Post #2422884

2026-04-18 17:29 UTC

asking because I offered to paint a couple minis for someone and am now trying to figure out what to charge. I have a little bit of experience and high standards, know a few tricks, but I don't have a ton of work under my belt, and they have to provide all the materials. etsy has a pretty big range but I'm dismayed by how low some of the rates are 🙃 like surely I can charge more than $35 USD per figure? ugh why is capitalism

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@twistylittlepassages@weirder.earth 2026-04-18 18:34

I asked for $45 per fig, which feels like both not enough and too much. they said yes! it's only for 2 of them, so if I end up doing more of this work, I'll have photos of my skills to show off and a better idea of how much this work is worth to me. (also I'll know whether I'm fooling myself that my middle-aged eyes can handle it T_T)

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@t54r4n1@mspsocial.net 2026-04-18 17:38

@twistylittlepassages@weirder.earth certainly not less than your area's minimum hourly rate. how long is it going to take you?

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@Satsuma@glitch.cat.family 2026-04-18 17:40

@twistylittlepassages@weirder.earth do you have material costs eg. are they providing the figs or are you? is it totally custom in terms of what they can request or are you just asking for vibes and then doing what you want? will you accept revision requests? generally speaking, i’d figure out about how long i thought it would take and multiply that by a hourly price and then tweak up/downwards according to the above questions (down slightly for more artist freedom, up significantly for anything that might add to the time it takes to do)

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@riotmuffin@ni.hil.ist 2026-04-18 17:41

@twistylittlepassages@weirder.earth so much of the stuff on etsy these days is super low quality, mass produced crap being passed off as unique, or both. and a lot of the rest is folks who have been crushed by capitalism into offering their labor for so much less than its worth.

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