Lennon Bone explains why Etsy and Patreon often trap artists in low-paying work. Etsy pushes prices down because cheaper items sell better, while Patreon can demand hours of unpaid labor fulfilling patron rewards. Instead, build your own audience, sell from your own site, and make high-margin work first.
Here's the problem with using sites like Etsy and Patreon as your business model. Etsy is going to make you want to underprice.
Your work because the cheaper stuff sells.
And Patreon is going to force you into spending a ton of.
Extra hours fulfilling.
Your promise to your patrons for not much.
Pay, likely less than.
Minimum wage. I know it's tempting for these to.
Feel like fast ways to get started.
But unless you.
Already have a bigger, more devout audience.
It'S not always.
The best idea. It's likely that you already make good work, so consider.
Focusing on building that audience and then think about making your.
Most profitable work first.
Maybe the thing that's the most expensive. Later on you can offer the smaller things that more people can afford.
This way you're actually.
Making money that you can put back into the business. And then I would encourage you to sell on your own.
Site as often.
As possible so there's no other competition there. Don't be the dollar general version of.
The that you create.
