How much money did I make at comic-con? my first convention costs & profit

How much money can you expect to make at comic book conventions / artists alley is something I hear a lot, it's also something I used to search for a lot before trying out my first comic-con. I already uploaded a video of my first experience, including setting up my display and products, and giving my thoughts throughout ( see the link below! ) I mentioned in that video that I would talk a little bit about the costs and profit in more detail if there was any interest. So here it is!

As mentioned throughout the video, everyone is going to have a very different experience based on location & travel, duration, products sold, skill level of your art, placement of your stall, display, etc etc, there really are an infinite amount of variables, So this video might be more for those who are curious than anything else. I used to find myself search the internet for things like 'how much money did you make at comic con selling your art' before I finally gave it a go for myself. I am still a newbie artist but hopefully you guys enjoy the video.
Let me know if you have any questions and if you want to see more of this type of content. Thanks for watching :)

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[RukeyDesign]

I think it's some really great information! I think it's difficult to say when it's such a small convention with high set up costs for the first time but hopefully you can do even better next time around!

[Kim-learns-to-fly]

Thanks for the honest video, it gives those who want to give it a go realistic expectations. Good luck for next time!

[samconcklin]

Thank you for sharing your experience! It’s important to share that the initial cost of vending at cons is high, especially if you’re buying prints in bulk to save money overall. Your booth looks awesome by the way!

I also made a little over $100 at my first con. It was a small one and I had a sad little booth that I threw together last minute, but I still think it was worth it. Definitely start small (2k visitors) and work your way up to bigger ones (15k and more)

[dragopistachio]

Ik this is old but tysm for making this! Gonna be selling for my first time at a small con (expecting about 300-1k attendees) and I've been really anxious as the what to expect, vid definitely cures my nerves a little bit lol

[stevebeaumont]

this is a good post, especially for newcomers to either the comic industry or self publishing, whether that be prints, stickers or whatever.

[macs]

Keep at it. My friends who are independent artists also go to small comic cons and at first barely broke even but as they did more conventions they made more sales. Obviously the bigger cons have a lot more traffic and people spend more. At NYCC one of the even sold out her entire stock of prints. She had to call her boyfriend to run to the print shop and get more copies!

[bwhitewhblack]

By card reader, do you mean a credit card reading machine that allows customers to make payments?

[eshlost]

You were not allowed to bring doggo inside, right? Otherwise I think that'd bring more profit given how cute it is!

[LupusMechanicus]

You realize you can make 100's of thousands on NFT's right? I left you a message about 6 months ago, never responded.