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open platform

I have a limited resources and have done a lot of good for the people I work with, but am choosing responsible growth over an over platform

I can understand the frustration, but I have limited resources, am expanding quickly, and gave you a clear timeline.

I have a bit of a queue on intake of new titles at the moment, so open submissions for the shop are currently closed. I plan to re-open the submission portal for new titles sometime over the next month. I'll post it on here.

I have a bit of a queue on intake of new titles at the moment, so open submissions for the shop are currently closed. I plan to re-open the submission portal for new titles sometime over the next month. I'll post it on here.

I agree! If you have a larger budget and tracking setup, it can pay to start early to have the algos do some learning, but If you don't, only run during the campaign

1 conversion on $5 spend would be great, might be to optimistic, but achievable if the creative is solid, targeting is right, and the landing experience is set up right

At that amount, your best bet is probably a small Meta ads campaign or a targeted Reddit campaign. The minimum you will want to do for each is $5/day. If you conservatively estimate $0.40 per click, that would be about 12 clicks per day, you may convert 1-3 of those clicks to backers.

thank you! MIRU had a good weekend :)

yea! it was clear after the first day this was a mistake, I already was sketching out plans for booth 2.0 -- thanks for stopping by!

as a former film major, I endorse this idea

Finally, there's lots of levers you can pull around color, paper quality, binding, size, that have a significant impact on cost, and most printers have free calculators. It pays off to spend the time to consider and calculate alternatives.

And if you're not sure about your audience, crowdfunding is your answer

Also, loss is REAL, just this week I had a creator lose 40 copies through a shipping mishap. I don't pick up that cost, the creator does.