Reddit, of all places

Jan 3

Artists, give Reddit a chance. Its been surprisingly effective at directing traffic to my homepage, to my shop, I've had some sales and quite a bit of enthusiasm for my art. Which is almost unheard of on Twitter or IG these days. The social media scene for art is pretty volatile, people don't want to move platforms, it's tough to build from scratch, so on and so forth. Techbros pawning NFTs and A.I art, demanding to steal our stuff and shit on us while doing so…it's caused many artists to give up posting online for the time being. The numbers are low for a lot of people, the mass majority of people just scroll aimlessly, less interaction than ever before in this fast paced world of tiktok videos.

I'm an illustrator, not a performer. And so I present decent numbers at Reddit, and the hope of potential good coming to Bats In the belfry art this year.

My “Empire of Dirt” performed well for me on Reddit. Invertebrate owners can relate.

Incredible numbers, I mean I would have rathered have 1k likes or more. But the truth is the big numbers don't pay the bills. It’s a fine tap dance of effort from the artist on all fronts to secure the bag on a regular basis.

I have had enough experience in the social media selling game to know that somewhere in that 6k views, is a few sales. I’ll keep posting on Reddit, keeping my name prominent and at one point the dominoes fall and my bills get paid.

And about my username, I made that random reddit at the beginning of covid, didn't change the name. From what I understand, I'm stuck with that name unless I make a new Reddit account. Which I won't. So Plastic_ebb, it is.

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vanessa netzel

Dec 12, 2024

Hobbies and varied interests of sorts.

I have TOO MANY INTERESTS. Everything is interesting. I can be surprised by the things that suddenly intrigue me. Currently I’m debating attempting to turn my poinsettia into a bonsai after the holidays. I learned that poinsettia originate from Mexico, and that climate enables them to grow into trees. Poinsettia trees are BEAUTIFUL. But I live in a cold climate. And I don't have a greenhouse. I thought about stunting the plant into a bush. Some say it's hard to do, some say it's easy. I’m debating if I need another project right now.

Nov 18, 2024

Postal strike, goodbye Etsy, hello Ko-fi

There has been so many surprises over the last year, I’m weary of them now. Another surprise is just how much Etsy makes off each sale.

Before the move, I was selling things so rapidly it wasn't easy to keep track of the hidden fees. I’d had my shop for years. I ignored the fees, figured they balanced out in the end. I was selling and paying bills after all, and that was the goal.

I moved locations, eventually reopened my Etsy shop, and had my first sale. One sale meant it was very easy to see how much Etsy took in fees. Every deduction from Etsy was just on that one solitary sale.

Reddit, of all places

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