Something that has me being disgruntled for a while
Over the weekend, I gave my daughter's future mother in law a large bag I crocheted a few years back. I originally had it for sale for $65. It is an enormous bag that took me three days to make.
Her husband said, "Oh! You could make a lot of money selling those!"
My answer was the same it's been since the Cricut became a household thing:
"Yeah, you would think."
Now, don't get me wrong. I have no malice against people who are hustling to make a buck. Times are hard. You gotta do what you gotta do.
But there is this thing called "market saturation" where there is just so much, everything becomes worthless.
It started with the Cricut. If you had an extra $250 to spend, you could get an etsy and sell your svg files and/or put vinyl stickers on literally everything. After a year, the market was so disgustingly saturated by people trying to "get rich quick" for little expenditure, there was no point in even trying.
Then it was tumblers. If you had an extra $150 laying around, you could get an etsy and make the exact same tumblers as 200,000+ other women out there trying to get rich quick. Within 6 months, that market was destroyed
Then it was resin.
Then it was beading and wire wrapping.
Then spell jars.
Then tarot card readings.
Then crochet.
There is literally no side hustle a person can have that women wanting to get rich quick off little investment completely market out of existence.
So I crochet now just because I like it. Will I sell my stuff? Sure! If you like something I've made and want to buy it, let me know. But I'm not saturating the market even more than it is because there is no point to bother. Everyone else is out there creating mediocre things while I'm here, challenging my skills and making complex patterns and items that I literally can't sell because of all the "quick hook" mediocre products that are *everywhere*.
There's no point in trying a side hustle. It's just time and money wasted with the added stress of knowing for the one shop you opened, 2,000 were created right along with yours.
*sigh*
Maybe I'm just bitter that I'm an exceptional crochet artist, but will never be able to make money from it because of everyone making single colored stuffies for cheap.
Her husband said, "Oh! You could make a lot of money selling those!"
My answer was the same it's been since the Cricut became a household thing:
"Yeah, you would think."
Now, don't get me wrong. I have no malice against people who are hustling to make a buck. Times are hard. You gotta do what you gotta do.
But there is this thing called "market saturation" where there is just so much, everything becomes worthless.
It started with the Cricut. If you had an extra $250 to spend, you could get an etsy and sell your svg files and/or put vinyl stickers on literally everything. After a year, the market was so disgustingly saturated by people trying to "get rich quick" for little expenditure, there was no point in even trying.
Then it was tumblers. If you had an extra $150 laying around, you could get an etsy and make the exact same tumblers as 200,000+ other women out there trying to get rich quick. Within 6 months, that market was destroyed
Then it was resin.
Then it was beading and wire wrapping.
Then spell jars.
Then tarot card readings.
Then crochet.
There is literally no side hustle a person can have that women wanting to get rich quick off little investment completely market out of existence.
So I crochet now just because I like it. Will I sell my stuff? Sure! If you like something I've made and want to buy it, let me know. But I'm not saturating the market even more than it is because there is no point to bother. Everyone else is out there creating mediocre things while I'm here, challenging my skills and making complex patterns and items that I literally can't sell because of all the "quick hook" mediocre products that are *everywhere*.
There's no point in trying a side hustle. It's just time and money wasted with the added stress of knowing for the one shop you opened, 2,000 were created right along with yours.
*sigh*
Maybe I'm just bitter that I'm an exceptional crochet artist, but will never be able to make money from it because of everyone making single colored stuffies for cheap.
