First of all – don’t expect that I earned a big amount. Almost 2 years ago, I just decided to make apply to Creative Market as a seller. Good thing, I was accepted right away and I began to put my 5 products- hand-painted water color cliparts there. I’m just glad that there’s no listing fee unlike Etsy.
So I just dumped my 5 products there and left them. No promotion or anything until I forgot about the shop. I just get the occasional email of someone buying a clipart set. I think I didn’t add more or was hesitant to create more products because: maybe I’m not inspired to paint, or I was just disappointed with the art theft that’s happening to others. With people stealing and selling the files in bundles and putting them in Facebook dump groups. And also, lately with the proliferation of AI generated images, many clipart artist sellers were affected.
So, here are the numbers:
The cut was big indeed but anyway, for me it was really a passive form of earning. So, I’m thinking that I should upload more despite my fears. I’ve also applied to Creative Fabrica and waiting for their approval email. I’m also thinking of doing Print on Demand with my original art. I’ll just update this blog when I get something going with any of those ideas.