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Have an Adoptable Fund ready
(#1)
and 1 custom adopt from me~
Create a new accountThis is not necessary, per se, but if you have in mind to do more than just one or two sheets of adoptables, it might be a good idea to start a new account. This way you won't spam your watchers' inbox, if they're not interested in adoptables, and you can organize your gallery in a better way.
Be a member of Adoptables GroupsdA is a big community and the sheer amount of new deviations every day makes it hard for your art to be seen. Considering that you just made a new account for your adoptables, you have basically no watchers whatsoever so how can you get the exposure you need to sell your characters? The answer is join Adoptables Groups. By doing this you can do two things, the first is submit your adoptables to their gallery and advertise them, the second is observing the trends, what people like to draw and buy more.
Make Adoptables
Adoptables Tutorial
Pricing
It is always hard to decide how to price your own adoptables and there are no guidelines for this. There are, however, two lines of thought on this:
Timer PayYou decide how much you think your *time* is worth. So, if you take half an hour to make an adoptable and you think your time is worth 800pts/$10 an hour, then the adoptable is going to cost 400pts/$5. While this method is more fair to the artist (you), you should also take into account what your current drawing level is. (Remember that the buyer doesn't see the effort, only the result, and better looking characters sell for more.)
Mean PayLook around, take twenty or thirty adoptables that generally look like yours (drawing style, flats/CG, anthro/animal) and look at how they were priced. Then choose something in the middle. This is a method that follows the general pricing, so it will be easier to sell your characters if you price them like this, but it also disregards any effort you might have put in the making of your adoptable.
The Secrets: Patience and Exposure
ExposuredA is a big community, among the many artists who are looking for a character to adopt there is certainly one that would adopt yours, but you can't expect them to come knocking at your door, begging you to sell them your character. You need to advertise your adoptables, submit them to many Adoptables Groups, maybe add a link in your signature to your Adoptables Account. Why do you think the big companies spend so much money on advertising?
PatienceIn the end, Adoptables Selling comes down to this and only this. Patience and staying strong on your own rules.
I'm usually sympathetic when people want to buy my adoptables and tell me that they can't afford them because their adoptables *don't sell*, but I become a bit annoyed when I go to their page and see that their 20 points adoptables are all sold through trades and drawptions.
Selling adoptables can be hard and it may take a lot of time, even months, you can't simply give up after a few days! If you are not concerned about the points/money, then write in the rules that you're open for trades too, but don't write that it's *points!only* and then give adoptables out to the first person who begs you with a pretty please. Doing this is pretty dangerous for a seller because you show your customers that, with enough begging, you will yield to their requests because you have done so before. And an artist who has adopted from you through a trade, will ask you *again* if they see something else that they like.
(If you are unable to refuse them, then offer them a trade for a *new* design, like an art trade. This way you still have your adoptable to sell and you've made the other person happy.)
Adoptables Journals Series:
Adoptables, Basics for Adopters
Adoptables, Basics for Adoptables Artists
Adoptables Tutorial
Adoptables, Writing an Artist's Description
Adoptables, Customs
Adoptables, Design Tutorial
Adoptables, Buying Adoptables
Adoptables, Pricing
Original Species Tutorial
Adoptables, Auctions
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I apologize for the copy/paste, I swear I'll do a journal update with a more complete answer to this question. T_T
In any case, the only thing I'd like to point out is that there needs to be some kind of price difference between your first two chibis and the two fullbodies you have. The first two are done on a base, the other two use original lines. Selling all of them at the same price makes no sense, I'd probably raise the two fullbodies to $10 or lower the chibis to $5.
(Plus, you know that premium members don't have to pay $1 from the transfer of funds from dA to Paypal? You could set up a Purchase Button on your main account and have people pay with points. You'll still get $ but you'd have a wider audience to sell to.)
The only way to sell things faster is to get more exposure... If you have some points, start a contest and advertise it in the groups that let you, or do some adopt raffles. People are attracted by freebies or things that can be paid for with art. And among those people there might be a few who'll buy money adopts.
And the second thing you said... I di not understand. If people pay me by paypal isn't the same? and I thought people coud not use money in DA, unless for buy points... I'm not very into this... u.u
And no, to have paypal you need to be >18 or have a parent who has it and dA is full of teenagers that buy and sell commissions for points because they don't have a Paypal Account. The Purchase Button (also in one of my other Journals) transforms points into money, with some limits such as a waiting time of 15 days before withdrawal and a 20% fee from dA.
This means that the conversion becomes 100
thank you so much for your patience, im new at this and is lovely to find someone who has journals and patience for explain it >_<
Basic Level - Simplified Chibi, template, no shadows: [link]
Medium Level - Normal Chibi, template, shaded: [link]
High Level - Fullbody, original lines, shaded: [link]
Offer different styles with different prices, and then make more of the ones that seem to go out faster.
I know it can be annoying to do many templates (I have five or six human ones and I can't seem to organize them properly), but you'll be able to satisfy everyone.
And it's not a problem, I'm happy to help if I can.
(And yes, you'll need to give dA your name and paypal address and then you'll be able to transfer funds without retyping them every time.)