So now it’s all over a little time to reflect.
Well all things considered I’m actually pretty happy. No I’ve not made enough to retire, but it’s nice that people have liked my stuff enough to actually part with a minimum of £10 to have it hanging on their wall. I’m fairly confident it wasn’t my Mom going to buy up stuff to make me feel better.
Of the images that sold it’s clear that my Old Bullring picture were popular. Most prints were 10×8 mounts with 7×5 images inside. These were in sealed bags, not framed. I only produced 3 large framed items and these sold within the week, so maybe next time I may concentrate on larger images. Obviously I’ll still produce the small frames and possibly look into smaller imagery (badges etc) for future sales.
Final figures:
47 Prints Supplied to the Shop 28 sold returning 19 (28×7.5=£210)
3 Frames prints sold (3×22.50=£67.50)
Total sales £277.50 – Profit works out to nearly £170 which is nice.
Still this for me has been a project, just to see if I can sell stuff. It seems some do like my prints. Plus on top of it all Created in Birmingham should’ve taken just a little over £100 for the running of the unit. Which although a small amount, hopefully went a little way to making things work. As I’ve said to Chris and Pete I do intend to make a payment to CIB as a thank you for allowing me to sell.
Where next?, well I’m not entirely sure. I might look at selling some of the prints online or maybe via any fayres. But still early days. I need to go through what has sold and what hasn’t. Hopefully CIB Shop #2 might happen and they may want some of my stuff again.