Most of my puzzles are custom (more than 80% last year), I do have a "Gallery" where people can order a predefined image, but most, as I said are custom: young couples, children, marriage proposals, corporate team building, anniversaries, holidays and some "puzzle enthusiast" puzzles. Wooden jigsaw puzzles take on a life of their own and frequently outlive their makers, many puzzles from the early 1900's show up on eBay. I do sell "globally" on eBay but once a month, max - this is my "100 Puzzles Project", currently have done 16 in the Project, so the Project will run to year 2009 at least, longer if I continue to miss a month now and then. No retail, nothing made until ordered, except for the Project puzzles.
I find that web traffic is up at least 50% from last year, so I guess the "new economy" isn't dead :-) The other day I was thinking of doing a "stock market" puzzle, pieces shaped like bulls, bears, tickers symbols.... might show up some day in the 100 Puzzle Project..... |
