Hi there! I'm Justine and I'm the owner of Lucky Cat Market!
I've been running my small business since 2020 and I love sharing my experiences with others! I'm so excited to be able to share this journey with you! Find me here: theluckycatmarket.carrd.co
dude can i ask you a question? Love your booth set up and I'm gearing for a set up with a roof as well but a totally different style. I was wondering if you had any issues with convention regulations regarding your roof.
Honestly, I’m never going to travel for a fan expo show 😭 I did fan expo Chicago last year and it was BAD Every artist was upset And I don’t hear good things about any fan expo
Loved every single bit of this vid!!! You and Steven make me laugh so much😆I lost it when Steven was overstimulated by the ceiling cuz I would be too😂love you guys and your vlogs so much, and congrats again for your booth award, you deserve it!!! Keep making fun, silly vids like this:)
Congrats on winning best booth display!! I really loved seeing your both at Lvlup this year! Hopefully you can make it out to another west coast show again!
Thank you so much! I stopped by yours but was too shy to say anything so I waddled away LOL Hope you had a great show and I'll definitely say hello next time I see you!
I had my worst Friday ever at this show, so I feel you! I literally made like $80 😭 Saturday was OK and same with Sunday. I think every fan expo show I’ve been to they overbook the artist alley and vendor hall just like galaxycon. Also, I agree I don’t have much luck with Ohio conventions. They’re all very mid so many people stop by and look, but don’t get anything. If it wasn’t for the fact that my friends live in Cleveland, I don’t think I’d go to this one again. Like I did make good money, but it was because my expenses were extremely low.
I've heard alot of people say that most fanexpos, if you don't have a ton of overhead costs, you'll be fine. But once you add travel and hotel cost, they tend to be pretty low as far as profit cons. Always great seeing another con vlog from you!
Interesting hearing your side of things back in Cleveland. We definitely feel your pain with the costs to there. 😅 It can get PRICEY. May the rest of your shows turn out better for you!
Thank you so much for this video! I'm very new to doing out-of-state cons (I'm a Wisconsin girl) and was a little bit apprehensive paying for my booth after I got accepted (it's a bit pricey) but after seeing it went well for you and a whole bunch of other artists, I now feel a lot more confident with my decision!
Awesome video as usual! It was great seeing you at Issho! I love how you're transparent about the costs of having a table so that more people who are interested can be aware! I'd love to see more about what you do to get prepared to go to a con, how you get new merchandise made, etc. I love seeing the whole process of everything! Glad that you did so well at Issho and can't wait to see you again! ^^ (ps. I am fully prepared for the Jujutsu Kaisen merch you hinted at 😉)💚
omg hey!! Thank you again for having me in your video! (Bea the witch) I appreciate y'all so much and had such a great time at the con as well! I made record profits at this con thanks to you guys and your videos ;v; Without y'all i probably wouldn't have been confident enough to actually do artist alleys. Hope to see y'all at more cons in the future! <3 (hope you like the venti charm I'm hoping to do all the archons in the future)
Loved it!! Keep up the great work:) I like when you show some of the other parts of the con and seeing cool cosplayers, but any content of yours is great😁
Congrats on such a great show! From all the pictures I saw on IG this con is def. on my radar to try and vend next year. Everyone seemed so nice and all around just a great convention.
Wow that story time at the end!! Someone had super bad management of that show. Our main con here, NZ, only resell a table if they've had confirmation the person can't come or on the day once doors have opened
Hiya! I was also an artist here! (I go by TakeMyMora on everything) (I see the back of my bucket hat in a shot and I was next to jade ha) I flew in but I used a voucher that was expiring at the end of the year so I was able to justify going back to my home state (I am from Cleveland but am Boston based rn) I will say, the layout was awful. They opened the doors right by the celebs and that is like putting your eggs and milk in the front row. People spent all their money by the time they got to you (I was in the front of AA, and I do think I did better because of that) But this was just a game of too many exhibitors for the size and the layout needing to have artists in the front and celebs in the back. In the end, I did almost triple my expenses, and since this is my first year, tripling expenses is what I need to justify going back to a con. So, especially since id be paying for flight next time, I could never justify this con unless they make some dramatic changes. I use square and it broke on me about the same time. I lost a few sales unfortunately from that. I had a lot of fun in terms of meeting new artist friends since this was my first Midwest show, and my dad got to see me doing my dream job in person, which was really wonderful. However, I will say the vibes were...off. Especially Friday and early Saturday. It was the first con where people felt kinda....unimpressed? I usually have people running up and that sort of thing and there was a definite lack of interest. It may just be a culture shock, but at least I did better than lose who ended up losing. Also in the northeast, tables are notoriously overpriced (the smallest shows have 350 tables) so I didnt have a perspective on the table price, but the vibes of the attendees was really kinda a bummer those first two days, then this show ended up getting me triple the amount of followers I usually get, so it was a bit of a nice boost that people didnt just not like my work Hope I can see you at a future show though!
I feel like a lot of Galaxycon branches that aren't the main one didn't do well at all. The one in Austin was v disappointing for my friends. What also sucks, though, is that they decided to run the same weekend as a well-established con in Texas called San Japan. There was no way it was going to survive. Another thing is that I believe they had the same, if not similar, layout where people walked to the celebrities first before getting to AA, which also sucked for everyone.
Sucks the con was a bust! But I am curious about your point of sale issue. I also use PayPal Zettle. I haven't had issues with it before (luckily!!), but I'd love to know what the issue was and if it can be avoided. I can't switch to Square because they couldn't verify my identity, the bastards.
They locked my account and said they needed to know "what I was selling". So I had to go through 30 different transactions and tell them what they were for lol Then I had to wait for them to unlock my account which was going to take 5 business days. When I called regarding this they just said there was nothing I could do and had to just wait. Why did they decide to do it right then and there? No idea 😅
@@luckycatmarket Fucking wacky! Sounds just like PayPal though. I'll just cross my fingers and hope it doesn't happen during an event. Wouldn't be the first time I've had to be cash only. Seriously frustrating that this happened on top of a slow event. Wishing you better luck at your next event!
Sorry that Galaxy wasn't the best for you! It was still a fun con as an attendee, but it was definitely different than what I'd expected. Not to mention, it was VERY crowded, especially in dealer's, on Saturday. I don't even think I even got to see all the artists even though I spent hours in there. But I'm really glad I had the chance to stop by, say hello, and get a couple super cute Frieren stickers from you! Can't wait to see you again at the next con!
SO THANKFUL TO BE NEXT TO YOU THE WHOLE TIME AND NOT MENTIONED ONCE ❤❤❤ JK i luv u and was glad we got to watch that Adam Sandler lizard movie together
Can confirm - a lot of the drive is through the boonies. Fr thought id never escape the farm land lol. Also, yesss it was so crazy busy fr. It was so nice to see you there though! 💜 - Jae (Woodbunnycosplay, ie: IRL Amber )
Loved the Vlog!! Even though the con wasn’t the greatest😔I’ll hopefully be uploading my vid soon too:) Thanks for showing off my boi Appa💕💕And just from what you said, I had a feeling that Ohio people just like looking and not buying! I need to come to Michigan cons!!
I will say when it comes to conventions. I am very much a window shopper. Mainly because it does take a lot out of me just to buy anything, and I'm that person who talks themselves out of buying stuff. But I'm also very used to doing meet and greets at a store that near me. So I'm not as used to artist alley stuff cause, literally it is just me buying an autograph and leaving. It really sucks knowing you did, really poorly at this con. And I want every artist to make their expensives back and a lot more money in their pocket.
thank you for letting us know about whether its worth it to go, especially as a fellow detroit artist. I debated applying for next year since its a columbus con i could use it as an excuse to visit my bff who moved down there. I'm hoping to get into matsuricon *fingers crossed* Looking forward to seeing you guys at some of the local cons! I'll be at isshocon in Novi, MI for its first year con and I'm really hoping it goes well cause youmacon has become absolute poop. Hoping you guys will be there too I'd love to get some of your genshin pins <3
