julesannb wrote:
I am wondering, is anyone who is retired or of retirement age, making money by just selling prints, greeting cards or other type of image sales, (locally or online) in order to supplement your income, whatever that might be. That is where my interests lies. No weddings, events or clients. I don’t want to deal with those kind of hassles in my retirement. I just want to make some extra cash doing what I love.
Yes. I'm currently making a little over $10,000 a month with little to no advertising at this point. It's all word of mouth and repeat customers. Several years ago when I set out on this goal (a goal that was only $5,000 a month at that time), I shared with Ugly Hedgehog what I was doing. That post is located here:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-327835-1.htmlI also wrote a 174-page book titled "Nature's Geometry: Succulents" with over 600 photos in it. It cost me $14.86 per book, and I sell it for $35 at my Etsy shop, $30 at cactus & succulent shows and meetings, and $25 if you take it directly out of my grubby little hands.
I also created 2020 calendars featuring my pictures of birds, butterflies, cats, dogs, flowers, orchids, roses, flora spirals, Fibonacci plants, and succulents. I sell them for $20, and they have been selling briskly since mid-October, also available at my Etsy shop.
I have a lot of other things in store for 2020, all of it featuring cacti & succulents: tiles (plant people love tiles), posters, shower curtains, puzzles, mugs, clothing, etc.
My Etsy shop is RusselRayPhotos (not including a link here because that will cause Admin to move this post). I'm using Etsy mostly for storage right now but by 1/1/21 I will be advertising it more and letting it do everything except my own marketing.