Crokus Label

Helene Kippert, 9 months ago

I was here for more like 3 months before I made my first sale Crokus Label, and even now I’m not selling as much as I’d like to. I don’t think it’s you – more like this is an artist’s community and artists are always short of money! :o)

dairygirl, 9 months ago

it just takes time, like they say good things come to those whom wait, I am sure you will sell some work because your work is brilliant.
all in good time

SnapHappy, 9 months ago

your pictures are very good and you will sell something…there’s no right or wrong way, just your way of expressing yourself…big hug to you

kari, 9 months ago

I haven’t sold anything yet either. But, I just keep pluggin’ along, doing what I love to do. Don’t worry, it will happen just when you least expect it. Well…that’s what I tell myself anyways :) hug

rest, 9 months ago

Haven’t you sold anything? hahaha i’ve made a small fortune off this site, i’ve even bought a small island off the coast of mexico. and yes i am joking, if you want to make money don’t make art its a waste of time, money wise

kooky, 9 months ago

i haven’t sold anything yet either on red bubble.

Henk Stolk, 9 months ago

Don’t worry… never do.. Your art is fine.
Concentrate on the fun, the art, the enjoyment.
The more you stress….
I didn’t sell anything too.. I don’t care. I’ve learned a lot, so earned heaps!

Helen Bascom KMA, 9 months ago

You aren’t the only one wth this problem. One of my favorites has had a meltdown today. HERE

Lumineux, 9 months ago

I have to say, most of my sales, (if not all of them), have come from outside of the RB community where I have spent some time promoting my work, (& others), on this site. I I work in a large organisation where word of mouth plays a big role, this has been very helpful, but even so, sales are slow.
RB is also a very large community, with an abundance of art work constantly on display, especially in the photography genre. Unless you are targeting a specific audience, that just happens to also be specifically looking for the style/genre/subject etc on offer, much of our work becomes lost among all the other great work. Simply stated, there is just too much on offer to choose from.
Helene also makes a good point, and this isn’t the first of this kind of post I have come across here. I do think if there was a simple answer to your question, others would have found one by now.
Please, just keep believing in yourself & in what you do. Sales are really no true measure of how good your work is.
M

Juilee P Pryor, 9 months ago

Hi Crokus don’t worry about the sales. I’ve been here since the very beginning of Red bubble and have one or two reasonably OK pictures up and I’ve sold almost nothing. I get lots of views though and comments on work which is great to be honest. I really enjoy being part of the community and I find that I get more of my huge backlog of older work sorted and scanned as a result of being part of this site. So its worth while just from that point of view.

Like Henk says just enjoy the taking part and making the work and don’t worrry to much about the sales.

anthonytsteel, 9 months ago

I too have not sold anything in my four months on RedBubble, although I have sold framed pictures in my home town. I agree with Lumineux about the amount to choose from on RB, it’s a bit of a lottery as to whether the right person gets to see your work! Keep trying!!!!!

VBPurcell, 9 months ago

Who knows what people buy? I wouldn’t get too focused on sales. I’ve been here for so long and I’ve only sold 4 items. If anything, enjoying the experience of RB might be value enough. Keep creating :0)

Mardav7777, 9 months ago

I am in the same boat! No sales yet! But then again, I am not really expecting to sell anything, I just found this site by accident, and thought it looked fun. I am finding that it can be very time consuming, so I just try to limit my online time to a hour or so in the evening after I have put in my 10 hour day at work dealing with people. Nice relaxation!

Hermosa Lee Kwan, 9 months ago

i’ve sold 4 cards to an author/friend of mine outside of RB. do you have other sites? maybe you can post your RB link there so that more can view your work.

i also agree to enjoying the experience of being here. keep on creating. its the love of it that matters.

big hugz

Paul Gibbons, 9 months ago

I have sold one card and I too was getting dispondent, now I am a realist this is not going to fund my lavish lifestyle. if I were to take a guess on why it is that most of the people on Redbubble are sellers, how do we make our work available to the buyers?

Your work is excellent crokus, I am sure your sales will begin sooner rather than later. Who knows, Christmas is coming and people need to buy presents and send CARDS.

Your work for the petition was fantastic and many of us feel we owe you a big thank you.

Be patient I am sure it will happen.

Plectrhelminthus, 9 months ago

“I_am_somehow_deceived…“

Dear Yukon Bliss, rest assured that your portfolio RB from the point of view of concepts, visual attractiveness, technical level and so on and on is not worse than any other photo portfolio at RB is and I do mean that.
Alas art, whatever that means and what is salable are different kettles of fish.

Decide what you are after.

Perhaps a quote from Robert Townsend’s genial “Up the organization! ” may help.
Townsend was the inventor of the credit card system and after bowing out from American Express within five years he spent at Avis Rent-a-Car he made from a nearly bankrupt joint the second largest venture of its kind all over the world. So, here goes his ars_poetica, in his inimitable style:

“If you are in business not for fun or profit, what the hell are you doing here?”

RB an image agency is not.

If you are after some dough then go to “World Artist Directory”: http://worldartistdirectory.com/ and check out ArtDeadline as well.
Study what BUYERS are looking for then build up your portfolio(s) accordingly, aimed at meeting ACTUAL, CURRENT DEMAND.

If you feel you’d need some more tips and I may help don’t hesitate and PM me, you no my e-mail address.

Meach, 9 months ago

HI Crokus – I haven’t sold anything yet either but we have to be patient. I can tell from reading posts and forums that Redbubble are working hard to get this site noticed by the wider community.
I enjoy this site – it is fun and you get tons of inspiration and ideas but more than that I have made loads of new friends – some of them thousands of miles away and some just down the road in my own beloved Wales. I didn’t come on here expecting to make a fortune I came here because it was such a refreshing place to be after some pretty bad experiences on other sites.
The friends I have made – including you Crokus – are worth millions.

Meach, 9 months ago

Now I come to think of it I haven’t bought anything either!

PhotogeniquE IPA, 9 months ago

you are not doing anything wrong. Neither is it your work which is great. The major issue, as I see it, is that external promotion is really the only way to get sales of any number. This might mean, and does at present, self-promotion, or local RB groups promoting as a group. When RB becomes large enough and begins attracting the attention of agencies etc., looking for images, it might change – don’t know.

Although the community side of RB is priceless, and I really value it, many Bubblers are looking to sell stuff in reasonable quantities to provide some sort of income. I know I am. That is the difficult bit. I’ve been here since Aug and sold 3 cards.

Gracey, 9 months ago

To quote Paul (Gibbons) – “how do we make our work available to buyers?”

Frankly, you do it by advertising, and by not requiring the buyers to sign up to the same type of account sellers in the community are using. I don’t think that exists here (if it does I haven’t found it yet). I’d like to send some traffic to buy prints and cards here, however, I don’t particularly want any of my clients reading my journals, nor the comments, thanks just the same.

I joined in (late?) September I think, and I have sold two cards and a t-shirt (and thank the buyers profusely) and was thinking there was also something wrong with my work, and this perhaps is not the place to be. Reading everyone else’s disappointment makes me feel pretty crappy for feeling bad about selling so little, when many have sold nothing.

I am currently designing web pages (total overhaul of my site, ugh, 4 more pages to go) for Prints, Cards and Tees with direct links to my images on RB of those items, but I am feeling some trepidation about using those pages for the reason’s I’ve already listed.

There should be a separate interface for those who are only interested in buying, more like a storefront than the community commons. As it is, I would likely have to purchase what a client wants myself, and resell it to them at RB’s listed prices – personally, I think that sucks :)

Godwin Jones, 9 months ago

I think if RB’S advertise thier site with www.myspace.com and write press release at www.pr.com,it will help to promote the site and will expose the site to the whole world,many people are searching for art work,but they dont nkow where to get them,so this is a good idea and individuals must work hard to promote himself and the work.Dont worry,you are not alone,we share your feelings.Love all!

Chris Richards, 9 months ago

Hmm, isn’t it interesting? By the looks of things, about or less than 20 hours (the lifespan of this journal thus far) after posting this, I can now see a nice green checkmark with a Work Sold right next to it. Maybe the key to sellin work is advertising the fact that you have yet to do so? =P Regardless, keep up the great work, and thanks for joining the group Canada Crokus =)

Crokus Label, 9 months ago

Thank you so much everyone… (sorry for the late reply, I have been sick all day, and I am still, I only got up to go use the washroom)

This is all so nice… I can not reply to all tonight, so I will do so tomorrow…

But yes, Richards, I see that now.. I have sold my very first card… :)

And I don’t know who it is… but whoever it is… I say thanks…. :)

I will write a thank you note, and I will go back to bed… :)

Much Freedom, Peace, Love, Light, Respect and Honor to all…

And thank you so much for all those nice things you said to me… I feel blessed…

Will see you all tomorrow… :)

Baseman, 9 months ago

what doi you mean by ” I am not what people are expecting form me ” ??
I assume when you say people in the real world you actually refering to your family and freinds. who might find it difficult to tell you that your work is pretty average. you might be talented in other things but photography isn’t one of your many “venues”.

this is more of artist community. and because it free everyone think they are artists. pretty sad really.

I noticed that after this entry you made a sale. whoever bought it was rather sweet. it was sympathy i guess

Crokus Label, 9 months ago

I find that you are somehow unaware of what is art… art is whatever I do with it… for you to say what you did is not too nice… have you even look at my “into the light” picture? and read it’s story.. ? I doubt it much…

It takes “guts” to come here and insult people into telling them that they have no talent.

Photography is a form of art, a form of expression, and I don’t see any of yours here.

Let me know when you have uploaded some work… maybe then I can tell you what I think of what ever it is you do…

So far, the only talent I can give you (from what I know of you because there is nothing yet in your gallery) it is that you do have talent… and that is at being disrespectful at people.

So if this is “this is more of artist community. and because it free everyone think they are artists. pretty sad really.” Well… so I guess that makes you one or the other… you are an artist or you think you are one because it is free… and yet, I can not see any of your “art” here yet… nothing!!! So what are you doing here if you are not an artist and you state that this is an artist community???
It is pretty sad to see that you think that you can decide what is art… and what is not… and yet give yourself a privilege that you refuse others (being a “non-artist” member) Hmmm…

I am not sure I get it.

And here, I will offer you my sympathy for thinking that you can put people down in what they do, and tell them that they are not talented…

You sure are not talented into talking to women…

Anyhow, Thanks for the opportunity to talk about it.

Freedom, Peace, Love, Light, Respect and Honor are all words that I am trying to live by.. (but never said I was perfect either.)

Alan Watt, 5 months ago

Hi,
I felt I should chip in here.
I am new to Redbubble and have been a member on Deviant art for around 8 months.
On Deviant Art I get quite a decent amount of comments, favs and features but I hardly get any looks on my work here.
Admittedly I have only put up around 10 pics so far.
I also want my hard work to pay off and I understand how you feel….but that aside I am using this time to get better. I have only been taking pictures for 9 months now so I cant expect to make money.
I am not sure how long you have been ‘at it’ so to speak but I don’t think that there is too much money to be made here.
If thats wrong then can someone give me an example of the sorts of figures we are talking? What would the average number of sales per month be for an average seller?

Like I say I will use this as my training time and hopefully when I graduate from this experience I may see some money.

Best of luck to you and really like your pictures.

Alan