/ot/ - off-topic

>>2546217
Nta but what is a ribbon? In my country cons have wrist bands as the "ticket". They're usually made of fabric so they can't be ripped apart and they adjust a metal clamp when you get it so you can't slide it off your hand either

>>2546549
Picrel, most cons in the US at least have a physical card badge with a lanyard, and you can stick ribbons on the bottom. It's like a big plastic card with your name and the access type on it (weekend pass, single day etc.) If wristbands are used, they're for adult area access only and the cheap paper kind.
Sometimes at smaller cons they'll have a paper/cardboard pass that goes in a holder, but the overall form is similar.
A lot have your name (or at least a space to write it), but I've noticed that falling out of favor with the more fancy plastic badges. They usually have some nice con related art on them too.
I've seen wristbands like you're describing at festivals, seems more annoying/intrusive for cosplaying.
Badge ribbons are also sometimes used for stuff like disability access, in which case it's something the con gives themselves. But usually they're attendee produced. Some people just sell them, but it's common to have them as rewards for doing a little task or visiting booths (stamp rally etc.)

>>2546631
I always hated those lanyard badges! They're clunky and ugly and imo ruins cosplays and outfits because you have to wear them around your neck in an uncomfortable way and taking them off often messes up your hair/wig. They usually only give these to staff and AA/vendors/guests.

The actual "badges" visitors get look like picrel, and it's even kind of a status symbol among some (usually men for some reason) to keep all the old bands and wear them all at once like in picrel to show you're a veteran con-goer. Though this guy cut off all the ends where the metal clamp is, but usually you can use pliers to pull the clamp out a bit so you can take them off/on after the con as a bracelet without having to cut it off as intended.

Dokomi is three days! What are your expectations (both as an attendee and a seller)?

>>2546969
Wish I could go! Don't forget lolcow Mikan will be there with her brand, we expect full reports from you nonas!

>>2546545
>>>/ot/2116172
Here's last thread (description didn't work for some reason)

What item do you earn the most from nonas? Do you have a big expensive one like an ita bag that gets you covered if you just sell 1, or do you sell like 500 stickers?

And as a site note, can you nonas please all become artist alley youtubers because every time I google something all I get is this lady and it would be nice to see some varity!

>>2546755
You can literally tie them to your belt loop or bag. It's more sturdy than a wrist band, and you can take it off to shower, or is that not a thing you do?

>>2547139
The wristband is fabric, it's equally sturdy to a fabric lanyard.
I think the main issue is that a lanyard can easily be taken off and thus used to let multiple people in in secret who didn't actually buy tickets. It's also easy to lose it if you take it off, or if the lanyard isn't one with clasps that open when you pull It's a safety hazard. On the rare occasions I've seen them at events here you weren't allowed to wear them any other way than around your neck for easy identification.

>>2547115
Mystery bags, it's just for cheap stickers but kids sure love to gamble kek

I've sold at a few smaller events but I got accepted to a bigger event and I'm trying to figure out how much merch I should be bringing with me.
>Events I've sold at so far: 2-5k attendees, brought 5 of each print, 10 totes, 30 of each sticker (6 different designs) and I sold out nearly everything each time.
>Big upcoming event: 6-8k attendees
Should I just double everything? I'm scared of being left with a ton of unsold merch, I'd rather sell out. Should I go for variety over quantity? If I bring 20 totes should it be 20 of the same design or 10 and 10 of two different ones?

>>2547802
Sorry and sage for samefag but I realized I had my amounts way wrong, I had ordered 5 of each print but the printing place sent me 8-15 of each and I sold most of them out during the smaller events. I had 10 different designs. So for the bigger event should I have 20-30 pieces of the more popular prints? That sounds like overkill but I'm having hard time picturing 8k attendees.

>>2547802
Depends on what your goal is. It sounds like your goal isn't to sell/earn as much as possible, but to sell out. So in that case your normal amount is fine, since you'll likely sell out and thus have reached your goal!

If you had wanted to sell/earn as much as possible you shouldn't be focused on selling out since that just means you're losing out on sales. For example it's possible you could have been able to sell twice or thrice as much of your best selling items at the smaller cons all along, but since you prefer selling out it means you actually have no idea how many of them there are a demand for. It could be that all along you would have been able to easily sell 15, 30, 50 or 100 of them. The only items you actually know the demand for are the ones that didn't sell out, because you know exactly how many you were able to sell of them.

How come you're scared of unsold merch? I love unsold merch because it means everyone who wanted to buy one got to buy it, and I don't have to restock every single item every con. Though I sell some items that have a long production time so it's a big chore and takes a long time to order more of those.

>>2547948
>How come you're scared of unsold merch?
I'm a really small artist (I only sell original art so that narrows my customer base down to a fraction of that of fanartists) and even though I've applied to 8 cons this year I've only gotten into two. I don't plan on doing this forever either so idk, I feel like the initial investment that I put towards the merch will be completely lost if I'm left with tons of unsold stuff.
You make good points though! I guess for me it's just really hard to approximate which items will sell and which won't so I'm playing it safe by ordering less and restocking every con.

>>2547115
Who is this? Genuine question

I'm packing because tomorrow I have my Dokomi flight and I'm scared shitless, nonny! I hope germans can understand my retarded english when I ask for directions. How many of you will be setting up on thursday? And once I finish setting up, can I leave my suitcase with the stock there? I plan to come to the halle, set up and then leave for the day, I hope nothing happens to my stock since I don't want to carry it around Dusseldorf more than necessary

>>2548013
Mualcaina, she's "famous" because she makes youtube videos about selling in AA. Her art is super mediocre and basic.

>>2548124
Sorry for no answers, but good luck nona! I've never conned in a different country so I admire your bravery.

>>2546969
>>2548124
Awesome! I’d love to trade, gift, or buy some merch from some of you beloved Dokononnies, but I don’t know how to recognize a nonny’s booth while trying to avoid any accidental interaction about this thread with a tif/normie kek

>>2548124
If you get lost don't be afraid to get an uber, they're pretty common in the larger cities and I've never had an issue with them before, also saves a lot of trouble carrying around your luggage. I'm traveling on Thursday, thinking about setting up that day as well!

>>2548407
I don't know how I could signal I am a fellow nona without outing myself besides having no pronouns in my social media bio kek. But I know it's not foolproof.

>>2548435
Just brainstorming, but maybe an emoji symbol of some sort. A cow may be too obvious. Milk cup? White heart?

>>2548440
It might still be risky since its possible that self-hating gendies lurk here who will snitch. The same thing happened to the Art Fight nonas in the Art Salt thrread who used a tag to identify themselves and they got banned off the website.

>>2548455
Maybe nonas can coordinate in one of the hidden boards. It's not foolproof protection, but they are more obscure than the main boards and so probably safer from gendie lurkers to plan out secret codes.

>>2548407
Of course I wouldn't out myself but let's say that no pronouns on table, no pride merch, no tif like appearance (meaning no patchy moustache, no broccoli hair, no ill fitting tank tops), no random gross shit (meaning no scars, no clearly self hating art depicting self harm, cuntboys or implied cuntboys - tifs do not draw women due to muh dysphoria but of course they love drawing gross looking pussies), no edgy stuff like a 7th grader would do and I guess you already cut out the most obvious ones. I learned that clean looking girls, meaning nice hair, makeup and clothes that are well kept/styled are less likely to be tras because tras love to shock with their appearance but also do not assume that every alt girl is a tra, I'm one before troonism became a trend and I hate how they appropriated goth styles. Look out for what they sell: the last yaoi fandom? There's a good chance that's a tif since they gravitate towards media only for the yaoi appeal, so look out for spokons, mihoyo stuff, male centric gacha, the new thing now is Alien Stage and Love and Deepspace, male kpop group fanarts and such.
On the other hand, look out for women (of course don't shop from males) that sell original art or more obscure fandom, you don't have the absolute certainity that they're not a tra but at least you wont be putting money in a tif's pocket to pay for her shitty testosterone. Avoid the nsfw area, not only it's full of shit art that only got it for having nipples and dicks out, tifs use the nsfw area to go full retard about self harming and yaoi shit and you will also avoid getting exposed to overall gross shit, don't ruin your day lol.

>>2548407
>I don’t know how to recognize a nonny’s booth while trying to avoid any accidental interaction about this thread with a tif/normie kek
I'm not going to dokomi, but I think one thing to look for (not just for nonas but secret terfs) is if someone has unnatural dyed hair and alt fashion but not a single troon/gender/pride/pronoun thing for sale (or as decor of course). So
>dyed hair
Because for troons the ones who look like gremlins with dyed hair are never just casual allies, they're always super deep into troonism and feel obligated to have at least a few troon items (and more often they identify as troons). So when someone with dyed hair doesn't do any of it (and we know they're fully aware of troonism from being in those alt spaces) then that's a sign they don't buy into it.
>Harry Potter items on sale
Because they are seen as evil and supporting JKR/trans genocide. I still see several booths at cons where I live with HP stuff on sale which makes me very happy.
>Lizards/geckos
They're the detrans symbol. If you were to see one that just happens to have a message about healing or wearing a bandaid that's likely a detrans seller (who is now peaked and anti-trans).
>Suffragette colors - purple white green
Adopted by terfs, so if you see art that use these 3 as a combo in "feminist" leaning art that could be a sign.

>Cow (or milk) item on sale or as decor
Specifically for lc you could bring a cow plush or toy to subtly keep on your table, or sell cow merch. I think it's easy to make up a lie if anyone asks, like "oh my toddler niece gave it to me haha she wanted me to have it", "I grew up in the country side so it's like a good luck charm" or "I just love stardew valley a lot".
>Azumarill (the pokemon)
It's the terf pokemon according to lc, it's not unpopular but it's very rare to see it. So if you see someone selling basic popular pokemon AND azumarill you know that's a sign they're from lc. Even more so if it's in the punk outfit kek

None of them are 100% accurate, anyone could do any of them but the more of them a seller hits the more likely it is that they're a terf or from lc.

>>2548729
These are not bad suggestions at all, I will definitely be wearing something related to one of these!

I just got my first vograce order! Is it normal to receive a lot more stickers than you bought? I got about 60% more than I actually paid for

It happens to me as well sometimes. But usually i get 25% extra. How many designs/qty did you order? Was it the same amount per design?

>>2549039
I did a small-ish order since it's my first time trying them out, so I did some other items (all the right amount) + 100 stickers, 10x10 designs (same size so in the same order) but instead I got 18-20 for 6 of the designs. Wish I could have chosen which to get extras of lol

>>2549080
Thats really cool nona! Which size did you order? I usually get extras when I order 2 inch but last time I didn't get any extras. I also ordered 1 inch at the same time so that might have had something to do with it. Sometimes I wonder if they fill up blank space on the vinyl with extra stickers but who really knows. Maybe they hooked you up for your first time order!

>>2549238
>I usually get extras when I order 2 inch
They were 2 inch stickers! I think maybe you're right that they fill up the space or something, 19 is such an odd number to end up on.

I saw some egg themed art earlier and it made me happy that the egg trend has died kek. Does anyone else remember when everything was eggs? Have you disliked any art trends? Other than troon art because that's a given

>>2548124
Young Germans will speak English I'm sure you're fine! If you have some time then visit the Immermannstraße in Düsseldorf, it's like a little Tokyo street full of delicious food! Godd lucky nonny