Good afternoon fellow Occultists! (Yes, I've decided to name you after worshippers of the Dark Lord because it just so happens that my business name is frighteningly similar to the word Occult).
After the unbelievably pregnant pause which ensued after I completed the layout of this blog, I am finally ready to disclose what this busy little bee has been up to within her brand spanking new Oculto Mask business.
Initially I thought the best way to go about getting my masks viewed by the townspeople would be to hit up all of the boutique shops and inquire about consignment percentages. This way I'm guaranteed constant traffic viewing, my work will pass along by word of mouth and will gain the occasional (graduating to hopefully often) sale. As I started dropping emails to local boutiques I quickly found that many of these places had quite a substantial interest in featuring/selling my masks but were asking for a 50-60% consignment fee. Now I know why they were so exited.
Now, this would be completely fine with me if I was mass producing my items and putting them in shops all around town -but my products are one of a kind. This is one of the main, enticing, selling features about them. No duplicates. You can be sure that only you will ever see the mask you purchase around town wherever you take it -and not on any other face but your own.
My creations are priced ranging from $65-$500 depending on how intricate the design is and what materials are used. Even the lower priced items are one of a kind, so when I was told that I could be left with less than half of what I priced my item at (which is directly in correlation to the hours of effort I put into my work) I became more than slightly disgruntled. I wasn't so desperate to have people see my products that I would walk away with next to nothing for my efforts, so I decided consignment was out unless I happen to find a worthwhile exchange.
Slipping into the next thought...
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