Partially out of boredom, partially out of desire for awesome items, partially out of desire for mounds of virtual gold.
Am I logical, no. Am I crazy? Yes.
C O N C E P T
The idea is just to create an art + bribe shop.
Meaning I take art orders (3 slots) and Bribe orders (3 slots)
My price list looks like so:
Head: 4k
Bust: 10k
Waist: 14k
Body: 20k
Colour: +5k
Background: +10k (simple backgrounds are free)
Prices revised thanks to phantomkitsune of JAVA.
My bribes would include any EI (first gen or completely evolved), MCs above 10k and anything from Cash Shop Bundles (Midsummer Swirl, Lonely Star, Bundle of Epics, etc).
I would also take pure bribes, but items > pure due to Market fluxes.
Note that Bribes are added to the price of regular art.
M A R K E T I N G
I'm just going to advertise in my sig with a banner and some text underneath that says "Bribe and Art Shop".
I'm not going to actively bump my thread or anything - I don't want to be crazy busy.
Does the marketing work?
Are my prices reasonable?
Are my bribes attainable?
If I have an EI bribe, should I just take the EI instead of EI + art price?
What do you think?
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I knew a few people who did crap art, not colored and it got sold for 50k. You'll no doubt have visitors and buyers.
Not to mention, with the busy thing, you can tell people to shut the hell up and get out of thread or simply refuse them. It's that easy.
Posting your banner in your signature would work, but, if you want less customers but still a few-- get a few friends to put it in their profiles and put your banner in your profile. My friend still got customers, but less, since she was busy, from doing that.
Prices are reasonable. Absolutely. Once your art shop gets ahead, I'd actually raise the prices. But then again I'm just greedy and mean.
Bribes attainable? Yes, they are. You'll get a few people who'll give you those items but they'll be asking for a lot. And depending on which item they give you, they should get some free art. Like them getting you a Gaia Cash Shop item (one only sold there and no where else) would deserve a better prize then someone getting you an item that you can get with gold.
Real money is more important than gold, in my opinion. So with the bribes, you can say, depending on the item, you'll get some free art here and there or something else. That'd be pretty nice and open your chances for getting the item.
You can also ask for donations to get the item, which people would get certain things for donating certain amounts. That's a possibility.
That's really all I can say. Everything else looks good. I ran an art shop that was successful, but closed it down and deleted the posts becuse I am mean and don't do things for mere gold. And my writing got in the way with things, so.
'I need your arms around me.
I need to feel your touch.
I need your understanding --
I need your love... so much.'