Post by tinrobo on Jun 28, 2012 13:50:47 GMT
Hi everypony!
I'm thinking of selling some of my custom ponies at the con this year but I'm still quite new to the whole custom thing so I'd really like some advice on how to price them!
I'm mostly going to have G4s because I don't feel comfortable customizing ponies that are no longer in production unless they're in very poor condition. Here is some of my work:
Minty - she was a commission for returner and didn't take me too long because her symbols are nice and simple. I actually really enjoyed making her! I charged £20 for the commission.
Surprise - she was nice and easy because I just swapped Plumsweet's head on to Diamond Rose's body so I wouldn't have to repaint the eyes! ;D I put her on etsy for £16 (because I didn't have to do the eyes or a FBR) and she sold overnight.
Princess Pearl - the symbol was really difficult to make and I only made one. I'm so proud of her though. She's still on my etsy for £25 and has been for a while.
I would also like to have a few blind bag repaints, like derpy here:
But I have no idea how to price these?! I put her up on ebay for auction and she went for £12 but I've seen people on there selling them for buy-it-now around £20, and people *are* buying them... and I don't want to sound rude but they're not the best quality. Buuuut... the blind bags are difficult to work on because they're so small and it did take me a long time to make this one so if it was priced based on the time and effort I have to put in, they'd easily be around £20-30+ which seems excessive when you look at the size of the figure. So I don't know whether to bother or not, would anyone even be interested? Gotta be honest, I probably wouldn't pay that much for a tiny figure when I could get a brushable for the same price.
I'd also like to know what people are interested in buying, if anything - G1s-to-G4s? Original ideas? Crossovers from other fandoms? FiM background characters?
Super big thanks for anyone who reads all this! xxx
I'm thinking of selling some of my custom ponies at the con this year but I'm still quite new to the whole custom thing so I'd really like some advice on how to price them!
I'm mostly going to have G4s because I don't feel comfortable customizing ponies that are no longer in production unless they're in very poor condition. Here is some of my work:
Minty - she was a commission for returner and didn't take me too long because her symbols are nice and simple. I actually really enjoyed making her! I charged £20 for the commission.
Surprise - she was nice and easy because I just swapped Plumsweet's head on to Diamond Rose's body so I wouldn't have to repaint the eyes! ;D I put her on etsy for £16 (because I didn't have to do the eyes or a FBR) and she sold overnight.
Princess Pearl - the symbol was really difficult to make and I only made one. I'm so proud of her though. She's still on my etsy for £25 and has been for a while.
I would also like to have a few blind bag repaints, like derpy here:
But I have no idea how to price these?! I put her up on ebay for auction and she went for £12 but I've seen people on there selling them for buy-it-now around £20, and people *are* buying them... and I don't want to sound rude but they're not the best quality. Buuuut... the blind bags are difficult to work on because they're so small and it did take me a long time to make this one so if it was priced based on the time and effort I have to put in, they'd easily be around £20-30+ which seems excessive when you look at the size of the figure. So I don't know whether to bother or not, would anyone even be interested? Gotta be honest, I probably wouldn't pay that much for a tiny figure when I could get a brushable for the same price.
I'd also like to know what people are interested in buying, if anything - G1s-to-G4s? Original ideas? Crossovers from other fandoms? FiM background characters?
Super big thanks for anyone who reads all this! xxx