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My friend invited me to sell stuff at a craft sale with her again. I am going to do it but I don't expect to sell much (if anything) because the audience might not be right for my crafts. (If someone is looking for a "Welcome" sign in Dutch, they're not going to spend money on a fandom inspired art piece.) And the last time I did a sale with her one of the other vendors (who had outrageously priced "found" wood pieces that she had painted "Welcome" on in cheap paint) told me that I would sell more if I put "Salt Lake City, UT" on my stuff because then it would be a "collectable". I am not destroying my designs with a tacky city name. If people want that they can actually GO to Salt Lake (I am not from there and wasn't selling there at the time, either) and get a cheap, overpriced souvenir at the mall or airport.My mom said that maybe I need to adjust my prices to the audience. So instead of pricing my work based on the value of my skill and time I should price it like a garage sale and lose money just because I'm surrounded by people who aren't interested in my art style? I hate how people devalue artists and their work. If you want a crappy piece of mass produced garbage, go to Walmart. If you want a one-of-a-kind art piece that nobody else will ever create (and I will likely never create again as I do not tend to reproduce my own work) then you pay the asking price. My prices are not unreasonable and cheaper than Etsy so I'm not going to change them. And if you think you can do a better job than me, go ahead. I'm not stopping you.