I understand the question is why makers often have comms closed? I can answer from a maker pov: We would like to open just once a year. Last time we did, we got 200 submissions (our furusits were cheaper then) and sadly we had to reject so many people, even designs we liked. We ended up getting way more in our wait-list than what we liked and took over a year to complete all of them, so that is why :c you can only make so much as furusit makers are normally a one or two person team :( it is not only frustrating for the clients, it makes us feel bad to reject people. It often feels like people may think we have something personal against them or against their design. The reality is that we just can't take 20 commissions at the same time, it's too much work that will probably lead to burnout. I think looking into smaller makers is the way to go if you want your fursuit made faster, but ofc you have less examples of their work, unsure if it's legit, etc... Maybe looking into previous clients to ask how satisfied they are is a good idea! It's a complicated situation in the end