My first artist alley experience!! 🌼 How much did I make? Selling & prep | Growing a small business
It's finally here! I did my first artist alley as a small business. Selling at an anime convention has been one of my dreams since I started my small business and I finally got to do it!
This was a huge step for my growing my small business and I got to see how much my small business has grown since my first market stall last year. I'm so glad I got to share this with you all, I hope you enjoy my first convention vlog!
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Congrats on your success! 122 vendors to 600 attendees is rough odds
I'm glad you almost reached your goal! May I suggest that next time you have a list of the stuff you brought, and as you sell them, you can add a check mark next to it. That way, you don't have to write it down every time.
Good idea! Ahaha I'll definitely be upgrading my little notepad to something more organised and easy one day when I do bigger events and stuff, perhaps for the next convention 👀
@AbiNova I just love the phrase "work smarter, not harder" lol ... I do whatever I can to make things go easier for me. Again, glad you were so close to your goal!
i agree about the cutesy stuff. When i walked into a store and i see something cutesy I'm way more likely to go "awww i need that! it's so cute!" Trust your art and style it will set you apart from others. Plus it's a better use of your time since its working on your art
For my banner I used bobby pins through the grommets to attach it to my table cloth and that worked really well for me
That's a great idea! I'll give that a go next time ahah
I sublimared my logo onto the front of my table cloth! Fed up with sign falling off! 😊
That's a really great idea! I might have to try that someday ahah!
So enjoyed this video and I'm super happy for you and how far your business has come!
Not bad for a first convention ! excited for another con vlog in the summer!!^^
Congrats on your first convention. Everything looked great!
So pleased that it went super well especially as you put in so much work!! So excited to see what your next convention display will look like - crazy to see it in comparison to your first market store. You are doing amazing 💘
Thank you so much! ☺️😊
I am a little late, but I am so freaking happy for what you have accomplished! And considering it was a very slow convention, I am 100% sure you would have passed the 500£ mark if more people came. Also, now you at least have an idea about what sells, so it will help you in your next conventions. I was having a bad day, but as always, your vlogs and good vibes raise my spirit. Keep up the amazing work Abi!!!
Glad you were able to get you items made and that you had a good turn out
This is fascinating, thank you for taking us with you ☺☺☺
So glad I got to share it with you all 😊
Congratulations on your first Artist Alley experience and sales! Welcome to us first timers club, haha! Thanks for the lovely share.
Congratulations on doing tour first ever convention Your stall setup is amazing
Thank you!! 😊
I’m happy your finding success at artist alley’s. I always thought your products were better suited for that path!!
It's so clear how far you have come with your stall and its displays! You should be REALLY proud of yourself...
Aw thank you! 😊
Sounds like your printer head might need to be cleaned. Had a similar problem with prints not printing red very well. Fixed it by cleaning the heads and it started printing again. Eco tanks are really good though. Highly recommend.
That's awesome that you were successful at the convention! Idk if I would sell in person, it would remind me of being a cashier, but better because you can keep all the money from everything you sell...That is a good point to make about selling cute things, they do sell really well.
I’m about to do my first larger size convention and I didn’t bring any prints besides postcard sized ones bc I noticed my prints didn’t sell at the smaller one I did. I was worried that was a mistake but hearing none of your nice prints sold makes me think that’s just what the trend is atm. I guess people can only have so many prints and places to put them right?
Such a great setup! Hope to see you around the south someday 🥰🥰
I'm definately wanting to sell at a convention in London someday ahah so I will be travelling a bit for conventions around the UK!
Well done ❤
Yay glad it went well for you! For your banner maybe try double sided tape or velcro to help keep it straight. Great video
Velcro would be a great idea! Ahah
There should be something in your software to clean your printer heads. That might solve your problem. Maybe explore more sublimation but don't get down. It's still early in the year. :)
i know this is old but check ur printer settings and make sure u have the right printer paper selected and try using different setting. sometimes ur computer or printer has an update and ur settings get reset.
That's crazy to me as well about the prints. I would have thought they would be more popular!
I think it's just because they're very saturated and there were some AMAZING artists there selling prints ahah. It was a surprise but also a good learning curve!
Do you think that you may do conventions for now on
Congratulations :) Where was it ? What other Cons are you doing this year :)
My Epson xp-970 also prints duller than it previously did from the same files. I think its an issue with that printer in general.
Conversion rate aside, I'm curious about your pricing. I know card readers and such have % fees that are odd amounts, does pricing your things at 21.99 instead of 20 help round that or something?
* brighter
I hate when my printer goofs up too :
your sign should be brigyter
Is this your first??