A quick update on February ...
Greetings! It’s the start of a new month and I’ve just spent a few minutes looking at all the stats from last month and thought you might be interested in a quick snapshot.
We’re a chatty bunch – last month there were 627933 comments on the site. We continue to receive feedback that the positive and supportive environment at RedBubble (often expressed via comments) is one of the most valuable aspects of the site. Here’s a graph of comments since launch:

To put this into context there were 144690 works added to the site in February. Groups have steadily been building momentum:

We have grand plans for the groups (after we get through our current roadmap) but it pleasing to see more activity happening in the groups.
The sales on the site have well and truly picked up after the post Christmas lull. RedBubble is much more than a place to sell your work – in fact we think the most important thing we think we do is facilitate the evolution of a supportive, safe and encouraging environment where your talents can be shared and you can be encouraged and inspired to delve more deeply into your creative side … but I digress (for those who want to know more about what drives us try here or here). Here’s a graph of the number of unique works sold each day on RB:
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In February we sent out 2204 sales notifications. If we consider a seller as someone who was sold something before on RedBubble (there’s some folks on RB who are just interested in sharing their work) then the average sales are at $150 per year (per seller). There’s no one yet making a full time living on RB but there are quire a few folks making 1/3 to 1/2 a living – and it’s not always the people you would expect. Some of the most prolific sellers have quite a low profile on RB – and they do a lot of work off site marketing themselves.
As a general note – we’re a very entrepreneurial company – if you’ve ever got a business idea that you think we can help with drop us a line. In the last week we’ve had about half a dozen companies approach us wanting to distribute some of the t-shirts on the site (for example).
That’s probably enough for today … in the next couple of days I’ll be calling for volunteers to help us road test a few new products we’ve got in the pipe line. So if you’re interested please keep checking out these RB journal entries.
Ciao,
David Lay
Fantastic news! Glad to hear RB is thriving!
Cory Frantz
RED BUBBLE ROCKS!!!!!!!
red addiction
The tshirts distribution sounds awsome!! You guys are doing great.
Hobbers
Excellent results!!!
Craig 'has a n...
Thats phenonomal!
I look forward to see whats in store, and would love to volunteer for anything :P
jerry alcantara
more power RB!
Kristina K
congrats redbubble
Karin Taylor
I agree, that sounds very exciting, the possibilities could be magnifico :D
Rany Lutz
Sounds good!
I assume you are investigating firms to do your framing in the U. S. and Europe to save shipping costs? I realize you probably want to keep the printing in-house to control quality, but having overseas framers and re-shippers could be cost effective to the consumer.
JoshuaRomantic
I’m new here, but this is still very exciting news to me! I hope this trend continues
Danny
interesting figures
I assume the dips are the Christmas period.
The resurgence of groups is very encouraging especially after the dip following the initial introduction.
Obviously Groups will play a huge part in the development of the Red Bubble Community.
It’s a pity there is no Group/sales correlation. (bit too early anyway)
RedBubble replied
Yeah – post Christmas thing went quiet for a few weeks – everyone went on holiday (except me, Tom and Ed).
Cathie Tranent
Great work us!!
Thanks so much for all the behind the scenes info … and I’ll put my hand up for a road test too!!
Seth Weaver
That is great news RB guys. I’m also on AW and RB 9 a younger site) already has more artists and more artworks. You guys are doing it right! Except that you owe me 46 cents from a sale of mine in October, but who can complain.
Naylor
There really is power in numbers and redbubble proves that statement to be true :) LOVE this site …
I am so excited by the future and only see wonderful things happening !!!!!
Thank you all
pene
Do we put hands up here for road tests? or wait for the announcement journal??? :)
RedBubble replied
Hold out just a day or two while we line a few things up.
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That’s fantastic! Well done RB!
pene
thanks for that…
I’ll wait (impatiently) for the next journal… :)
keep up the great work.
berndt2
Nice stuff. Me Analyst. Me love graphs 8)
Mike Savad
i’m more curious to see the graph showing people that buy stuff – are they a bubble member? or someone from the outside.
—-Mike Savad
collin
Best site I’ve ever shared my work on
Faizan Qureshi
Thanks for sharing the stats. Always wondered how much stuff sells. :)
Cassie Sitnik
If you build it, they will come!
Jennifer Woodward
Cool. I can only see redbubble getting better and better. I’ve looked at other sites for displaying (possibly selling) my work, but never get past the homepages… they’re just not redbubble!
KEITH R. WILL...
WE’RE JUST SPREADING THE LOVE
Allison Lane
Good work RB, I have recruited a few new member for you myself, watch out Canada here comes RB…
Craig Goldsmith
Thanks for the update RB, love looking at stats!
Jen Cannella
Fantastic place this, rb is…glad to see it and all of us doing so well!
funkyporchini
Redbubble is “THE” best !!!
georgieboy98
I’ve tried several sites over the years with varying degrees of satisfaction but I feel far more comfortable and ‘at home’ with RB than any other. I particularly like the way you share your successes, plans etc with us and this probably does more than anything towards making us feel we are vital part of the overall operation. With this attitude that you have I predict a very bright future for RB. Peter
Sharon Perrett
WTG RB, all good stuff, I’m out there pushing RB to anybody I speak too :))
Dan Jesperson
Great info, thanks for the update. Look forward to see what happens in MARCH!
plyle
easily best site for sharing work and inspiring others
picketty
great to be so well informed and know we are dealing with human beings!!!!
Ben de Putron
one thing i would really like to see is a disabling of right click on the site – ie stop anyone being able to just go to the large version of your picture , right clicking and then saving the picture, and gettign a free copy of your picture!!!...this can be done as loads of news sites do not allow this function.
RedBubble replied
Hi Ben – disabling the right click doesn’t actually provide any protection – folks can use screen capture software to take the image. See this post for more background.
jumpy
id like to see who are the top sellers
maybe a top 40 list, that updates each month
it would be great to see what they do to be soo successful?!
dendoo
oh i agree with jumpy, it would be good to see who the top sellers are because just cause an artwork or tshirt is the most popular doesn’t mean that the buyer is a top seller… as to the right clicking problem, isnt’ there some code that doesn’t allow you to right click? i’m not sure…i know on xanga some ppl have figured out how to stop ppl from right clicking. would that work on a mac though?
PoPdbble
yes, wann, j bdpmtop, rc hmm jd, rbbr ; ))) just feel the love in the room : )
nancyames
Redbubble is by far my favourite site – the arts combo works wonders of inspiration – may the future be bright.
mandi andreasen
I love redbubble. I have not sold anything yet I make sure i put my link on my photography cards that i display if anyone has any pointers how to sale on here i would live it. I am dying for a sale weather it’s a small card or t-shirt…. I also purchased one of my works for my sister and the print quality is the best i have ever seen….
paulywog1561
Red Bubble is great!
I have been to other web sites, and this one has been the most inspiring!
Maureen Bloesch
and….to add more words…...of all the sites that I have had my work on, this is the most professional. We are kept up to date on the latest of everything (well, as update as one can keep up with, all the up to date stuff). Rb is definitely a place to learn more about how your creativity is progressing and in the process, hopefully make $ while learning. I have interacted with many lovely people and seen some wonderful works of art (photographs are included in art). I believe that most are putting their best upfront and one the line…The best to all of us@
Dana DiPasquale
this is great. am wondering what the units are for the x-axis. what span of time do the graphs cover?
RedBubble replied
That’s the entire time since we launched on 2 Feb 07. The dip in the graphs is Christmas.
RedBubble replied
Except for the groups graph – which goes back to the day groups was launched – from memory Sep 07.
Heather Rivet...
well done
jumpy
Dana i think it covers days in Febuary only ??
Lisa Wilson
I enjoy the update especially about sales and group support. Looking forward to hearing about the new ideas.
RoughDiamond
Fabulous work everybody :) x
Phil Eckert
Impressive !!
Cheers
Dana DiPasquale
Thanks!
Denzil
Way to go RB! You all do such great work, to make being on the site such an enjoyable experience – and if people are selling, good luck to them as well! I buy other peoples’ work, as well as some of my own, and couldn’t be happier, even thought no-one’s buying mine.
Love the graphs, but a key to the bottom axis WOULD be useful… and I’d love to know who your top sellers are – although I guess if you dientify them we’ll all bombard them with mail, asking how they do it … so maybe not such a good idea?
Anyway, keep up the great work! Thanks to you all :)
punklins
Thats so great everyone here is so great!!!
petelangman
cheers for the info, all good!
Glenn Storey
Thanks for all the updates….. good news all round really.
ltruskett
Thank God for Redbubble. It bring immesurable joy to countless thousands of people worldwide….......THANKS GUYS….........YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
vanesse
Red Bubble Mania….I’m in!
MuscularTeeth
go redbubble im a massive fan of stats.
i collate all my own hits and view in all my sites into graphs etc to work out where im going right and wrong..
ANY testing let me know – you KNOW how much i love redbubble, and i can invest a bit of time in it too.
go redbubble !
BigFatRobot
you guys just keep on getting better!
georgiegirl
Way to go RB!!!! Our world of bubbles has grown enormously at a tremendous rate!!! It’s nice to see actual stats of sales, comments and other bits and pieces. It really shows how fast it’s happened ;D Brilliant work RB Elves ;D
Ilunia Felczer
great news RB….thanks for letting us know….
nkbellani
Despite being new on RB, I’ve received some great and encouraging feed back from very kind people on RB.
This is probably the most user-friendly sites to display one’s creative side.
I feel that diversifying into printed household textiles like dinner mats, serviettes, table covers, curtains, bed linen…........would be a great seller as these sell by containers out of here….
Great going….
Joseph Barbara
Congratulations,great site,have not come across any artist group creating works of art from discarded, recycled or waste materials, Like plastic water bottles,driftwood,scrap metal, the likes.
Keep up the good work.
JLDunn
Tis a wonderful site, and I have been very inspired by the works I have seen. Thank You!
SD Smart
Im also very grateful for the way that Redbubble keeps its community well informed with information such as provided here. Great work.
SD Smart
... it was a suprise to me that the yearly average of sales per seller is $150.
Can I clarify – Is this $150 of sales (including redbubble costs) or $150 of earnings (profit to artist)?
Another important statistic that I would like to hear more about is how many sales are buyers purchasing other peoples art (ie not including people buying there own work).
Liv Stockley
Thanks :-))
Gail Bridger
I just joined RB a week ago, I love it already. Very cool bunch of piers.
dawndavies
go RB go, this sight is really like going around the world in 80 min not days, keep up the fantastic work you do
clarkey
Those are great statistics, I hope they keep increasing. This is a wonderful site – it’s friendly, supportive, helpful and just a fantastic place to hang out and see and read lots of great art!
I’ll be happy to help test any new products.
fineline
yes-it would be great to have some other outlets for our creations- such as selling through shops ,etc ,or possible book compilations-I wouldnt mind getting royalty payments.
Philip Rogan
Thanks for the graphs and the information. Clarity is a rare thing.
Durotriges
Interesting stats chaps. There’s a couple of very interesting very high peaks and low troughs on your graph. Can anyone say what they are? Incidentally, it would be a great help if we could actually see the numbers for the horizontal axis, so we can where things are picking up or slowing… Just a thought.
RedBubble replied
The formatting on the bottom of these graphs looks like crap (we just use them for internal purposes) so I wanted to give you some better looking graphs (see below). The peak in sales in corresponds to the second half of November and the first week of December.
RedBubble replied
And the dip in comments and group activity is Christmas.
justlinda
Great to see the statistics it would be nice to know who the top sellers are too.
You are doing a great job.
Linda Syms
Great to see you are doing well
flipteez
Brilliant!
We are all on the RB banwagon!
Always so much fun dropping in on my RB friends!
Excitement rushes through me when I upload a new piece and wait for a response.
I like many brag about redbubble to nearly everyone I meet.
Visiting schools – advertising RB in school newsletters would be a very fast & effective way to spread the word.
I really thankyou RB!
Tom Godfrey
Well, I’d better start pulling my socks up. My sales are well below average. I’d better remove the deflector shield which is blocking the thousands of buyers who are scrabbling to get at my work. – sorry guys I will take it down now. :)
Norman Winkworth
Great work. Thank you.
LindaR
Appreciate all your work and sharing so openly about how RB is doing and it’s vision map ~ Cheers, L
Tracey-Anne Pryke
Redbubble to role the world!
ApeArt
how many people are members of redbubble?
budrfli
still, so enjoying this community, like others this is not my first site, but definitely my first love! the creativity it spawns is remarkable! keep up the good stuff! it is so appreciated!
eltotton
Thanks for the update. And thanks for providing such a great place to showcase our work. I love the community of friends that I have found on the bubble. Great job.
Lea
velveteagle
Good update.. keep up the good work.. Thanks..
tboneinc1
Happy to see Red Bubble doing so well. Great work! Just a fantastic place for artists..Keep up the GREAT work guys and gals.
Michelle Scott
red bubble rocks really great site :)
delfinada
I just logged in and I already feel at home:)
Chad Bracken
I’m hugging all you guys right now! See. I even wrote code…11110110000011100.
Angi Baker
Excellent News
Moxy
Cool! Keep up the great work! I love this site!
Jymmi Sparkz
I am really enjoying this site! Everyone here is so talented, it’s a pleasure to be in your company! Jymmi
Erin Lyall
Can’t wait to hear about the new products, looking forward to it!
chamo
unbelievable figures what a success rb is..how about a redbubble tshirt promoting rb and a means for members to recognise each other….perhaps a comp for the design.
Matthew Reed
It’s been my first month as part of redbubble. I want to thank you and all the members who have seen my work and made comments. It’s nice to know I found a great group to be part of and be able to express myslef in my work. I love it!
davoid
@RedBubble:
Re: Group Statistics
RedBubblers group activity. Specifically, members of groups who haven’t embraced groups.
Personally I was excited by the idea of groups at first.
I uploaded a couple of artworks specifically designed for the theme of the group.
I received a couple of comments.
After that I uploaded a couple more artworks.
Same reaction.
Then I thought: what is the point? Why am I doing this?
Then I stopped being an active member. It’s been about 2 months since my last contribution.
Re: The Future Of Red Bubble
What if you get an offer you can’t refuse? Enough money to do whatever you like for the rest of your life! Will you sell Red Bubble to a high bidder? Myspace, FaceBook, RedBubble. I wouldn’t blame you at all; just wondering.
Re: Being a Fan of Red Bubble
I am a fan of Red Bubble. Not a big seller (0), or buyer (2 ‘exclusive’ T-Shirts for myself), but I tell others about the great Red Bubble when ever I can.
I go to an Art Group at a Community Centre one day a week, and I have mentioned Red Bubble many times.
I recently created some business cards with my Red Bubble URL (web address) and my email address, so I will distribute them to my fellow art groupers.
I also volunteer at the Community Centre as much as I can, so I will give the staff a card.
It’s not much, but some of my ‘recruits’ have got back to me and liked what they saw.
On Friday I had one of my ‘exclusive’ t-shirts on whilst extolling Red Bubble’s virtues, which was handy. ‘This is one of their shirts’.
Thanks for everything.
Davoid recedes.
bugsbunny
I agree with Ben disable right click – a lot of work and imagination goes into this site lets protect our work eh!!! down with right click…..
junjaree
i think you are doing a fantastic job . glad to be part of it.
Andy Mercer
I noted your comments about companies wanting to use T shirt designs. Would you care to outline how would that work in practice ?
Gary Oram, Jr.
Fascinated. Is Redbubble in the process of setting up ad. displays in order to feature works longer then 500 words? Also keep me informed about the T-shirt caddy-wumpus. I think some of my friends in the wild west may have interest.
I’ve said good day! G. Oram.
BodieBailey
Hi I’m new here , but I like what I see so far. I have been on flickr for a while and they are great too. They don’t offer sales so I hope to do well here. Keep up the good work
LinaJ
Fascinated.
paul romanowski
GLAD THIS IS BEING WORKED ON AS IT IS STILL LIVE ON WEB FOR US….HOPE YOU GET ALL THINGS STRAIGHT SOON.