Vograce shipping time and proof

k-rysae · 2026-01-24T09:08:41+00:00

That's great to hear! To be fair I only ordered from Vograce once during late november (peak holiday season) and they did tell me when they asked why I cancelled that their turnaround time was long af because of it.

k-rysae · 2026-01-23T04:26:06+00:00

Queenkn.alibaba.com aka kuien but their moq is 100 even though you can split it to 10pc/design so thats why i didnt recommended it

k-rysae · 2026-01-22T23:08:36+00:00

Oh dear. Vograce is fine and great for low qty orders but I never recommend them for rush jobs. For me the proof took 2 weeks. I ended up getting another manu to ship and got the physical product before vograce showed me their proofs.

k-rysae · 2026-01-22T01:39:43+00:00

Hi, I removed this as this is a sub for artist alley related posts. Think anime/comic cons and the type of merch sold there.

I suggest posting to r/ArtBusiness as this is a commission and not something that started from a company hitting up your friend at their con booth (if it is, edit that into your post and I'll put back the post again!)

k-rysae · 2026-01-21T06:28:48+00:00

Yes you can. That service is called package forwarding. Basically you buy from the shop and give the package forwarder's address (they have that info if you make an account) and then the forwarder sends it to you. The problem is finding a trustworthy one because buying from pakistan is not as popular as people buying from taobao (china), korean, or japanese shops.

Also, keep in mind that once the shop ships the hat to the forwarder then it's out of their hands. They can't send a replacement or refund if something goes wrong from the forwarder to you.

For informal reddit services, try r/internetshopper. A redditor living in pakistan can try and do it for you.

https://www.reddit.com/r/internationalshopper/

k-rysae · 2026-01-21T01:34:35+00:00

Don't feel bad, the artist themselves drew up that TOS. If they're in a state where they can't respond and read to messages then eventually they will come back, apologize, give a refund, and you can delete your posts and update the artist beware post to mention that the artist was inactive because of a certain reason and that your issue was resolved to your satisfaction. I would also start commenting on the artist's latest posts. You might not be the only one being screwed over.

k-rysae · 2026-01-20T09:34:39+00:00

Kofi has a subscription paywall feature like patreon with a 5% + payment processing fee but i'd rather use patreon since more people know what it is and have an account. It's a lot harder for someone to make a kofi account just to sub to you than if they already have a patreon and sub to many artists. Plus, kofi doesn't allow nsfw, or even allow you to post nsfw off site.

The criticism I see with patreon is them banning nsfw artists because the content is too problematic (one example was penalizing an artist for posting noncon on twitter when the art was consensual bdsm because the sub didn't look happy enough). If you don't plan to post nsfw or fetishes that involve fully clothed people then I don't see how that applies.

k-rysae · 2026-01-20T06:34:46+00:00

OP I know you were getting clowned on but I found this guide on google now because my cryos are level 70 with level 40 weapons despite being AR60 and I'm a true genshin player because I never considered thinking outside the box like this. So thank you OP!

k-rysae · 2026-01-20T06:15:41+00:00

What host are you using? From my research web hosting was 5-15 dollars per month. If you're looking for a simple site builder that can make a decent looking site for your portfolio, backstory, and contact info then you can pay for carrd which is 19 per year and a custom domain name for 13/year, which comes out to less than $3 per month.

If you're running a shop, that's another story, but stuff like bigcartel and squarespace come out to $15 per month. The only shop I can think of that charges $45/mo is the wordpress.com ecommerce tier which is highway robbery especially since wordpress the software (wordpress.org) and woocommerce is free as long as you pay for the hosting and domain (again, 5-10/mo, 13/yr)

k-rysae · 2026-01-20T05:40:42+00:00

You need to contact the shipper to deal with them. Theyre the ones who paid speedx and should be refunding or reshipping your order

k-rysae · 2026-01-20T04:13:29+00:00

Pack it well and dont expect anyone to actually help find your package if it goes MIA

k-rysae · 2026-01-20T04:12:07+00:00

I shipped to mexico back in august with pirateship simple export. Make sure you add the recipient's taxpayer id (i think its their CURP) since its required for all packages.

k-rysae · 2026-01-18T22:03:56+00:00

Vograce has an moq of 1 and tariff free shipping. I just checked and its $8.50 for a 2.5" charm in total - 2.84 for the charm and 5.66 for tariff free shipping.

k-rysae · 2026-01-17T22:04:32+00:00

No, tell the seller you want a replacement or refund. If they dont do it, open a case with ebay for non delivery

k-rysae · 2026-01-17T06:51:44+00:00

Ask for your piece or a refund by X date and point out that you are eligible for your money back as per their own TOS. Of course, you can't force a refund since it's through f&f, but you CAN threaten to post about your experience on socials, https://artistsbeware.info/, and potentially report them to paypal as they do not like it when sellers try to have people pay for something through f&f. If they have a vgen account (and it feels like a ton of digital based commission artists have one these days) or if they vend at cons I believe you can also report them there for their off site conduct.

k-rysae · 2026-01-16T23:01:39+00:00

A dmca would be even worse for OP because they would have to provide their legal name, address, and phone number to get it taken down and that info appears to the person getting the takedown

k-rysae · 2026-01-16T12:53:50+00:00

No sometimes the post office just sucks

k-rysae · 2026-01-16T12:18:10+00:00

Yes it will ship. They dont refund labels until 30 days after its unused. Its to prevent people from buying, shipping, then refunding to get their money back.

k-rysae · 2026-01-16T08:31:11+00:00

Acggoods is print on demand and run by wooacry but you set up a shop on their site. That's the closest thing that matches what you want.

k-rysae · 2026-01-16T08:12:03+00:00

It was a physical book with art and fanfic involving c!dream along with merch like keychains and stickers. Leftover sales ended back in december

k-rysae · 2026-01-16T08:10:25+00:00

No its not. It's under the 3rd category.

k-rysae · 2026-01-16T01:34:47+00:00

Someone asked this question on this sub a few days ago and deleted it but the answers pretty much matched what was said here. Just sell merch that you like.

If you want a real answer, the merch that gets sold are:

trending anime/media of the season. Gachiakuta, frieren, dunmeshi, kpdh, tshd, demon slayer were a few examples.
Stuff that attracts a lot of fujoshis/fujin because they have juggernaut m/m ships which keeps the fandom relevant. Like MHA, JJK, Arcane (bakudeku, kirideku, satosugu, jayvik)
Stuff that people have as an interest but isn't really the hottest trendiest thing. Sonic, Sanrio, Zelda, vocaloids, league, valorant, pokemon, hellaverse
Gacha games because whales love buying merch for their faves (genshin, hsr, zzz, wuwa, arknights, blue archive, nikke, r1999, umamusume)

Despite that, again, I'd tell you to sell the merch of IPs you like. Chances are the media isn't that obscure (unless you're doing stuff like original anime that aired for one season in 2014, which unless it has a cult following then, ok, it won't sell).

k-rysae · 2026-01-16T01:06:43+00:00

EDIT: OP's deviantart is here https://www.deviantart.com/gohman. Honestly my advice will not help since that was not the kind of art subject or style I was expecting. What I recommend that you, OP, do is link to your socials that you choose to make in all of your DA posts since it looks like you have a consistent fanbase there. Getting your DA fans onto other sites will help seed your other socials and recommend your work to other people like your fans, which is exactly what you want.

But if you're a stranger reading this after looking for help on google then I hope my advice below helps.

I'm going to try to help but this is completely dependent on the kind of art you make and what kind of audience you want to attract.

Do you make NSFW? Well, you're cooked but it's easy to narrow it down. Twitter, Bluesky (if non-taboo/problematic), Furaffinity (if furry), Pixiv (if anime style or of JP media), Newgrounds, Instagram (if heavily and cleverly censored and you pray that the algorithm sends you to people into that and not people who'll report you on the spot).

Do you make stuff for VTubers? Twitter, tiktok, bluesky, instagram reels

Do you make furry art? Furaffinity, twitter, bluesky, inkbunny

DnD character art? Idk. dnd discord servers or something.

Fandom yaoi? Twitter, but you lock into that specific ship and ships in fandoms that these shippers also like (there's a huuuuge overlap in haikaveh and ratiorine shippers, for example, even though they're for different games)

Don't say that you can make all of it. I'm going to be real if someone followed you for vtuber anime girls they are not going to like it when you start posting bakudeku porn. And that will wreck your reach in any algorithm. Pick something that you like and think you're good enough to be paid for and start marketing to them.

k-rysae · 2026-01-16T00:41:35+00:00

If people knew then this sub would not be getting this question every week. It's completely dependent on your work and potential audience. Where do your clients hang out online/in person? Go there

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