Thanks for replying! As a follow up question about conventions, is there any rule of thumb on how many buttons to stock? I am considering selling at Sakura-con next year but I have no idea what sort of numbers I should expect/how much of each design to bring. Would it help if I shared a couple of designs I have worked on and would like to sell? - preview.tinyurl(.)com/q8mtgy2

sakuracon is so fun!!!!  buttons are a really really really fickle thing, it really depends on what’s popular RIGHT NOW and that’s a hard thing to predict sometimes! i bring anywhere from 4 to 24 of different buttons, with dozens and dozens of designs. it depends on how popular the thing is, FOR SURE

things you know are obscure won’t sell nearly as much… unless you happen to catch the pocket of fans who find you and relaly want that sole merchandise of (obscure character) which has happened to me before! it’s so hard to predict, so you really just have to feel it out and see what happens