Yes, I loooove transparency in videos about business stuff. Makes everything less scary because we're all just fucking around and finding out, aren't we lmao

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

yes exactly LOL glad you enjoyed🫶🫶

@mmmnope7999

2 ай бұрын

Haha we are definitely all finding out 😂😂

Small poor disabled artist trying to get off the ground since I can't work a day job, thank you so much for the thorough step-by-step format! That checklist in Notion is a holy GRAIL for me. Listening to this while I draw, and it's helping me be less stressed out about the process. Love your work!!

@leechuts

Ай бұрын

🫶🫰best of luck with your journey!!

Love seeing artists supporting other artists like this

Artist supporting another artist are a gem. You are transparent and honest, we love your content. Thanks 😊❤

Thank you so much for sharing this. Working a full-time job and wanting to start a business, has my head swimming. This has helped get my head on right.

@leechuts

2 ай бұрын

happy to help🫶

I am in shock. This video is so flippin amazing… the info you give is insanely helpful and informative, you explain everything perfectly, and you even included your notes to refer to! Thank you times a million. I’m hoping to finally sell my art and open up a shop after years and years of contemplation. This helped me immensely. Thank you so much 🙏

@leechuts

28 күн бұрын

ah thank you sm I’m so glad it was helpful!!🫶🫶🫶 best of luck with your shop!!

Big thank you! You can't imagine how helpful this video is. It's giving me hope that I can do it, because this autistic brain of mine feels overwhelmed easily when there's no organized step-by-step instructions, and so far I haven't been able to find something like this on this platform. And I like your seasonal approach :) Never thought about it Thanks again!

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

I’m so glad it was helpful! you can definitely do it❤️❤️🙏

thanks for this insane 1 hour long video of you explaining your small business from A to Z. Meanwhile i'm listening to this because i'm taking a break from creating products (eating korean spicy ramen atm). you go girl! i had to subscribe because you gave me a vibe as if you're a friend sharing your experiences with me. i love it

@leechuts

2 ай бұрын

🫶🫶🫶 what a compliment I’m so happy I give that vibe🥹 ty for watching!!

This is an incredible resource for someone like me who is finally starting to open my own art store. Thank you so very much for this video, it has helped me more than you will ever know! ❤

I just subscribed and I'm looking to open my own little shop someday but can I just say your an amazing person for doing a video like this! it's an overwhelming thought to open a shop due to all of the unknowns and you have at the very least given people a lifeline to begin researching the things they need. I don't feel as lost on this journey. keep being awesome!

@leechuts

2 ай бұрын

ur so sweet I’m so glad it’s all helpful!! best of luck with your launch🫶🫶🫶🫶

Wow, thank you so much for this incredible insight! It is also amazing for all the clients to see that this is in fact a very labor intensive process and is not just "I am selling my drawings on-line" as is perceived by many. It requires many steps and resources to set up and successfully run. I wish you all the best :)

23:00 THANK YOU for explaining this simply. I was so lost after my first attempt at printing bc the colors were so off lol

This is just what I was complaining about! Not having one place with all this info. You are amazing. Tysm!!

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

ahh thank you!! so glad it helps🥹🙏

For context (not intending to brag about my credentials) I have two bachelors degrees, and an MFA in Integrated Visual arts. I’ve been researching how to establish an art for commerce space for several years. There are countless videos, tutorials, workshops, ebooks, etc. all of which (that I’ve encountered anyway) have vague directions and superficial advice on how to do this effectively. This is the first video I’ve seen providing a truly transparent, exquisitely detailed description of how to do this effectively. Truly, thank you so so much for this informative video. Instant follow, instant fan, I greatly appreciate your work, insight and honest explanation regarding artist small business! ❤️‍🔥💯🥹

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

omg🥹🥹 this made me grin so hard thank you so much for your kind words!!🙏🫶 I’m so grateful that sharing my silly lil experience can be so helpful to everyone on here❤️ rooting for you & your shop!

Im not even a painter but somehow watching talk about the way you planned thia and the way you're breaking it down as a clear strategy with details makes one just wanna keep watching. Your artwork is beautiful, keep it up

Omg. I've been so needing this. ❤

OMG you did a great job explaining everything, thank you so much for such a useful content!

Good timing on this video for me, this is super helpful! I took notes lol

Awesome vid. Thanks for your effort, very comprehensive and relatable ❤

Thank you for this! Now I feel more confident to begin my shop journey. Loved the video!

this is a perfect video. I'm really grateful. Thank you sooo much, you are a life saver!

Thank you for creating this video, It’s such a helpful resource to find everything in one place. I’ll definitely be using this for my checklist.😊

This video is exactly what I needed!!! Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us!🙏 Your bullet points and the way that you explained this overwhelming topic is extremely helpful and informative! Once again thank you very much! And... happy sales!!!🙌

Thanks so much for this! Super detailed made me realize I'm definitely not ready for this. In a good way. Taking one step at a time is always wise.

Thank you for making such a detailed video with all the steps you took. It's so helpful and I love the transparency of where you started and why you made certain choices.

So grateful for an honest, not salesy thorough informational video amazing!

Appreciate you taking the time to make this🙏🏼

thank you so much for this organized info and motivation!

Thank you so much for referencing the third party ink you use for your Pixma pro-100 printer! I got this printer and did SOOO much research about it before hand and was planning to do exactly what you're doing of using precision colors for the ink replacements. Most of the forums and advice on this printer is like seven years old with some mixed reviews so it was refreshing to see a newer video mentioning this printer. I also have a background in graphic design and would like to open a small business in the future as well :D

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

omg I’m glad it helped!!! yeah the refilling is a bit of a process (esp the first time when you have to set up the new cartridges) but the youtube videos they have on their tutorial page are really informative and the colours look amazing🫰 best of luck with your shop!!

This is by far the most informative and useful video I've come across while I've been researching how to launch an art web shop. Thank you so much for sharing this stuff

Thank you so much for the info, specially about stickers, I've been trying to figure it out for a long time and you've swooshed me in the right direction :)

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

ahh I’m glad it was helpful!! I know that section was super fast / didn’t touch on everything but I’m happy it could be a bit of a starting point🙏🙏

This was such a comprehensive video! Really covered pretty much all the bases, and I feel like most of the stuff you talked about was super relevant and helpful even for people trying to sell something completely different. Ty!

THANK U FOR TALKING ABOUT INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING this was soooo helpful!!!

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

HAPPY TO HELP🫶❤️🫰

I've been going back and forth on opening some kind of an online shop and this has been helpful. Thanks for sharing!

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

happy to help!! best of luck with whatever you end up deciding🫶

This was very interesting and very helpful and managed to also be entertaining at the same time! Thank you! And stay you!

Incredible amount of information. Very generous!!! Thnx.

Thank you! I've been building to a shop launch later this year, and this had so much info in it!! So helpful!

@leechuts

2 ай бұрын

🫶🫶 good luck with your launch!! happy to help🫡

A lot of interesting info to consider. Thank you so much for sharing your experience from start to finish

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

thank you from watching start to finish ahahah I know it was a long one🙏 hope it can be helpful for your shop journey!!

First time seeing your content and instantly got hooked. Truly loved this video, very helpful and informative. Thank you for sharing all the tips!

@leechuts

2 ай бұрын

thank you for watching! glad its helpful🫶🫶

the SKU tip is super helpful!!!!

What an amazing video! I haven't seen any other quite like this. Filled with so much helpful info and encouragement at the end :) thank you so much! Getting ready to launch my shop soon 🤞🤞🤞

@leechuts

Ай бұрын

🫶🫶🫶🫶 best of luck!!

You are such a thoughtful creative! Thank you for the abundance of tips and advice ☺️

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

thank you!!🫶 and ofc! happy to help🙏🫰

Great video! Thanks for sharing so much info and SUPER THANKS for the Canadian angle on all of it. 🇨🇦

loveeee it! thank you this video encourage me very much to have my own small shop that is run according to my pace and value

@leechuts

2 ай бұрын

ahh thank you sm! wishing you all the best on your shop!🫶🙏

I don't think I'm gonna open my own art shop but I admire your kindness. all that effort to help your fellow artists very inspiring. Spread more love everyone❤❤❤

Wow! That’s a lot of information. Thank you for doing this!!! Immensely helpful.

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

you are v welcome!! glad to share🫶🙏

Thank you so much for making this video. This was very informative and eased my anxieties about hopefully starting my own shop someday this year. You speak so clearly and confidently. And now I have to jump off that deep end and get going

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

I’m so glad you found it helpful! It’s such a huge intimidating process to think about but once you get going it’s kinda just like one foot in front of the other - you got this!!💪🙏

I was watching the whole video like 😮❤, you're so amazing! I loved the energy of yours.. it felt so calming. Thankyou so much for making this video ❤

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

awww ur so sweet thank you🥹🫶 I’m glad you enjoyed it!

This is the best video ever on KZread. Thanks a lot. I appreciate your work and wishing you endless success!!

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

TY🥹🙏🫶 I’m so glad you found it helpful!!!

wowowow this was so helpful

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

aw yay you are so welcome!! best of luck with your shop launch!🫶🫶

Thanks so much for this! Super detailed 🔥🔥🔥 made me realize I'm definitely not ready for this. In a good way. Taking one step at a time is always wise.

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

100% - all at your own pace🌱🌱 I’m glad it was helpful!🙏

you just got a new subscriber! I really like the concept of this video I can tell that you genuinely care and want to help other artists, I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos and I wish you the best of luck with your art and business :)

@leechuts

2 ай бұрын

ahh thank you so much🥹🙏🫶🫶

Thank you so much, very inspirational and helpful video ❤ I love your transparency. Blessings

Wow, thank you for this amazing video. I'm in the process of launching my own art sticker/print shop and I've watched hundreds of videos for resource but this has got to be the most clear, organized and informative one I've seen on KZread.

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

you are so welcome!! thank you for your kind words🥹🫶🙏

oml LOVE OF MY LIFE THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! you’re wonderful in every aspect I’m so glad I found you

@leechuts

18 күн бұрын

ahahah you sweetheart HAPPY 2 HELP🫶🫶🫶

Where were you when I launched my shop earlier this year 😭 Still watching the whole vid tho-

@leechuts

2 ай бұрын

hahah SORRYYY was a lil late🙏 thanks for watching still🫶🫶

@bxwieknxfe

2 ай бұрын

@@leechuts LMAO I JUST FINISHED WATCHING YOUR TIMING IS IMMACULATE?? Thank you so much for this vid, it was SO thorough and I’m definitely going to mess around with how I do some things!

I love you! This is also very helpful!!

very insightful, thank you so much!!

Thanks for making this video! I think it can help a lot of creatives.

I wish I could like this video a thousand times. THIS is the info artists need when starting a business! Not a list of design programs and websites to host your shop. So much valuable information here thanks for this!

@leechuts

2 ай бұрын

ahaha aw TY I’m so glad it’s helpful🙏🙏🙏🫶

EXCELLENT PRESENTATION!

Great video! lots of useful information. Thank you very much.

💖 Thank you so much for making this video, you are greatly appreciated! 💖

Fantastic video! Thanks so much for sharing your experience with us. I found it immensely helpful. I'm a few days away from opening my own shop, too. Nice to see that I wasn't the only one going through similar struggles! What doesn't kill us, makes us stronger! LOL! 😁

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

yay good luck on your launch!! 100% LOL💪💪

Thank you so much! It was very helpful and inspiring.💖 💐✨

Its taken me over a week to watch this whilst working but very useful info as i try to make my art pay. Lots of very useful stuff here that i will go back over and make notes. Must have taken you hours to do this so thank you very much. Cheers Rich

@leechuts

16 күн бұрын

happy to help🙏 glad you can get some use from it! Best of luck!

THIS is the most informative artist video on the internet. You absolute legend.

@leechuts

2 ай бұрын

ahaha TYY I’m glad it was helpful🥹🙏

dang bro this was incredibly helpful, thank you for your time and effort, I know how exhausting it can be to make long talking videos haha, but wow this had sooo much good stuff and thank you for being a visual person coz all your examples were perfect and helped so much!!! (yes I made it to the end and was also tired but had to keep watching coz I wanted all the info you had to share lol) Bless you XD

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

ahahah aw I’m so glad it was helpful!!🫶 thank you for watching🙏🥹

You're so organized and articulate! Thank you for sharing all of your process and being so transparent. The foundation of any business is getting the accounting correct, and I'm glad you've spent a long time explaining in simple english what you need to be prepared for BEFORE you unexpectedly get hit with that 30% income tax bill at the end of the year (ha ha ha). Your art is lovely and I hope your business continues to flourish! CRA in Canada) = IRS in USA or Uncle Sam, casually :)

omgg thank you so much for this video super super helpful and fellow Canadian here! Instant follow, keep it up!

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

thank you sm!!🙏🙏🫶

this is so beyond helpful, ty for the awesome content :')

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

thank you for watching!!!🙏🫶

Thank u for talking about taxes they are sooo confusing 😭 super helpful video i subscribed immediately

@leechuts

2 ай бұрын

🫶🫶🫶 right like why🥲 good luck with everything!!

Super great content! Thanks so much!

hahaha totally understand the marketting part but you did great ! can't say about instagram but your content on youtube has been really chill and interesting so thank you for all that hard work :)

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

ahahah TYY the youtube stuff doesnt feel like creating “marketing” at all thankfully I just enjoy doing it 8)🫶

Great overview of all this shop stuff - thanks for that. 🙃

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

ahaha its a lot i know🫣 hope its helpful!!

thank you so much for putting this together!

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

happy to help!!🙏🫶

This video was soooo helpful 😩

so so helpful thanks for making this!

This is such an incredible video. It is so hard to know what all to do. Thank you for putting all the work and detail into this that you did! I am looking forward to more videos. I loved all your points about marketing and how skeezy it feels, and how accounting (especially taxes) should not be such a mystery and the fact that it is definitely makes it a little bit of a daunting task. Your personality made this such a great video as well. So many people are loud or gimmicky. I love that you are just a regular person selling some art. This whole thing felt like talking with a friend.

@leechuts

22 күн бұрын

🥹🥹 aw this is so sweet to heart thank you❤️ I'm so glad it was helpful🙏

thank you so much for this content 💙

Thank you for such an informative video! I’m planning to sell some of my artwork but this really helped me find some structure to the whole process. :) Thank you, thank you! 🙏

@leechuts

2 ай бұрын

best of luck!! glad to help🫶❤️🫶

Very well done video. Great information and good pace. I didn’t feel compelled to 2x the speed 😅 at all. Thank you!

@leechuts

28 күн бұрын

ahahaha the highest form of compliment TY🙏🫶

First of all: Awesome video! Thank you so much for all the info and thoughts in here! I don't have any critique, I'd just like to add something regarding pricing. In this video, it sounds a bit like you are weighing the prices just against the immediate production cost. People who don't really know or realise what goes into that might think it's too expensive, so I just wanted to stress that a higher margin is more than appropriate. Because besides the time you put into the production, packaging, etc. of that one print, you put so much more time, money, and energy into making this print. For one, whatever you print has to be created first. And before that you had to learn the skills necessary to produce it (and probably are still learning). In addition, as someone who is self-employed, your sales have to cover all the other costs that come with the business - including hours spent on stuff outside of that one print (like marketing, planning, material, software, etc. - basically the whole process). That is obviously not supposed to be covered by one print but by everything you earn money with. I am not super sure why I wrote this because non-artist customers probably won't watch this and therefore won't misunderstand, but I guess I just want to stress to everyone that "higher" prices are not only okay but necessary. So, I just hope that at least one person is feeling a little less bad and more confident about their pricing reading this (because I know many people struggle with that). Be confident ❤

Oh my god you couldn't have made this video at a better time. I'm in Canada too! (hi from manitoba 👋) And I'm working on starting an art store as well! Just ordered my stickers today. This video was so incredibly helpful in clearing up a whole lot of things!!

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

ahh yay!🇨🇦🇨🇦 I’m so glad it’s helpful🥹 good luck with the rest of your shop opening process!!

@elisabethk-flamingo257

3 ай бұрын

@@leechuts eee tysm!! 💞💞

Thanks for all the information. That’s a lot to learn. I am thinking about setting up a small shop and what you described is scary. 😰

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

it’s a lot to think about but once you get started it all slowly comes together one step at a time🙏 you can do it!!

This is fascinating, wonderful video ☺☺☺

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

thank you!! glad you enjoyed her🫰

This tripped me out, I used to print with little rock when I lived in Calgary.

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

omg ahah small world!

This morning while driving I was thinking about how I would setup a SKU system for my new business. My inventory is getting bigger and I need to start doing that asap. I saw your video and started watching it, but not because of the SKU thing, just for tips in general. And you started talking about SKU?? Haha, that's fantastic! Thank you so much for SUCH an in-depth vid! I'll have to watch again just to see if I missed anything! EZ Sub, EZ like :D

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

ahahah amazing I’m glad it was helpful!! ty for your support!🙏🙏🫶

Thanks for sharing this knowledge ❤

1 hour of learning something beneficial 1:00:02 completed!

That's awesome. Thanks

Amazing video thank you for sharing your wealth of information. 💛🌻😊

holy moly. thank you SO much for this video!!! T_T

I'm in love :))

Hiiii! I just wanna say this video was so awesome and I'm so sad I only now stumbled upon it. I'm just about to start my own art shop too so this would've been so helpful starting out but c'est la vie! Just stoked to find a fellow canadian art shop beginner on here xD

@leechuts

Ай бұрын

ahaha aw congrats on the shop though! good luck with the launch!🙏🫶

@swooningstudio

Ай бұрын

@@leechuts thank you! And looking forward to more vids! 💖

Its amazing you took the time to make this video to help other artists! I have a question (or two): how did you write your terms of conditions for your webshop and return policy? Second question: are you considering selling digital products?

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

mmm for my return policy I basically just said no returns & missing/damaged packages will be taken case-by-case (usually I’m cool to re-send something if the customer is willing to pay for shipping again) and a lot of disclaimers that once the package gets mailed out it’s up to the postal gods lol - I just kinda looked at what other shops were doing to help decide on what the general standard is for that stuff, and it seems like most small businesses don’t do returns. And then as for digital products probably not on my shop, if I do anything digital I’ll save that for my (eventual) patreon :^) Hope this helps!🙏

@ek7402

3 ай бұрын

Omg, thank you! Thanks for your response, this will help for sure😃😊🤗@@leechuts

I appreciate you so. You r a gem 💎

ty 💛

I cannot even begin to describe how helpful this was! I felt like I just took a master class. Thank you so much for all the info and advice. Wishing you and your business the best!!! ❤

@leechuts

3 ай бұрын

ur so sweet🥹 TY for watching!! wishing you the best with your shop as well!🫶