I think it might be interesting to share how much each of my designs has earned. For today I have selected “Zen Maze”. “Zen Maze” is a moderately successful design, which means the sales are somewhat in the middle among my designs. Sales Stats Average Montly Earnings: $58 Total Earned: $755 How long did it […]
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Passive income with one hour a day
I am having a difficult time convincing my friends that they too could make designs and earn money. They say they don’t have time. You don’t need that much time. One hour a day is enough to start. You don’t even need any tools. I use a graphic tablet, and if you want you can […]
How 50% off sale punishes an artist
It doesn’t. But we will get to it in a moment. First, let’s see why so many artists think that it is wrong and unfair when there is a site-wide sale and items with their art are sold for a discounted price. Every few weeks every website that sells clothes runs a sale. And when […]
Designers give up on passive income
Earn passive income. Upload your designs to one of the websites that will sell your art and you won’t have to spend any more time on that.
Make your first sale in the next 3 weeks
Tomorrow is Black Friday and after that the best 3 weeks for all the artists who sell their art online. Everyone shops for gifts and so artists make the majority of their income in November and December. Conversely, January and February are very slow months and I earn very little in those months. Good thing […]
Can you make money on Threadless?
Artists often ask me: can you make money on Threadless? I’ve been selling my art on Threadless for 5 years. So I can answer that.
7 websites that send me money
In March of 2012, I quit my job. I had a three-month notice period but my boss feared that a mistreated employee might sabotage the company so he told me not to come to work anymore. Then an assistant accompanied me to the kitchen and watched closely while I retrieved my teacup, and that was […]