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HOME » DashKitten is Creating on Redbubble

DashKitten is Creating on Redbubble

15/01/2020 by Marjorie Dawson 18 Comments

Ladies and gentlemen, happy Summer and happy New Year. I am proud to announce that Dash Kitten has a presence on image site RedBubble.

What is Redbubble?

Redbubble is an online shop that allows independent artists, photographers, painters and designers to promote their work without the worry of trying to find TShirt manufacturers, sticker makers and publishers for their notebooks.

Redbubble was founded in 2006 in Melbourne Australia, and it is similar in outlook to Zazzle. An artist uploads their artwork and has a lot of options for having the item printed.

Our friend and blogging colleague Athena Wise Kitty is also in Redbubble and, of course, her shop is packed full of delightful designs for you to enjoy

Why Join Redbubble?

I love taking photographs, and I also want to share them and generate an income from my own work. This will allow me to not only earn for myself but also help rescues with funds I generate from specific projects. One such project is featured below.

You can see my shop front in the screenshot below. I have combined some of my favourite images as a showcase and honour Dash Kitten (Founder Cat of the blog) by continuing to use his name as a strong part of my brand.

The RedBubble Header for Dash Kitten Photography items. Similar to Zazzle it was founded in Australia

Pricing

There is a standard price per item on the site and you add the amount of profit you want to make. The standard profit setting is 20% but each item is individually adjustable.

Prices in my Redbubble shop are in US dollars.

This is because, at the moment, I can’t set it to my local currency – New Zealand dollars.

I could use Australian dollars but as New Zealand dollar and Australian dollar rates are different, can you imagine the confusion of my local customers? If I can ever change it to NZ dollars I may do but, for now, the American dollar is a good neutral compromise.

The RedBubble Header for Dash Kitten Photography items. Similar to Zazzle it was founded in Australia

Reaching a New Audience

Opportunities like this, and Zazzle, allow photographers and artists to reach a new audience, including people who might not know or visit your blog yet. People can check out your photographs or drawings and see them as pretend (mockup) items in your store, and it is up to you which items you add work too.

Check out this screenshot for an idea of what happens which you select where to add an image.

Mocksups of photographs from an online shop. These show how amazing your camera work can look.

It’s a lot of fun. If you look at my Van Gogh kitty photograph you can see that it would make a great coaster or TShirt. You don’t need to imagine an item as a TShirt or an acrylic block, you can see it happen in real time.

You can try out different items to see if you are happy with image placement and auditioning artwork to see if it works is a really good idea.

Here’s why:

  • Some images may be too small for wall art (you need to upload a larger image) or art blocks.
  • The work may be the wrong shape for a ‘phone case or garment.
  • Work can sometimes sit badly on the fold of a closing smartphone cover.
  • Or, an image can look simply terrible on some items, no matter how cool your design.

A Redbubble Special Project

Our friends at the Neko Ngeru Cat Adoption Cafe are also involved in rescue and helping them is one of my goals. This is a screenshot of the first item posted in their fundraiser folder in my shop.

The image is Chenzou one of the popular worker cats and all profits from his card go to help the cafe’s rescue efforts.

The RedBubble Header for Dash Kitten Photography items. Similar to Zazzle it was founded in Australia

Here is the image of Chenzou full size. You may remember it from our earlier post.

Black and white photography can transform an image into something completely different.

I am glad I can help thanks to my love for photography. Do you fundraise for a local rescue, or use your talents in a way to benefit others?

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Portrait by a window with teddy bears Taken with a smartphone.Marjorie is a cat lover, photographer and smartphone moviemaker who loves sharing her knowledge with learners.

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Comments

  1. Jana Rade says

    21/01/2020 at 1:31 pm

    Congratulations and best wishes for your business endeavor.

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  2. Jenna Emmons says

    21/01/2020 at 7:45 am

    RedBubble is a great site! A few years ago a rescue organization did a digitally manipulated photo of my dog and sold it through them. I, of course, had to buy several products and was really impressed with the quality.

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    • Marjorie Dawson says

      21/01/2020 at 1:11 pm

      LOL! I would have done the same! I know I would!!

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  3. Beth says

    21/01/2020 at 6:44 am

    That is exciting news! It is great that one of your photos is also helping the cat cafe! I really like the fern notebook.

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  4. Sandy Kubillus says

    20/01/2020 at 4:58 pm

    Red Bubble sounds really interesting. I like the mockups. Hope your store does well. I’m glad your applying some of the profits for rescues.

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    • Marjorie Dawson says

      20/01/2020 at 6:35 pm

      I agree the mockups make a real impact.

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  5. Emilia says

    20/01/2020 at 4:14 pm

    I’ve ordered from red Bubble before, custom tshirts. It’s a great service. I hope your shop does really well. You have beautiful photos that will look great on mugs and stuff.

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  6. Ruth Epstein says

    20/01/2020 at 9:47 am

    What a great idea and wonderful for fundraisers. I should look more into it with a photo of Layla to help friends with their fundraisers. Good luck on your new venture and with your awesome photos I am sure you will succeed.

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  7. The Swiss Cats says

    20/01/2020 at 8:51 am

    How cool ! You take such wonderful photos, no doubt you’ll be successful ! Purrs

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  8. M. K. Clinton says

    18/01/2020 at 5:31 am

    I’ve never heard of Red Bubble but I’m sure you’ll do amazing!

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  9. Ellen Pilch says

    16/01/2020 at 3:05 pm

    I will check out Red Bubble. Thanks for hosting, We join up on Saturday XO

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  10. The Island Cats says

    16/01/2020 at 12:27 pm

    Sounds interesting. We’ll give Red Bubble a look.

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  11. Cathy Keisha says

    16/01/2020 at 11:48 am

    Niiiice! I’ll get a Red Bubble shop right after I get a Zazzle shop which is prolly never. Sigh! I need new staff.

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    • Marjorie Dawson says

      16/01/2020 at 12:29 pm

      Yes, you can CK. Your work is awesome. You can’t fail!

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  12. Athena and Marie says

    16/01/2020 at 5:57 am

    Thanks for the mention!

    We like Redbubble and we are enjoying designing for our store. We’ve only had a few small sales but it’s early days yet.

    We prefer it to Zazzle, which we are also on.

    Your photos and art look amazing! Best of luck with your store 🙂

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  13. Brian Frum says

    16/01/2020 at 3:06 am

    Very cool indeed, you have wonderful photos to work with!

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  14. mommakatandherbearcat says

    15/01/2020 at 10:44 pm

    I’m going to have to look into that [for your pictures and myself]!

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  15. Meezer'sMews&TerrieristicalWoofs says

    15/01/2020 at 7:16 pm

    Wow, that is neato!!
    Hope you get to help a lot of kitties with the funds you generate.

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