Get Your Shit Together, Artrepreneur!!!
Tough love and invaluable resources for artists with small businesses or side hustles.
created by teddydee
last updated May, 2026
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I am not really sure where to put this (like, where on the internet, especially since I spend most of my internet time on Pagebound anymore) so ??? just throwing it out there: if anybody working on an arty small business is interested in starting like a little peer group on Signal or something like that, hit me up!! I keep thinking it would be so neat to have a small group for sharing tips, workshopping display ideas, swapping website critiques, that kind of thing!
This is a neat idea. I still need to figure out my business model for how the fuck that works for zines eventually. I havenât decided or dug into much of anything yet. Love the idea of a shared space to work these kinds of things out. But I do know there are lots of existing recources online too. I was searching for an existing sheet for managing sales etc for zines the other day. Lmk if this happens?
teddydeeOP
Will do! Are you in the Indie Sellers Guild? That's the other place that occurred to me, but I'm not sure how much activity it really gets. I'd love to see that become a more active community space though.
What do you mean by a sheet, like a spreadsheet?
I am not. Nor aware of such a thing. Yeah, a spreadsheet! Love me a spreadsheet. Mostly wanted something to keep track of how many zines go in and out and which ones and costs to make etc. because I havenât sold them yet, just exchanges and for free but I also did not keep track well.
teddydeeOP
Link to the Indie Sellers Guild in case you're interested!
That makes sense! Improving my bookkeeping and inventory tracking is pretty high on my to-do list too, I am so disorganized đ I hope you can find what you're looking for!
I love it when you do a mystery drop for your lists lmaooo
same đ
quick, guess the theme before they finish the list!!
I'm guessing it's a list of nonfic books to help currently developing visual artists start a career out of their art!!
I feel like a day one fangirl with Teddy's lists every time "I remember when it was all a secret mystery!!"
Same xD
wait i love this
