put a lot of work into them and I always seem to underprice my items so put a decent price on to sell them for what they're actually worth and should be going at. However the general age group there was Anime oriented, between 17 and 22 years old. Dealers at the tables were the next generation up, and I had more action from them than the attendees - and no it wasn't just at my table, I did notice that most tables weren't selling all that much either. Maybe the students just had no cash and went for the meetups and programming? They certainly got super rowdy (shouting!!!) for the scavenger hunt that seemed to go on for 3 hours.
Argh. Well, I'd intended to sell them over on Etsy anyway.
I did get two possible bites from store owners looking to get in contact later. I don't think I'm a good fit for one, they deal with Civil War costuming and she was mostly interested in my catnip mice. The other was too hesitant so I don't know if that will pan out, even if they were the ones to ask for my business card first. We'll see.
I attended a Steampunk event, a one day affair, that was doubled up with Anime and a little Dr. Who, down on the MSOE campus. The primary focus was Steampunk though. My table had a range of items on, from Cthulhu dolls to large squid, fancy fake fur muffs, the Ferret Tarot, Cthulhu Spawnette cat toys, Victorian catnip mice, wooly hamsters and the keets and owls. I had backdrop displays and everything looked really nice.
The muffs started selling once I started pointing out there were no moving parts (gotta get humor going, it really makes a difference). The Cthulhu dolls went fine. The big draw were the squids, which are 16" long and in vivid colors. But nobody was interested in the tarot or the birds.
My owls had utility belts with little glass bottles and metal harness. The keets had ivory tie offs for equipment, small 'leather' bags and glass bottles for 'samples'. They both looked semi-realistic and had wired feet for perching, were displayed perched on the backs of the displays in full sight.
Nada. Barely anyone reached out to pick one up. Maybe it was the price point? I'd put a lot of work into them and I always seem to underprice my items so put a decent price on to sell them for what they're actually worth and should be going at. However the general age group there was Anime oriented, between 17 and 22 years old. Dealers at the tables were the next generation up, and I had more action from them than the attendees - and no it wasn't just at my table, I did notice that most tables weren't selling all that much either. Maybe the students just had no cash and went for the meetups and programming? They certainly got super rowdy (shouting!!!) for the scavenger hunt that seemed to go on for 3 hours.
Argh. Well, I'd intended to sell them over on Etsy anyway.
I did get two possible bites from store owners looking to get in contact later. I don't think I'm a good fit for one, they deal with Civil War costuming and she was mostly interested in my catnip mice. The other was too hesitant so I don't know if that will pan out, even if they were the ones to ask for my business card first. We'll see.
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