Hello everyone. Now that Survival is over, I thought it would be a good opportunity to share some of my thoughts with you.
I'm honestly disappointed in the lack of purchases for my items since changing over to the new CW system. I don't know if it's just that my items aren't exciting to people, I charge too much, or a combination of things. Survival was really a huge blow to my confidence. Out of my five new recolors, four sold two or less copies. One that I expected to be a hit sold a whopping zero copies. With the past year I've had, this past week on Subeta has been soul-crushing, to be honest.
I'm hoping that you will take just a few minutes to fill out this anonymous survey to help me with how I will move foward with releasing CWs or if I'll just put everything on site now and call it a day.
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To those of you who have been making purchases, thank you so much. Every purchase you make means more than you could possible know.
I personally love your releases I've just had so many committed bc of the events, I go for flowery stuff and rainbow things! I hope to pick up a copy of your rainbow stripe sweater soon I've always regretted not getting it before whole it was item of month! Hugssss! I will be all over those star earrings if you put them out in gradient rainbows or galaxy xoxo Please don't give up! People are just oversaturated at the moment! I promise you are on the lists of many!!
I find a good judge of how popular an item is, is how many are on people’s wishlists if that helps!
You can put your item name in here and see how many people have wishlisted it. It could just be people going for high need items first and will come back to get them later. I personally found survival massively overwhelming with all the CW’s released!
I like your doll tops and I love your tuxedo dresses, but I have a very small CW budget. I usually end up waiting for vouchers (and just used one to pick up your classic tuxedo dress), and there may be other people in the same boat.
Much as I hate to admit it, doing your items as more limited time frame may help you sell at a point that makes you happier. I prefer unlimited, but I know people will often wait on those. People likely concentrated on Survival-special items first for the last month, too.
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I think the events are a difficult time to get everything you want because there's so much and sometimes not enough csc ;_; never enough csc.
I did your survey though <3
- I'm so sorry to hear that! Pandemic was so overwhelming this year. I ended up dropping out of the events I was participating in because it became too much with other things going on in life. :(
There are so many more cws being released now which is awesome, but I can also see how it can be frustrating for releasers. I have a lot on my WL that are available in shops but I have to pace myself so I don't run out of csc.
Hang in there!! ((hugs))
And... May I get the password please for Carnation Toy Boat Waves? It's been on my wl for a bit. :)
Thank you all so much for the feedback and love. <3 It looks like I'll be changing things up a bit once we get to June.
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I sympathize with you ^^ I know the feeling all too well. I dream of having a 'big seller' someday to offset all my losses! I wish the same for you c:
Thank you for all the work you do it's much appreciated!
I completed your survey. I'm sorry to here things didn't go as well as you wanted. :c
Survival was...quite overwhelming with the number of releases. Please don't give up. c:
I also sympathize with you as I don't really get too much interest in my items (in the first place). Since the new system a couple of my older items have sold (I priced them in the new system not old) which is nice. The amount of new releases in general has been a bit much and then Survival exclusives on top of that... yikes As was said Hang in there, all will work out :)
I'm so sorry to hear that you're feeling discouraged! :( As great as the new CW system is with the cheaper submission costs, supply still exceeds demand. Sure, lower prices across the board have encouraged more people to buy CWs, but it's also encouraged more people to release CWs...and because of that, I think a lot of people still have to pick and choose what to actually buy--including myself DX
I love a lot of the things that have been released lately, but I haven't bought everything that I'm interested in because then I'd dig myself into a hole and wouldn't be able to submit my own releases. So typically, I prioritize limited items, whether it's hard-capped or timed unlimited releases (e.g., 24-48 hrs). On the other hand, if something is unlimited for an indefinite time, I'll usually leave it off for later (if I'm still interested in it down the line)
And yeah, as everyone mentioned above, Subeta holidays are even harder because a lot of people release holiday/event themed CWs at the same time, and the onslaught of so many CWs makes it even more difficult for people to get everything they want. So yeah, it can force a lot of people to have to pick and choose ;_;
Maybe you could experiment to see what works well for your releases, like playing around with number of copies and timed releases. I remember that for the first two sets of releases that I did after the new CW system got implemented, I made some items unlimited...and up to now, many of them have barely been bought. So after that, I went back to capping, usually 20 or 30 copies--and that seems to incentivize people to buy sooner rather than later. (Of course, that's only worked for some items. Some of my releases just don't garner much interest, which is okay because I still like what I release, lol.) So yeah, you could mix up how you release things to see what works well. I'm still experimenting myself with my own releases ><;
This might sound crappy but there are a lot of people who are also waiting on the pawn shop to open, it usually opens on Black Friday but was pushed off, yet again. Last year it was put off till January. We are now heading into mid-March and people are getting antsy, they don't want to spend their csc in case it opens, but then people keep releasing good stuff.
I'm personally trying to hold off buying anything until the pawn shop opens, unless it's limited and I know that I would wear it on a regular basis, or I need to get it for a birthday.
It also doesn't help that this is Holiday season, and everybody is releasing everything and you don't know what to buy and then you miss this date or that date and it's gone and you should have bought that instead. It's all just very overwhelming right now.
I can see where it would be discouraging to you, but try and keep your head up, it'll get better once everything settles down a bit. ❤
I love your shop but just don't have the csc for everything I'd like to buy. I would hate to see you give it up . ❤ (hugs)
I like a lot of your releases! It's just...there has been an overwhelming amount of cws released since the new system, and just not enough csc for me.
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I'm sorry to hear you're feeling this way :( I think your releases have a really clear vision and unique colour scheme, you have a strong 'brand' if you know what I mean! And your pieces are very beautiful, I have plenty of your things on my WL but I agree with what others are saying - it's been overwhelming with the amount of releases. I know we recently had a price drop but it still adds up really fast and my WL just keeps growing and growing lol.
I filled out the survey too! I enjoy a lot of your releases (especially the precisely cut threads and bear hair, to name a few!) I think Survival was just a particularly overwhelming time for CW fans what with so much selection and variety to choose from.. I hope your sales do better in the future, I look forward to more beautiful releases from you!
Thank you everyone so much for taking the time to provide some honest feedback and encouragement. I'm working through many of your suggestions and wanted to let you know about some of the possible changes coming.
1) Not only unlimited items. There will now be a mixture of capped and unlimited releases. My first batch of capped items are my Masquerade releases.
An overwhelming majority of people wanted to see a small batch of releases once a month instead of a seasonal rotation. I'm going to see how I can schedule this out to make my life sane, but it's coming. My March releases are for Masquerade, so you can expect another small batch of items around the middle of April.
There was a really big variety of responses to how long people want to see items available, with the most responses being one month, three months, or indefinitely. I think this will probably go along with capping items. Items that are capped will be available for a more limited time. Unlimited items will be available indefinitely, most likely.
Lots of people want recolors of the Sealed Letter Sweater, Stick of Heavy Winged Liner, Tuxedo Dress, Bear Hair, Memories of the Hedgehog, and Precisely Cut Threads. I would love to see more colors of these items too! If there's a recolor you are interested in seeing, please suggest it in my recolor board. I have a thread for each item!
New items! I am working on a skirt idea with the arms hidden behind the skirt so that it will work with body mod tops. I also have a new ring idea, just need to find an artist. I love the ideas that you all gave me, and I'm continuing to work through them.
For those that mentioned the higher prices, please remember that I have to make some sort of profit to continue bringing items to you. I have tried to price things similar to other relasers as pricing them less honestly didn't lead to people buying. And if you are discouraged by items being locked and requiring a password, it's only like that for a week. Remember that I have a loyalty program! You get reward points and a discount for buying early!
More contests! I have one running right now! You can check it out here.
Thank you again for all of your help!
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