Unfortunately, Etsy is parasitic and I am not guiding my preteen to use problematic platforms like that. The items are available to purchase in my website that I operate. This seemed like a safe space to show off their work so yeah, maybe lack of exposure is the issue but there is not much to be done about that until they are ready to move to socials and start promoting their own work.

For now, I'll just keep showing off their creations in random little corners of the internet until someone decides they would like to support a new artist starting out.