Selling Fashions for 60 cm Ball Joint Dolls

Guide to selling Fashions for BJD on okayOVERVIEWMany people create and sell fashions for BJD, maybe you are one of them and are interested in getting involved in selling your creations but don't really know what information your buyers want, and would like to increase your odds of selling your fashions. I cannot guarantee you bids, but I can give you tips from both a buyer and a seller standpoint. You can use these tips and apply them to your own auctions, and see for yourself the difference the small things can make.Many of these tips could be applied to any doll fashion market regardless of the doll size, but this article is geared towards meeting the needs of the BJD collector.QUALITY VS QUANTITYEach seamstress has her/his own forte when it gees to creating fashions. Some have the ability to create lots of fashions or items within a reasonably short period of time, while others will pour hours of intensive labor into one outfit. Does this mean that the items made in a short period of time are lesser quality than those that have had hours and hours of work put into them? Not necessarily. An experienced seamstress with years of sewing regularly under her/his belt could produce a high quality outfit in a reasonably short period of time. While the same outfit could take a less experienced seamstress more time and be of lesser quality. At the same time a very experienced seamstress may create something of shoddy quality while the less experienced seamstress may make something that is truly a work of art.Quantity doesn't necessarily mean quality. Just like in fashions for humans, you have your walmart designers and your chic hollywood botique designers. While each market has its purpose, it is important to know which market you fall into. Word of quality flies in the doll world, if your outfit is shoddy quality and over priced people will find out, the same goes for high quality and reasonable prices. This can make or break your business.below are examples of a tailored dress (black silver stripe) and a stretch fit dress (black slip) both dresses shown here have finished double stitched seams and lining but the one on the left would gemand a higher price because of the amount of work that went into creating it.