/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>8120257
I sell mostly plushies, so they... are generally my best sellers. To narrow it down, the ones that sold best were functional like wear as an accessory or a phoneholder. The slowest sellers ever are these giant bubble tea plushies (don't know what I was thinking when I made them) and Tiger & Bunny plushies. Guess they are too big or something. I think things based on series sell better in waves; whatever is popular, part of a trend, will get noticed and sell faster.

>>8120959
Bags are great for my plushies, also because I have so many I let my friend who does prints use them too. Clear bags help advertise your goodies. Though this sort of topic reminds me to look into getting bigger bags... I'm starting to have plushies that are a bit too big for my current bag.

>>7646279
I can't say I've been to a large convention, usually around or under 1k attendance I think, but here's my breakdown for my plushies from a few years ago and doing the math of what sold:
>$8-12: 10-15
>$13-20: 6-10
>$20-35: 4-8
>$35+: 3-6
Of course it depends on the item, some things sold better than others so I'd have more of that. Those numbers lasted me fine during a 3-day con, and I sold out certain items but I wasn't cleaned out too soon into the con. This year I'm making and selling a lot more new things so it's kinda tricky to gauge again, but mostly I'm looking at anywhere from 4 to 15 in quantities per item for a 1-day event.

Your greentext reminded me when I was in a similar situation. I remember in the past when I had a hefty sewing crunch time (my first year I booked two tables that were a week apart, I learned my lesson since), I sewed most of the parts up and let my sibling and friends stuff them since it was easy to teach them to do that. My mom sews so she offered to close the stuffing holes for me. I did pretty much the same thing at the con itself by premaking the plushies that just needed stuffing and to be sewn closed. It helped!

And to throw a related question out there, how many of one button style do people print?