That's a Wrap! 1st Commissions Done, 2nd Batch Info
Posted by saybingryph 4 years ago
Well, with the posting of my most recent story, "Two-Horse Meal", I've finally finished all of the slots for commissions! Including all the weird small in-between ones. After all of this, I'm able to reflect on how everything went, and am able to say what worked and what didn't. As well as what will be changing when I open up again very soon.
The full profits from this little venture turned out to be over $150 in total, which isn't too shabby at all! At the same time, the amount of effort I put into these stories per every one that I write is having me realize how low my pricing truly is. Therefore, and I hate to say this, I will be pushing up my prices very slightly in the future. The new pricing scheme will be $7 per thousand words. However, this will not always be the case, and I will be sure to open slots occasionally at the slightly cheaper original price I've been doing this at.
That said, I am going to be reopening commissions very, very soon once again. The way this second batch is going will have a few more changes to it. First, anyone who got a commission from me the first time will not be able to buy another slot this time around. However, any time I open commissions after this, you are all free to purchase a slot again! The only reason I'm doing this is because I've gotten a lot of attention from a few interested folks who were just a little bit too late to the first round, so I want to give other people an opportunity to buy a story. More diversity, and stuff!
Also, my slightly-increased pricing will not apply to the oncoming slots yet. They'll all still go for 5 bucks per thousand words. I figured it'd be rude of me to spring this up on people all of a sudden like that, so I'm giving a little bit of a buffer between the transition. You can still get em' while they're cheap!
And finally, I'm doubling the amount of slots for this next batch. Yep, you heard me. Going up from having three free slots, to six. That said, I've already had four people interested in picking up a story, so if they all end up still interested enough to take up a slot, that'll leave two free slots to everybody else interested that hasn't approached yet. They might not all be taken up if one or two loses interest, so don't let it scare ya off!
But most importantly, after all of this, all I can say is thank you all very much for your continued support. I never thought my stories would really be profitable once I started this whole thing, and was very much surprised by how many people were interested in picking up a slot. I didn't even expect to fill up the first three slots, when I posted them! Seriously, all of you are the absolute best. Perhaps I can finally get some art of my characters, now that I have a bit more money.
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