Etsy VS Ebay (selling comparisons)

(This is part of my Bearded Bunny Ball Blog project)

(originally posted in October 2007)


The Bunnies for Sale

I've listed 6 PAIRS of bunnies for sale ($8 each). Three were posted on ebay.com and 3 were posted on etsy.com. The goal is to track the progress and determine which is a better option to sell small art prints like this. The top three are Ebay, the bottom are Etsy. Read the rest of the blog to see actual posting costs for each.

LUCHADOR & WOLVERINE

NINJA MOTHER & DOPPLEGANGER

BOBA & ACID

WOLVERINE & LUCHADOR

MANDIBLE & DOPPLEGANGER

ACID & SPIDER




Current Statistics
ebay listing fees:
picture show (free)
insertion fee (0.25)
add picture fee (0.15)
gallery fee (0.35)
Total Ebay listing fee= 0.75 (X3) = $2.25

etsy listing fees:
listing fee: (0.20)
Total Etsy listing fee= 0.20 (X3)= $0.60


current bunnies sold = 0




next update
I will update these figures as the seven day listings come to a close. I will then review the re-listing fees if any do not sell and compare the re-listing prices. I will also create more bunnies to be sold.

The Bearded Bunny Ball Blog Project (turning art into cash)

The Bearded Bunny Ball Blog Project (BBBBP)

(originally posted on October 20th, 2007)

Turn art into cash. One of my exciting projects (which I will update weekly on my blog) is the BBBBP. The project will entail the creation of a number of various bearded bunny drawings, the making of inexpensive prints, the finding of inexpensive frames, and the act of selling them on-line.

Tracking the Progress

I am going to log my hours, my expenses, my methods, my funds recieved and of course post the bunny images here for all to see. The goal of this project is to create and sell as many bearded bunny prints as possible.

The Prints

I will hand draw 20-50 small playing card sized bearded bunnies in the span of a few days (see example at the top of this post). I will print a limited 10 hand signed and hand numbered prints of each bearded bunny ball. The bunnies will then be framed and sold.

Products and Sites I will Use

To accomplish this project, I will be using:

my website http://www.williamhessian.com/ and

http://www.billyandtheoldman.com/ to sell and advertise the prints

Dollar Tree to buy inexpensive frames

http://www.stickam.com/ to do one live bearded bunny creation day (8 hours)

http://www.snapfish.com/ to print the prints

USPS to ship the works

http://www.ebay.com/ & Etsy.com to sell the product

Paypal to collect funds

http://www.craigslist.com/, http://www.myspace.com/, http://www.deviantart.com/, to promote my product

and of course blogger to track the progress.

(originally posted on October 20th, 2007)

The Goal

To provide a detailed account of a project to earn money making artwork. If successful it will be a guideline for other artists to follow and create inexpensive artwork for profit. I am going to also use this project as a way to compare ebay sales, to my website sales and hopefully try out a number of auctions sites.

Start Date

The creation of the bearded bunnies has already begun. The effort to turn the bunnies into profit will begin Monday, October 22nd.