I really need some feedback on products that readers would be interested in. I can’t just churn out piles of original art all the time, it’s hard on my hands. I’ve asked and with thousands of people reading, I get maybe one or two people who respond.
I have NO idea what to look into, because I personally don’t BUY anything that’s not necessary at the moment, not when I have a thousand dollars in car repairs (and I’m reaching a panic point on the car repairs, especially the brakes and timing belt. ) and thousands in medical bills I’ve got to get on top of. I need to know, if you go to conventions or buy things online, what do you generally LIKE to get? What are you interested in?
I’ve had such a poor response to prints, that I rarely even offer them anymore, mainly because my printer is not reliable and it’s expensive. Same for posters. People seem to like them and tell me they want to buy them, then they never do.
Tshirts? Bags? Tote bags? Grocery bags? Mugs? I really need input if I’m going to continue doing this.
Oh yeah, I’m considering a set of one inch buttons for next month. One of my goals is to get a good button machine so I can make a bunch of nifty things with them, including interchangeable lanyard thingies/pendants/stuff
Plus.. buttons are CHEAP! $1 for a button.
And they mail nicely.










What I would do is post a poll on items after conferring with other comic artirts on stufff they regularly sell. Though personally I only buy things that I can somewhat justify spending my financial aid on. Like a new backpack for my insane number of heavy college books or a padded laptop case. College stuff.
Unfortunatley about the only ‘toys/accessories’ I buy online are cel-charms, which you’re already doing.
And I think the reason you don’t get much response to these things is that they’re not prominent enough on your webpages. Few people will scroll down to the blog sections below the comics and fewer likely notice the quiet kickstarter campaigns that pop up on the sidebar. If you want people to notice these things, try to put them in the comic text area, or above the comic, or even make a ‘comic’ update about them.
what Flowerlark said. /\
I don’t usually look at every webcomic’s new’s post below a comic that I see and read, but here I am!
Honestly for me I couldn’t buy anything, I’m a jobless college student so if anything I’m just a leach for a while.