#yes yes i know im undercharging

[effervescent-fool]

my commissions are now open!

I only have one listing open for now, but I'll probably add more in the future

[lacunazai]

im really tempted to open up comissions again. for writing and art and etc, but I really wanted to up the prices but I also feel miserablely bad for doing so. maybe cause I know my work isn't worth that much, but the time i spent working on it was exhausting,,,,

comission carrd for current details ( I'm considering making a seperate one for writing comissions! these will be more expensive by default tho. even if still undercharging )

[windmill-ghost]

I’ve been wanting to make a commission post for my felt work, but for the life of me I can’t find a way to make broad rules for my prices… it really only works to set prices on a case-by-case basis.

I just started considering maybe taking a bunch of my previous dolls and using them as examples, just so people can get a feel of how much I’d charge for things… but now I’m running into the problem that the amount of money I think I should have charged for some of my bugsnax dolls is not how much I did charge for them.

[katieotter]

I’m currently a little tight on cash so I’m opening up commissions in this style!

They’re $20 for a 5x7 character drawing (about chest up) and I will ship it to you as well! (It’s an extra $7 if you live outside of the US!) 

Please message me if you’re interested or have any questions!

[voxofthevoid]

hi hello i am currently going through a lost fic CRISIS im trying to find an explicit fic where small Steve is a professional dom and buff bucky is a client and they fall in love and it’s obvious to everyone but them because Steve is way undercharging Bucko and eventually they go to a bdsm party and sam fucks bucky boy and i CANNOT FIND it does anyone know which fic im talking about SEND HELP

ok nevermind i found it i can’t read oops!it’s the bene castigat series by nonymos thx

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Glad you found it, anon! And yes, I know this one—it's good!

[kiribakus]

P&P ZINE PRICE FAQ

okaaaaay so since i’ve been getting a lot of questions regarding the pricing + shipping of the zine im going to be fully honest with y’all about our production/shipping costs so you realize NO, we are not overpricing and YES, it really is that expensive.

tell us a little about the pricing of each individual book

for a book of about 300 pages, with ~35 color pages, it’s $11 to produce. that means that by selling it at $25, we make $14. double that to get add the second book. that means for 200,000 words and ~44 pieces of art, plus the extra time for designing, we’re making $14 each. for reference, i charge $10 per 1,000 words of my commissions and hina charges $38 per art piece in her commissions, not including if there’s more than one character or the background is complex. to say that we are undercharging is a massive overstatement, but we wanted to fit within the brackets given to us by the survey and we know that, for example, charging $200 for a fanfiction is not gonna fly.

okay well you could still stand to make less

the amount of money we want to amass, total, is around $3,000 and it is ONLY so we can meet each other and i can show hina around my country and hug her and kiss her. we’re not looking to make a living, okay, we’re just trying to pay for ONE trip.

about those bundles tho

so the “bundle” is $50 with the additions of stickers and bookmarks, we make $25 per bundle (so, less than selling them separately). ultimate bundle is the best deal for y’all and the worst deal for us. we make only $29 off of the $66 we charged bc the extra $37 is $11 x 2 (volumes), $9 (concept art), $6 (extras). so not even half of what we’re charging.

okay so your prices are suuuuuuper fair. but that shipping,,,,

united states (domestic) don’t even touch me. you know usps. you know they’re a bunch of bitches. you can pay $7 shipping. as for international, i know it’s ugly, but you can scan the usps international price listing yourself and see that those really just are the prices.

because of the complaints, i did another test weigh. weighed a 600 page book of similar size, then added another 400 page book that was a little smaller and had lighter pages to make up for our heavier pages and the concept art zine and the extras. together, it weighed just a touch over 48 ounces/3 pounds. THIS IS THE REAL WEIGHT. AND THE REAL COST. have you tried shipping a three-pound envelope overseas?? i don’t think so, it’s fucking expensive unless you’re in canada.

i was playing it safe and using the flat rate envelopes, but because people have been so shocked, i’m going to use first class international rates for three pounds and lower the shipping prices ~$5. PLEASE note this is a big risk bc if our zines end up being over three pounds, we’re paying out of pocket for shipping. this is the best we can do for you guys given that these things really just are that heavy idk what else to say.

(this being said, if you’ve already ordered the zine internationally we will be refunding you the extra ~$5 you paid in shipping within the next week)

[insert other comment]

shipping from chile is a no-go. hina laughed when i mentioned it.

i know you may have bought a decent-sized novel from online and paid $10 shipping but a) it’s nicer paper b) there are 2-3 books 3) i am not a corporation or a fortune 500 ceo. i am a third-year college student using an independent printing press.

as it stands im holding onto my ass hoping there won’t be a lot of hidden costs or fuck-ups i have to fix (ie paying for the envelopes).

the digital zine is a thing. it’s edited for readability, includes the whole story in one, and has all the art pieces. we may end up selling the extras on their own if we have overstock anyway so you could even possibly get those separate. i know it’s not the same as having the thing on your shelf but it’s supporting us, getting the full story over half a year in advance, and seeing all the art available nowhere else. asking $30 for 200,000 words and 44+ art pieces is incredibly fair. some may call it us ripping ourselves off.

i don’t mean to be harsh but like. we warned you waaaaaay back in december that physical copies were going to be EXPENSIVE because we were already calculating production costs. we weren’t lying. this shouldn’t be a shock. i promised you i wouldn’t overcharge, and i meant it. we aren’t. i won’t call these fair prices because they soooooo are not fair to us. but i want this printing to be a success and i want to be able to hold in my hands my writing and hina’s art, same as you. what you see before you is reality. and also telling artists their prices are too high is kiiiiinda shitty, y’know?