r/plushartists

Hey all, I've been making plushes for a while now and I think I'm at the point where I'm confident enough in my skills to start selling! My biggest hurdle right now- I don't know uh. How. I have a spreadsheet that helps me calculate what I should try to sell my creations at, but I'm not sure what storefront I should actually use, how I should go about marketing myself, etc.

I've been considering using Etsy to sell my plushes, but I've heard awful things about them, and I remember my mom had horrible experience using it during covid (she sold masks off of it and she would rant and rant about how awful it was to sell on lol). The upfront fee to open a shop on there also makes me wary. However, I've never really heard of any other alternatives for selling crafts of this kind before, aside from maybe personal websites, of which I do not have one.

As for marketing, I've started posting my plushes to instagram and some subreddits, but not much else. Not much traction in those regards, so any suggestions on putting my work out there?