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in fact, we all are spaghetti strands, moving in spacetime

[kara zor-el @beatifysaints]

@SimsMetre @Joker__Pt @BIFFOxOFMD @redbubble Yeah it's TeePublic who are owned by RB, not sure where TeeSpring fits into it. Hopefully not affiliated so I can move my designs over there...

[kara zor-el @beatifysaints]

shocked & disgusted at @redbubble. Artists only receive a tiny percentage of a sale already, and #redbubble are now taking an extra ~30% from our profits for no clear reason. Taking my designs down; not being fairly compensated for my art/time. #BoycottRedbubble #DeadBubble

[Luke R. J. Maynard 🇨🇦 @lukemaynard]

@SirLadySketch @redbubble @zazzle @cafepress @teespringcom 2/2
the evil robot at #ChatGPT for some good alternatives to #Redbubble, and it gave me a few suggestions for #indieartists who would like to bail on @Redbubble entirely in response to this gouging.

It surprised me with some alternatives even I didn't consider. Here you go! 🥳

[Luke R. J. Maynard 🇨🇦 @lukemaynard]

@SirLadySketch I think we're the ones it matters most for. The big sellers (who are naturally big businesses) get the benefit of free Premium & Pro accounts—decided at @Redbubble's whim & discretion according to criteria they're not disclosing.

They're specifically ONLY gouging small-timers.

[lindsay is neomeruru.bsky.social @neomeruru]

What the absolute fuck, Redbubble. This account fee is ROBBERY.

[Thempire Iain on Bluesky 🏳️‍🌈🧡🏳️‍⚧️ @ThempireIain]

Very cool of redbubble to steal EVEN MORE of my money. They sell my design on a t-shirt for $24, only give me $4 of that and now want to take another $2 of that away from me if i don't work my fingers to the bone making new content for them to sell to give me 15%?

[landice @manic_femme]

Why on earth would you think this was a good idea, @redbubble? I was getting ready to make a big batch of new designs to try & make a little extra money but now it wouldn’t be worth the effort. How about dealing with all the stolen/plagiarized listings first?

[Windfalcon @brendalyonsart]

@redbubble A fee chart they posted.

You used to be one of the good sites, Redbubble. Now you pull this? Artists are going to leave in droves, pull their work, and you deserve it.

[Windfalcon @brendalyonsart]

Come on, @redbubble, the fee tiers are ridiculous - you want to take around 33% from OUR profit when you already make money off the merch itself?

This is too much. ARTISTS are the reason for your company's success. Reverse this.

https://t.co/uaVIwBoE1a

[kara zor-el @beatifysaints]

@redbubble only lets an artist earn a tiny % of a sale already, but in addition to that are now making small artists pay FROM THEIR OWN PROFITS 1/3 of what they make. No access to fanart program, no option to upgrade to Pro/Premium (who don't pay the fee), unclear how to progress

[kara zor-el @beatifysaints]

@rutenbert @Kat_Geographic @TeePublic they're also owned by RedBubble, so I expect the same will soon apply - need to find another alternative.

[iiam @iiam9949]

@Kat_Geographic I can't find anyone talking about this but I just got the email and this is INSANE. as someone who only ever made 20-30 bucks at a time it's not even close to worth it to sell on redbubble anymore. I'm probably going to just delete my account.

[kara zor-el @beatifysaints]

@AnonOpinion2 @Kat_Geographic TeePublic is a nicer user experience to me for sure, but they're also owned by @RedBubble so I expect the same will soon apply. (Also makes me wonder why #redbubble is so glitchy in comparison?)

[Syd Mills @vetyyr]

I’ll be deleting my Redbubble account because some genius there had the idea of adding a fee structure to their already degradingly low payouts.
An example—you sell $300 worth of products and you make $75. You now have to pay Redbubble $28, so you only get $47. Christ lmfao

[Char 🌈✨ @CharCubed]

.@redbubble has introduced a fascinatingly evil new business model that boils down to "if you're a small artist, fuck you"

they're like "hey, you know that 30 cents you make on a sticker sale? it's 15 cents now & you only get paid once you sell $20's worth. hope that helps <3 "

[Biffo 🏴‍☠️🍊⚔️🌈🐈‍⬛🎃🧂📚🎧🎨 @BIFFOxOFMD]

Seriously @redbubble ? Wtf? You already take like 75% of each sale, now an account fee taking even more? I realize y’all are trying to get rid of all the small artists like me just starting out because we don’t make you the big bucks, but good lord this is evil. #redbubble