question about making merch for fandoms that are decreasing in popularity
hi everyone!
ive been building my portfolio over the last couple of months in order to start artist alleys but it’s mostly love and deepspace (lads) content. with the recent cancellation of valko from love and deepspace im worried that the fandom will die out by the time i start vending next year if they don’t bring back valko. right now the fandom is still very active and willing to fight for the game so people are still buying fan made merch so it feels a bit silly that i’m thinking this right now but i don’t know how long it would last.
i dont really have the ‘passion’ to draw things for fandoms im not apart of and the other fandoms im in (other than lads) arent very popular so i‘ve kind of decided that if theres not really a reason for me to continue if lads isnt viable.
am i just overthinking it?
does anyone have experience with selling merch for fandoms that were “falling off” or even ‘dead‘ fandoms? or even people that sells lads merch, do u notice a difference?
do u think its worth it for me to continue trying to vend?
edit: could i maybe just focus more on original content?