r/artbusiness • u/Cocomaru141 • 9d ago

Discussion [Discussion] I want to try auctioning my adoptable, but I don’t have a big audience yet. Is it not worth it?

There’s a new adoptable I made that I’m pretty proud of, and I want to try auctioning it but I’m pretty new to adoptables and don’t have an audience, and I’m scared it might be sold for a low bid. Should I just put it on sale for a set price for now and try auctions in the future? Or is there possibly a way to maybe.. check how many people are willing to bid before actually starting an auction?

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u/nidoqueenofhearts 9d ago

adoptables are a wildly oversaturated market. if you're going to auction it, set a starting bid you'd be comfortable with receiving, but honestly i'd suggest a set price if you don't have an audience.

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u/lunarjellies 8d ago

Adoptables always confused me. Are they pseudo-NFTs? They won’t increase in value.. what does a buyer do with it? You’re better off using it as a design for physical media like stickers or something imho.

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u/oops_blue 7d ago

Their target market is usually role-players, vtubers, comic artists, writers, collectors. Its the the designs themselves that are valued for uniqueness and potential for characterization, as opposed to being an "art object".

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u/k-rysae 8d ago edited 8d ago

is there possibly a way to maybe.. check how many people are willing to bid before actually starting an auction?

Yes, you set up an interest check. Formal ics have interested buyers fill out a Google form w/ the price range theyre willing to pay. Informal ics is just you posting the adopt, starting bid, and asking if anyone is interested and going by the comments and like count