WoollyRhinoCrafts

In a valiant attempt to compete with the insane amount of AI/stolen pattern bundles on Etsy, I am rolling out some pattern bundles myself. Of actual patterns. That I made. Myself. Without AI. It isn't 250 patterns or anything like that because I am one human being and I haven't made that many patterns in my life, WHICH SHOULD BE A CLUE THAT SOMETHING IS UP WHEN YOU SEE THESE PATTERN BUNDLES OF INSANE AMOUNTS OF PATTERNS, PEOPLE. OH MY GOD WHAT IS WRONG WITH ALL OF YOU THAT ARE FALLING FOR THESE UNETHICAL LAZY SCAMS. Anyway.  I have two bundles available so far and more on the way. On Etsy. Etsy has become the go-to for patterns AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHY. IT IS AWFUL. This whole thing is sort of experimental. I'm trying to figure out how to start making money with my patterns again, so I don't have to get a job working for some slimy, greedy ass or another. If this ends up working out then I'll be pulling the individual versions of these patterns from their other locati...

    Well, I figured out why my pattern sales (and shop visits in general) have been way down over the last several months. I'm talking 85% lower than last year, which is an absolutely insane number. Etsy is no longer my main source of income, which it has been for years. I was perplexed. I was downright baffled. I couldn't figure out if it was my prices or changes to Etsy's search or what. It was/is all of the above, but not for any obvious reasons. First of all, I personally do not buy patterns from Etsy unless they are NOT available from other places. I have no interest in lining the pockets of shareholders and I would rather more of my money go to the actual fucking artists. That being said, I did some searches for my patterns. They came up in the search results nicely. So I was sure it was my prices. My patterns are extremely detailed, even my older ones, and they are priced accordingly for the effort I put into them.  You can still find my patterns if you do a really...