So how many of you use redbubble?

[Caelestie]

because it is a great site for artist who want to sell their art in t-shirt form or posters. it would allow for your fanbase to get stuff related to your comic! and I know a lot of artist can get some amount if money off of it!

here is my redbubble
so you can get an example of what it is like!

Before you ask how you can get money out of it, it is based on a percentage, that you can choose! If you sell a t-shirt they have a baseline of 20$ that they take and you add however much you want like. For exemple you can add 7$ more so it would add up to 27$ for a t-shirt!

[starsyscomics]

We've used it for fan art sales in the past, and I'm sort of on the fence about it? I feel like the base prices are already high, so you either make money by charging a ton on top of the base price and hope people will pay $7 for a sticker, or you keep it on the cheap side and never see a profit. We've made a bunch of small sales in the past year, but it's hardly pocket change. I'm interested if there are other services people use that they like and are actually profitable?

[MichelleAntisocial]

I can definitely see the appeal, but I also feel like the base prices are way too high for me to feel comfortable adding anything to them (or honestly, charging even the base price to begin with). I silk screen my own merch for my music and sell it on Storenvy already, so I feel like if any comics I make ever have a decent enough following, I will just continue to do that, so I can keep charging $5 for tees.

[Caelestie]

well you don't usually add 7$ for a sticker, it is usually like 30 cents! but I can see how it would be great to know other alternatives!

[starsyscomics]

Yeah, but unless you have a run on stickers, you're only making 30 cents, haha. It's something that we run in the background and don't spend much time on, and now and then we get a sale and it's like "yay, we just made 30 cents". I don't think it's the best platform for making an actual profit though, unless you catch the right market and get lucky.

[Caelestie]

that is true, it might not be the best platform but it is a beginning for people that want to try to make money out of their art! after that you can find better alternatives!

[MylCreates]

Does storeenvy charge anything extra for selling merchandise on there? Do they take a certain percentage etc?

[MichelleAntisocial]

It's free, unless the sale comes through the storenvy marketplace (like someone found your stuff randomly) instead of through your custom site, in that case they take 10%. I have never had that happen though, I've always got 100% of my sales.

[joannekwan]

I'm currently using Society6 but I am considering making a Redbubble store front eventually. The biggest draw for me on Redbubble are stickers, but I don't really have any good sticker designs at the moment.
Have you gotten any shirts from Redbubble and can comment on the print quality of it?

[Caelestie]

I have seen a video of someone getting a t-shirt and commenting on the excellent customer service that redbubble provided:
video link
another person receiving redbubble t-shirt and poster if you are interested.
video link 2

[VeloursRose]

The appeal of Redbubble is that you get a percentage of sales without having to make or ship the product yourself. That's the main trade off and it isn't so bad since all you have to do is the up front of preparing files. Though, it is pretty hard to sell original stuff if you've got no design experience. I just let my shop run itself most of the time. You don't have to do much to maintain it unlike running your own shop and shipping things out yourself would.

[joannekwan]

Nice! I didn't know shirts came with that neat label. Thanks for the links

[JeanGuillet]

Stickers!!!!! I have found new meaning in life. Seriously, ask redbubble to give you commissions for every new person you direct there...

[Caelestie]

you're welcome! it seems pretty good overall!

[Caelestie]

heheheh I don't think I will get many people interested but it would be a nice thought!

[phoenixrenaissance]

I share a redbubble account with my sister and we've got quite a few items on there. There's really only a few big fandom things that have actually sold well but the fact that you don't have to handle any shipping or restocking makes it worth it to me.
We've made about $100 in a year and half, which isn't great or anything, but I feel it's still worth it to go ahead and make more items for it. I keep thinking about doing stuff for my comics but just haven't gotten around to it just yet.

[HNLEE]

Redbubble is great~! I sell my comic's merch there and my work has already be featured 3 times. The community is great and I made a lot more than I expected. ^^
Here's my redbubble. I totally recommend this site ~

[KreativeConfusion]

A lot of websites that offer to basically make and ship the mercy for you have high base prices. I know society6 is the same but depending on things it doesn't make as much as redbubble for yourself. I remember looking into it and while you could make 5 dollars of certain merch at redbubble, you only made 2-3 on society6 (but it depends on the merch)

I like buying stuff from society6 though, the company is set int the US so I get my stuff quick and the quality is pretty good.