Mandala-print sales statistics

It's been two years since I started selling prints of my mandalas. I've enjoyed having this fully-me-controlled source of income. 

My prints were shown at Ka-Vá, a kava/kratom bar in Brooklyn, in April/May. Photos of the show are here. I didn't attend because I live in Hawaii.

Nini in a box. He likes to pee in boxes.

I've sold 401 prints. I've sold these amounts of these prints:

66—water

57—mandala 13

55—numbers 

47—mandala 25

31—Dudu 

27—mandala 12

23—cats/aliens

19—torsion

17—mandala 8

13—autism

10—symbols

10—star

8—cannabis

5—mandala 16

3—loop

1—star without glow

1—hamsterball

1—mandala 26

1—mandala 56

1—aliens

Those stats don't necessarily reflect popularity, because I added prints gradually over time. At first, there were 8 for sale; now there are 16. Some aren't listed in my store, but I have prints of them. If you want to buy one not in the store, feel free to email me to ask if I have it.

I've drawn probably around 60 mandalas to completion, and released 39 here. I want to publish my mandalas in a book one day.

Lately, I've been drawing ~1.5 mandalas a month, working on them 1-2 hours a day. I've gotten more systematic with naming them—started giving them all number names: 56, 57, 58. 

Mandala prints

I started drawing mandalas in February 2014. I sold them on eBay that year—I think I sold five or six—then stopped selling them and instead just kept them for myself, thinking that it would be nice to publish a book of them, or to sell prints of them, at some point.

On November 10, I started selling prints. I've enjoyed selling prints. It feels more satisfying and less stressful than some other methods of earning money I've tried, like selling writing on Patreon, which I tried earlier this year and abandoned after four posts. 

Prints arranged in order of popularity. Key for the order is in lower-right.

I've sold 128 prints:

32—numbers mandala 

30—water mandala

27—mandala 13 

26—mandala 25

7—Dudu mandala 

4—mandala 12

2—cannabis mandala

0—mandala 8

Lower sales of Dudu mandala, mandala 12, cannabis mandala, and mandala 8 are due, at least partially, to those being added later. I added Dudu mandala and mandala 12 on November 30, and cannabis mandala and mandala 8 on December 11. 

It seems like people like to buy prints without faces on them, besides maybe Dudu's face. If I had started selling them all at the same time, maybe Dudu mandala would be as popular as the first four.

International orders have been from United Kingdom (7), Germany (4), Canada (3), Chile, Spain, Australia, France, Ireland, Sweden. No orders from Asia or Africa yet.