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Wow someone on etsy stole my wife's design. I'll be grateful for reporting this 👇

Stolen thing

Also a reminder that my wife and I sell our stuff under the sign of MangoMilkStudio only

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Hihi! I really love your art (it's always so mesmerizing to look at), and I was wondering if there are any plans to restock the lamb & goat standee someday?

Ty!!!! Also I didn't even realize we're out of Lamb&Goat standee.

It'll be restocked! No worries. Idk when exactly, because my wife is the one who usually talks with manufacturers and with a convention next weekend it might take us some time, before we'll place a new order

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I've got multiple asks about MangoMilkStudio stealing my designs so I'm decided to make post about it

MangoMilkStudio is my fiancée's and mine online store where you can buy our stuff

There's info about that on my pined post and on my instagram

I also want to remind you that I'M POLISH not American so that means I'm on polish conventions under the MangoMilkStudio name. I just want to remind about this because I know that a lot of people are confused when they see my artworks on cons in Poland 😭

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NEW UPDATE ABOUT ARTBOOKS

So today I was told by printing house that they already made about half of the copies I've ordered. So we decided that they will send to me what they have, and as soon as the courier will stand at my doors I'll start to prepare your packages

IMPORTANT INFO pls this is the last call to double check your shipping address. If you made any typo or mistake in your shipping address and the package will come back to me, you'll need to pay extra for another shipping if you want to receive your order. If you noticed a mistake in your address please contact us here

I'm so sorry everyone for delay 🙏 I'll try to ship everything as soon as possible but it'll take me some time for sure - there were over 350 sales. I asked my friends for help, my fiance also talked with the post office workers about the situation so they're ready as well for the wave of packages djdhdh But it's still a lot of work so please be patient, thank youuuu ✨

I'm also in the middle of moving out so there's a bit of chaos around me so responding for your message might take me a day or two

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Would you ever considder selling A3 prints on etsy? I just moved and would love to hang your art in a bigger size than A4 on my wall! I love your work, it deserves to be shown off bigger <3

I did, but I'm afraid that A3 prints won't show in the etsy or bigcartel at all 😔 It's hard for me to store them, if someone bought more than just a print I would probably have to send it in a separate package and the shipping costs might be higher than the value of the product

For now I'm selling A3 of some of my works at conventions and I'm publishing my illustrations in good quality on my patreon so people can download what they like and print it out on their own

ALSO TY! I myself am a big fan of huge canvases on the wall

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Hi, can I ask what the normal processing time is for your online shop? By that I mean the time it takes to ship the order, not the delivery time.

Hiii✨ It usually takes us 3-5 business days to pack and send the order. Sometimes it's 7 when we're ill or at conventions KDNSDJDJ

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Greetings, hope you are well. I'm interested in buying your art book. I am curious to know if you ship over seas, particularly to the California USA.

Hi! We ship worldwide ✨ If you (or anyone who's reading this) can't see your country on the shipping list - dm me

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hello,

I was wondering how did you go about selling stuff on conventions? (also im asking from a polish perspective cause i know you are from here and most vidoes on the matter are from american perspective) how did you went about pricing? what were the first conventions you went to sell to? how do you go about stocking up? is there any conventions that you recommend avoiding? anything you could share

thank you for your time, even if you dont answer

That's so interesting question! I have to admit that most of the videos about being a vendor doesn't work for me JDBDJDH unfortunately there's tons of cute content with people talking about their super inspiring art journey that is just a content, and I'm talking about videos from all over the world. Also don't get me wrong, those videos still can be super enjoyable, but you have to be aware that most of them are not real. I learned much more on my mistakes than on videos on yt or tiktok and I can tell that being a vendor isn't really different from working in a casual shop (the main difference is that you're your own boss, manager and employee). Also I want to clarify that everything below is just my own experience which may be different from other people.

So basically the store MangoMilkStudio was created by my fiancée about 6 or 7 years ago. I helped her a little, tried to open my own online shop as well but it quickly turned out that we prefer to work under the one name and I decided to start adding stuff on, at that moment, our common store.

Our first convention (that doesn't exist anymore) was in Wrocław in 2019 if I remember correctly. It was a barter-like transaction, we made some illustrations in exchange for the booth. We didn't earn much but we both had different jobs at that time and we saw making merch as some kind of a hobby.

If it comes to being a vendor and what cons I recommend- it depends on where you live, how much money do you want to spend on sleeping and transportation, how much on a booth, what kind of con you're interested in. The good thing about Poland is that we have SO MANY cons so you can pick whatever suits you best. I don't want to point out specific conventions, because I know that some of cons work for us but don't work for someone else and vice versa. I think the best way of deciding which con you want to attend is just applying and then consider whether it's worth it after the con is over.

The one but very important mistake that people usually do on their first conventions is that they're expecting to earn a loooot of money and they are disappointed when it doesn't happen. Being a vendor, even as a small business artist, is still a work related to trade and that means you have to put a lot of money in your business before you'll start to earn money, you have to create your own base of customers, you have to know how to talk to the client, how to talk not only about fandom stuff but also about your own products, how to arrange your table so all the products are visible for a client etc. It works on the basis of trial and error and can take a lot of time and effort.

About the prices - if you don't know how to price your product, you should try to check other vendors' price lists and then analyze if that price sufficiently covers your production costs (yes, including your time and effort). And for a love of god DON'T lower your prices too much because of the competition. It never works and it only spoils the market.

After each convention we try to save some money for the next con but also for a restock (and taxes JDBSJSH""" yeah, we unfortunately have huge taxes). If it goes to restocking items like keychains or anything that is acrylic, Poland doesn't really have much good manufactures unfortunately (I hope this will change in the future) so we usually buy stuff in China. I'm not complaining, products are well made, people are super friendly, the only things that can be exhausting are - tariffs, super expensive shipping and long time waiting for a package. So be prepared with some extra money and make sure you won't place an order a week before convention.

Few more tips:

- don't restock merch in large quantities if you don't know if people would buy it. I did it with my Deltarune stickers, people stopped to buy them and I still have tons of them hidden somewhere dhdbdh

- home printers and plotters are great for making things like TY cards, packaging, single stickers but I recommend to find good printing house or manufacturer. It's just more cost-effective in terms of time, materials and nerves. Also if you make a mistake it's on your own, if manufacturer makes a mistake you can ask for a remake

- most people at cons are super cute and friendly but some of them can be weird as well, don't be afraid to set your boundaries

- keep your cash close to you

- don't eat food that was offered to you by someone you don't know (even if that person looks like con helper)

- write down orgs' phone numbers just in case

- remember to eat and drink a lot of water

At the end I want to say that it's hard to make a living from just one artistic job. We have an online store, we're vendors at cons, I make tattoos, commissions (from time to time), now I'm trying my best on patreon. Most of the people I know, that are vendors as well, have a "normal" job. So don't feel bad if you want to start earning money with your art but you still have to work in a second job