I have gone and set up a pre-order store page for my two comics. It took a while to set up as I had to ensure postage and package was all correct, and write out descriptions, but now the page is set to go! I plan to make it live in a week or so, when I've really got more pages complete and feel more comfortable about fulfilment. As well as having more images to share to help me promote it.
I have used the inbuilt store option on my already existing website, purely for ease, it does up the subscription cost to £25 a month (including domain and hosting), which means I've added on an extra 50p per comic to go towards that. At markets and in-person I'll be selling each comic for £6.
The delivery time for the pre-order is set for August; I need to get everything printed by July 1st (my first comics fair), so I do feel reasonably confident I can meet that date.
My initial aim is to order 50 of each comic, dependent on how well the pre-orders go, which means I'll have extra stock to sell at the two comic markets I have lined up.
I will put together some graphics to help me promote the pre-order too, which I will use on my social media.
