Why The Crochet Market Is Completely Broken ... Sharing My Prices & Crochet Plushies that Sell Well

Works of Whimsy Crochet Co (Jacki Chaplain)

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In this video, we're going to discuss the importance of pricing for profit. Don't come for me, but this is a real game changer in running and scaling a crochet business. I also share all of my prices with you and recap, not one, but TWO markets, so you can find out my crochet best selling plushies!
Master List Of All Crochet Business Products: docs.google.com/document/d/1N...
Master List of All Crochet Patterns I've Used in My Business:
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Links to Other Videos Mentioned:
Items I Crocheted & Prices: • Items I Crocheted (And...
Yeezhee Crochet Kit Review: • Trying Yeezhee Crochet...
Amiguru-May Crochet With Me Axolotl: • Amiguru-May Market Pre...
My Mushroom Tutorial: • No Sew Crochet Mushroo...
Here are links to other patterns I've put out this year:
🎀No Sew Paddy The Leprechaun (with Pot of Gold) - worksofwhimsycrochet.etsy.com...
🎀No Sew Strawberry Doll (with ‘MILK’ Purse) - worksofwhimsycrochet.etsy.com...
🎀No Sew Mushroom - worksofwhimsycrochet.etsy.com...
🎀No Sew & Low Sew Easter Egg Pattern Pack - worksofwhimsycrochet.etsy.com...
🎀Pyro The Dragon (with Dragon Egg) - worksofwhimsycrochet.etsy.com...
🎀Jenna the Giraffe Snuggler - worksofwhimsycrochet.etsy.com...
🎀No Sew Chip The Bear (with Heart) - worksofwhimsycrochet.etsy.com...
🎀No Sew Dino Pattern Pack - worksofwhimsycrochet.etsy.com...
• No Sew Dino (T-Rex) - worksofwhimsycrochet.etsy.com...
• No Sew Dino (Triceratops) - worksofwhimsycrochet.etsy.com...
🎀Standing Fox - worksofwhimsycrochet.etsy.com...
🎀No Sew Halloween Pattern Pack - worksofwhimsycrochet.etsy.com...
• No Sew Candace “Candy” Corn - worksofwhimsycrochet.etsy.com...
• No Sew Witch Hat - worksofwhimsycrochet.etsy.com...
• No Sew Ghost - worksofwhimsycrochet.etsy.com...
• No Sew Frankenstein - worksofwhimsycrochet.etsy.com...
• No Sew Pumpkin - worksofwhimsycrochet.etsy.com...
Here are links to my free patterns:
❤️No Sew Mushroom - No Talking - • No Sew Crochet Mushroo...
❤️No Sew Bee - • Create Adorable Croche...
❤️No Sew Pumpkin - • Chatty Pumpkin Crochet...
❤️No Sew Pumpkin - No Talking - • No Talking Pumpkin Cro...
❤️No Sew Witch Hat - • Chatty Witch Hat Croch...
❤️No Sew Witch Hat - No Talking - • No Talking Witch Hat C...
❤️No Sew Heart Keychain - • Valentines Crochet Eas...
❤️No Sew Pot of Gold - • Pot of Gold (NO SEW) T...
❤️No Sew Striped Easter Egg - • Easter Crochet Easy Cr...
❤️Right Handed Slip Knot and Single Crochet Tutorial - • How To Crochet For Abs...
❤️Left Handed Slip Knot and Single Crochet Tutorial - • How To Crochet For Abs...
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When did I start my crochet business?: December 2022
When did I start my RU-vid?: March 2023
When did I start crocheting?: Seriously, in November 2022, but I learned as a child
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@thecozybuckeye 9 дней назад

I love & appreciate this rant. Thank you very much. Your thoughts are spot on. I have been selling at markets for 12 years now, have had an Etsy shop for 10 & recently started my vlog. I have continued to raise my prices over the years & will continue to do so. Bravo! Also, I will be watching more of your videos as a new subscriber. ❤️

@JennaIsOverIt 16 дней назад

As someone who sells my mushroom fidget pops made from parfait chunky and ended up at a market with someone selling them in Bernat Blanket for $3 sometimes its about the quality and people will buy the more expensive one. To be fair tho she said she had also only been crocheting for a month and I think theres something else to be said for people who learned last week and already selling today before making it look nice first.

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 12 дней назад

That's true. Plus, newer people don't KNOW how to price effectively yet. It's not like that was taught in school. So while that can be a bit annoying (though, thankfully it didn't hinder your sales), she gets a pass because she has yet to learn the skill of pricing for profit. And it is a skill because you really have to think big picture about it. The problem lies in the people who think that it's okay to just price to cover the yarn and it just really doesn't work like that haha.

@tkgosselin 9 дней назад

I really wish, people would master crochet before going to market. I have 50 yrs experience, started at 5. I literally cringe at the sight of some market makers lack of skill, and then they will say that took 5 hours to make and sell a 10 inch plushie for 95 dollars😂. You can 't effectively pay yourself 15 an hour when you don't know what you are doing. 1 Dino pattern, 15 of them in the bin all the same type of yarn but none were the same size, all wonky and misshapen.

@jasemeal7849 17 дней назад

Really appreciated this video. Lots of good points.

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 12 дней назад

Thank you so much!!! I just want all of use to be as successful as we can be and not be held back in achieving our potential because we've underpriced!

@CloudPow 16 дней назад

I can't wait for your video on the do's and don'ts of crochet market displays!

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 14 дней назад

Coming soon! I promise!

@MumsyMakesCrochet 14 дней назад

Love this walk through 😍

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 14 дней назад

Thank you so much!

@MsBaileyMakayla 6 дней назад

You GO girl this is 100% truth!! We don’t go out to eat and expect them to charge the price we could get the same food for at the grocery store. Just because it is a self owned business does not mean we can’t price items high enough to be profitable like all other consumer businesses!

@FibersGetStitches 5 дней назад

This is definitely something that needs to be talked about more. Obviously everyone has their own opinions, but this is useful to hear. There is definitely not a one size fits all for this kind of business. Im still in my beginning stages, so Im not to the point of making a livable income yet. But this gives me more confidence to how I price my items. So thank you 😊

@13that1girl 14 дней назад

The thing is, if people are not willing to pay what something is worth, then they don’t need it. And I’m not talking about Walmart monopolizing potato chips and charging $18 a bag, I’m talking about something being priced to cover materials and overhead AND paying for your time. If it’s not worth that price to them, they can make it themselves.

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 14 дней назад

That's absolutely true. If they truly don't think it's worth that price but won't it, then can make it themselves. Thankfully, I've run into very few people that ACTUALLY don't think crochet is worth that much. The people who don't buy are always so gracious and compliment my work, nonetheless, even if it's not the right time for them to buy. Which I'm appreciative of because, it might not spend the same as money, but having people excited about my work is just as thrilling to me as making the actual sale a lot of the time. Like that moment when they walk into my booth and like pause and take it all in and just say, "woooow! This is so cool"... it's a really awesome feeling.

@jackieschneider7354 17 дней назад

Good explanation of pricing and a business. Anyone thinking of entering markets etc should watch.

@gamespc-zi6zo 13 дней назад

i wanna do a flea market, im only 13 , i crochet and i really wanna sell. im really confused about everything behind it i thought you just pay the booth fee then sell your items, any good tips?

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 12 дней назад

Well essentially, that IS the bare basics. You bring your stuff, and you sell it. And that could be the only part of a crochet business you're interested in, so you just have to make sure your pricing accounts for paying for materials (stuffing, safety eyes, yarn, etc), some time for you (I recommend your hourly wage be no less than whatever minimum wage is in your state), and market fees (so if your market costs like $50, and you're bringing 50 plushies to sell, at least add a dollar onto the price of your plushies to be able to afford to pay for your markets). However, markets aren't the only thing you can do with a crochet business. You can sell online on Etsy or your own website (with your parent's permission... Etsy is the cheaper option when first starting out, but you'd need to connect a bank account to it, so your parent's absolutely need to know/be involved in the online business area, just so they can help make sure your financially covered... it's easy on Etsy to turn on ads and not realize how much money you're spending and rack up a big bill, which would be upsetting for both you and your parent's bank account. So just get permission and help if you go that avenue). You can also do research and learn how to write your own patterns, which is good if you're selling online. You can even get into running your own crochet RU-vid channel and learn about crochet content creation. From there, you can get paid just for views on your channel or even for recommending products and having people buy them through something called "affiliate links". Like I like to Amazon products I like, like the hooks I have. And if someone clicks on my link to buy those hooks, I get like 5 whole cents haha. It's not a fantastic way to make money, but every little bit helps. But again, definitely get your parent's permission before putting yourself or any information about yourself on the internet. It can be a very dangerous thing for ANYONE, including myself, but especially a person your age. But doing markets is a good place to start. It'll help you ease into having your own business. And you can look up videos on how to make sure your market set up looks really nice/professional. I'm doing a video on this soon, but it's not up yet, so just start checking out other videos that are out there. There's tons of videos about this topic that can help!

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 12 дней назад

Thank you so much!!! I try! I just want to make sure that everyone can have as successful of a business that they want! And a lot of that does come down to pricing, and finding good markets where people understand why your prices are the way they are, but that's a whole separate topic haha. But we do cool shi*t and it's special, so we shouldn't be scared of charging for it. And it's not even that everything needs to be expensive, but I don't think expecting $20 for a dinosaur that takes like 45 minutes to make is insane or overcharging or asking a lot or unattainable to the average person in this economy haha. And there's like a billion smaller patterns out there in this size so you can make a whole table of stuff in this price range to not exclude anyone but still make a profit!!! Which, I know you understand, but still haha, it needs to be said!!!

@michellekelly5986 16 дней назад

I agree with you completely. Crochet must be made by hand, no machine duplicates what we can do or what we can create. Paying yourself minimum wage, at minimum, will tell the people buying what you make that you value your time as much as they should. Even your time at a market to sell what you made is valuable, too.

@CindyCorrellus 16 дней назад

You are very knowledgeable and have a great business sense. I am very impressed with you young women starting your businesses at home and some of you work outside of the home. Best of luck to all of you!

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 16 дней назад

Say it louder for the people in the back!!! Crochet IS and will likely ALWAYS be a little extra special for that reason, why are we telling people something that took hours is only worth $5-$10. Gift if at that point, then it's all the more special!

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 16 дней назад

Thank you for being so supportive

@lizcarter6938 16 дней назад

hahaha I make hair bows and I have NEVER EVER EVER nor WILL I EVER lower my prices and I am super blessed enough to say I MAKE A PROFIT and have been able to stay in business MAKING MONEY for 11 years now!! We now stream on WhatNot and my daughter moderates for me and says "mom no one has EVER complained about your prices" and I have a deal where buy 12 bows get the 13th free for $46 and she is amazed at how often that bundle sells. The number of REPEAT customers is crazy! I'm with you I'm not doing this for fun, I'm doing this for PROFIT!!!!

@rebeccamerckerdesign1018 16 дней назад

What's your Whatnot handle? I love Whatnot and stream regularly!

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 12 дней назад

YESSSSSS!!!! I love that for you guys! And you're training your own little entrepreneur!!! She's going to have an amazing business sense!!!

@keycaru 12 дней назад

There's a stall at this antique market that I found recently. The vendor had sooo many unique patterns and amazing stitch work, but her pieces were priced so low!! I told the shop owner that the seller should really price the pieces higher and talked up her work. I really hope this got back to the seller and that she prices higher.

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 2 дня назад

Yes! Good for you for looking out! That's amazing!

@FireLakeCreations 17 дней назад

Thank you for saying this! I get so frustrated by people underpricing because they asked "an old lady at knit night" if they'd pay $X for a hat and they said no.

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 12 дней назад

I totally agree! And it's not even that everything needs to be expensive, but I don't think expecting $20 for a dinosaur that takes like 45 minutes to make is insane or overcharging or asking a lot or unattainable to the average person in this economy haha. It's very reasonable, and there's like a billion smaller patterns out there in this size so you can make a whole table of stuff in this price range to not exclude anyone but still make a profit!!! Which, I know you understand, but still haha, it needs to be said!!! I use plushies as an example because that's what I do, but some hats are fairly fast to make so use those patterns for your "lower price" items, and then you can still make fancier hats that take more time and still charge appropriately for them, and those are just for people looking to splurge a little more!

@maryelgin9919 17 дней назад

Great video!

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 12 дней назад

Thank you so much!!! I really try!!

@briannalopez37 13 дней назад

I needed this pep talk btw my last market was $40 fee and I only sold 4 $15 plushies 😢😢😢

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 12 дней назад

Ugh, that hurts!!! I'm so sorry! I'm sure it was a fluke, but that doesn't make it suck any less!!!

@mollizi2131 17 дней назад

Your info is spot on. We need to treat our businesses as a business. I wasn't able to finish watching as the noise in the background was getting too distracting and made it hard to listen and hear what you were saying. Good luck to you.

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 12 дней назад

Sorry about that! My kids are usually pretty good when I'm filming, but sometimes they're chaotic haha. But I do appreciate you watching as far as you could and even leaving a positive comment!!! It means a lot!

@nancywhite7036 4 дня назад

In South Carolina, if you only do 4 events or Markets a year, you do not need a license or collect taxes.. More thar 4 a year you do.

@silvercarolina4045 16 дней назад

I just found you and I love your rant!! I’m not a fan! It makes me so mad when I am in competition for someone who says oh I just want to make enough for more yarn.

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 12 дней назад

And you KNOW if they did the math, they're actually losing money. It just doesn't feel like it because they get to walk away with $200-$300 per event, without realizing they've actually spent at least that in yarn, food at the event, event fees, gas to get to events, patterns, safety eyes, etc.

@silvercarolina4045 8 дней назад

@@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo I meant to say I am NOW a fan lol. I assume you figured that out though. Yes I felt your rant to my core girl! Grrr!

@sugarhoneysweets 4 дня назад

It seems everyone uses plushy yarn these days. I use worsted weight for my amigurumi. It means they take longer to make and probably should be priced higher than plushy yarn items, even though they are usually smaller (if going by the same/similar pattern). It hasn't slowed my sales though. I am just wondering if I am the only worsted weight amigurumi crafter left!

@LyraStitchery 16 дней назад

Oh yeah. I am all about properly pricing. I have had plenty of people stating that my items are priced too high. And while I know you said where you live shouldn't determine price. I live in Boca Baby!!😂 That is in South Florida. High cost of living and lots of rich people. Lol. No I am not one of the rich people. But I plan on making more larger one of a kind items and less amigurumi. I am currently working on a filet crochet piece that has over 6,000 stitches. Then I am going to attach it to a quilt which I will also make. Probably make swimsuit covers and have sea creature amigurumi too. Oh i love making alligators.

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 16 дней назад

Yes!!!! I love that for you!!! Though, to clarify, I said where you live isn't a real to underprice specifically. You shouldn't essentially set yourself up to where you're literally losing money because you don't think someone would buy a piece for more. HOWEVER, I do think location should be taken into consideration when pricing. I know when I go more rural, I'll knock off a few dollars on my larger stuff. But like a few, like $5 or less. But that's also why this year, I've really tried to focus on trying to find the best events so I'm not having to price shift at all. Re-tagging things sucks haha.

@margaretswann6805 9 дней назад

Jacki, thank you for your video. Not sure why I never thought of crocheted items as a luxury and that I should keep my items at a profit. I have fell pray to the “I won’t get $40 for an 16” long Dino even if it took me 2 hours and $10 in yarn. I’m retired and pay myself $8-10/hr and when I priced a detailed amigurumi cow and a pig and a horse (all 12” tall), the shop where I sell my items said people were rolling their eyes and complaining. But you are right! It doesn’t matter that I live in So. Mississippi. If someone wants to buy an heirloom, handmade,keepsake 12” cow then they will be willing to pay $58. There is something called perceived value and if makers create a small whale and charge $3, the handmade toy is perceived no better than a dog chew toy. I know this but lowered my pricing anyway. Thank you for snapping me out of it.

@margaretmmg 16 дней назад

Sadly, many of the crochet businesses are up against hobby crocheters. Hobby crocheters are at markets. They do not tax deduct anything and they sell to get rid of and just get a bit of money for them.

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 16 дней назад

I get what you're saying, but that, at least speaking from the perspective of living in the US, is illegal. You're making money and not paying taxes on it so that's technically tax evasion, for one. And for two, it's not that we're against hobby crocheters, it's that hobby crocheters basically always under charge as a rule, because "it's just for fun", but if it were just for fun, you wouldn't be charging at all, and once you start charging, it becomes a business. And it messes up the perceived market value of crochet products when a large portion of crocheters think it's okay to sit in this "hobby business" category that ACTUALLY doesn't exist because, at this current time, there seems to be more people like that than more people trying to treat their crochet business as an actual business. And, to remind people, if you are selling something for money, it's a business.

@jessywanders8829 10 дней назад

I'm all for trying to make money with anything that you do, but sometimes people do overprice crochet items especially items made with thick yarn. Those yarns are not the best quality. I am all for pricing items the way you want to price them, but please keep in mind quality over quantity will yield better customers for the long term.❤

@Babybearcroche 17 дней назад

I don't think you're 100% right, following your own point of a business always wants profit and crochet is a luxury, you have to underprice sometimes if you wanna sell at all, specially with the location (ik you said that's not a valid excuse but it's not a excuse) you gotta know your crowd. I know that in person I'm most likely to sell 10 5 buck items than one 40 buck one, so I gotta underprice so I can meet my margin and make profit out of time, materials, etc but online I know that I can raise the prices and even overprice it sometimes and people will pay for it bc they specifically seeked me out

@rebeccamerckerdesign1018 16 дней назад

If the market you are at can't afford your $40 pieces but buys your $5 pieces, then you don't under price your $40, piece you make sure your inventory supports an equivalent amount of $5 pieces. You also still bring your $40 pieces out because you don't determine a customers budget, they do. You can also offer services (like cleaning cards, subscription discounts etc) to make your $40+ items look more palatable. This also gives your business more credibility and brings return customers. It's also worth making sure you are connected in your market area so you are able to be in the know on higher quality markets that bring higher paying customers. 😊

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 12 дней назад

Respectfully, I disagree. As Rebecca said, if you know your customers shop mostly within the $5-10 range, you can find small patterns that are fast to make, like mini octos, mini frogs, mini whales, mini mushrooms, small fruits (like strawberries or blueberries), small flowers, etc. So you still have tons of options for things you can make in that price range that only take you 10-15 minutes to make, so you're still making a decently hourly wage and profit. And that doesn't mean you can't make those bigger items at higher price points still for when people want to splurge, but you can still absolutely stock your market with inventory that your customers can afford WITHOUT losing money. And there's a difference between a lower profit margin and flat out underpricing. Like you may only make $15 an hour on something that I may be able to make $25 an hour on, but you're still paying yourself for labor, which should be factored into your profit margin. So, like if you want your hourly to be $15 and you sell ten $5 octos that take 10 minutes each to make, you've made $50 in revenue, but then you need to account for the $25 in labor you need to pay yourself. 10 octos for 10 minutes each is 100 minutes. 100 minutes divided by 60 minutes means that's 1.66 hours. 1.66 hours x $15 an hour is $25. So you need to take your $50 in revenue, pay yourself $25 for labor, we'll call it a generous $10 ($1 per octo in supplies, but it's really probably closer to half that lol) for materials. That still leaves you with $15 in ACTUAL profit. You can re-invest that profit back into your business in the way of more markets, starting your online store, etc. And you did that on selling $5 items.

@Babybearcroche 8 дней назад

@@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo people don't want tiny stuff, they'll buy it if that's all you have but mostly they want cute bigger stuff for a reasonable price, you must have got it wrong, I'm not underpricing a 40 dollar worth piece for 5-10, it's most likely a 10 to 6 or a 20 to 10. To me, that's underpricing so you can make a profit and in my experience, it's a bigger profit than if I charged what I thought that piece was really worth

@MsBaileyMakayla 6 дней назад

@@Babybearcroche people do want small items. I started selling in May, in a low income area, with prices based on $15/hour and materials with at least a 20% profit increase after that. I have big items and small items. And I have sold A LOT of items that are small and even my larger ones. It just depends on how much they want them. If you don’t try to charge the prices you would like to make and just assume it won’t sell for that, you’re never going to make what you could if you correctly priced.

@brookeannderson4512 15 дней назад

So many crochet sellers are really low skilled. I appreciate that people should charge for their time but with that, if I hired a gardener and they didn't know how to actually garden properly they shouldn't be charging full price.

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 14 дней назад

I agree, but acting for time doesn't necessarily mean we should all be working at the same hourly wage. Lower hourly wage for people who are newer/slower. Higher hourly wage for people who are more skilled and putting out higher quality work, faster.

@hannahtodd7828 16 дней назад

I love your rant. I've been so frustrated lately with another local crochet business. She's been at 2 of my last 3 events, and her peices are ridiculiusly low. From what i see, she does excellent work and ahould be charging a lot more. People stop at my booth after and consistenly complain about my prices (which are actually still too low, but I'm raising them gradually as I figure out what the market can support) because hers are much lower. I don't know why she's in business at all given the tiny profit she must be making.

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 16 дней назад

Yeah, I definitely understand it takes time to get comfortable pricing, and I have like a $5 pricing window that I shift within for certain areas. Like if I'm going real rural, some of my larger stuff goes $5 lower. But of course, I'm still ensuring I make money because I've got bills haha. And just crochet related bills at that, not even my house bills, but I'm working on making a full time income for realsies with crochet. And I think I may hit that next year based on my growth in the last year and a half. I think WERE in the minority still, the people who want crochet to be profitable and a real way to make money, but we need keep working on the perspective shift, in my opinion.

@robindikos8937 14 дней назад

Just curious, why are you outside?

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 14 дней назад

We were working on a new trial set up outside, tent and all during daylight hours (tent and all don't fit well in my house to do it inside), and it just took a little longer than I thought it would moving stuff around and trying to figure it all out, so it got dark. I didn't want to bring all the plushies back inside to do the video where I share prices that I do before every event, so we just did it outside. Though, obviously the fact that it was basically pitch black was less than ideal haha. If you watch my other videos sharing my prices, I promise the quality is a smidgen better... well the lighting at least is better haha.

@ShantesTravelThings 13 дней назад

nothing you said was politically correct or incorrect. its not political at all. those people were just tryna bully you into lowering your price.

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 12 дней назад

I both agree and disagree. I do think people just are rude about pricing for profit regardless because that's just something they've not gotten the hang of yet (which, understandable, because it weirdly takes practice to be comfortable with), but I DO think it's like a bit political to discuss pricing. Though, indirectly kind of. Everyone's excuse for not pricing effectively is the economy, which IS affected/influenced by political bodies. So, it is kind of political to talk about. And I used to kind of tip toe around it and be more like, "this is just what I do, you don't have too" instead of saying what I do now, which is "this is what I do, and YOU should too" because I'm actively considering how many expenses I have throughout my whole business and how much I'd like to be able to scale/grow my business in the future, when I'm setting my prices now. And so many people overlook the fact that materials aren't the only expense in their business, even if they do JUST do markets (versus someone like me who does markets, online sales of finished plushies, patterns, and felt eyes, content creation, affiliate marketing, and I have hopes of having my own crochet book one day and I know I'll have to pay for tech editing and probably even photography if I want it to be really good. So I'm trying to build up my income to accommodate that in the future.)

@bethhays8510 14 дней назад

What you are wearing has nothing to do with it. It’s just a fluke. It happens.

@rebeccamerckerdesign1018 14 дней назад

We've actually tested this theory and found that when wearing professional or branded clothes we make more money and get more traffic than when dressed too casual. There's something to be said about your business being recognizable through passive marketing like branded clothes.

@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo 14 дней назад

You could be right but I think there's also subconscious messaging we send potential customers with how we look and how our booth looks that really can affect things. Maybe more than we think. It's the same concept that is the motivating reason why a lot of fast food restaurants have red in their color scheme. McDonalds, Hardees, Jack in the Box. There have been studies done that show red is the most stimulating color for our appetites. It's like subliminal messaging telling you to eat and eat a lot. So lots of food businesses lean into this. Of course, it really could just be a fluke, but it is interesting that it lines up with the one time I dressed casually. Id test it more but I don't necessarily have a lot of money to play with in case I have another flop again haha.

@FireLakeCreations 11 дней назад

@@WorksofWhimsyCrochetCo The curse of Jake from State Farm! 🤣