mulberry-moons:

Friendly reminder that indie tarot and oracle decks are “expensive” because they’re not mass produced. Believe me, most indie artists wish we could price them lower and make them more accessible, but unless we meet certain quotas, we’re losing money and paying out of pocket. We can’t even sell them at cost because we still have to pay taxes on our sales. We have to pay marketplace fees to sell online. We pay fees just to make transactions. Most of us aren’t even paying ourselves minimum wage for the time that goes into making and distributing our work. Indie decks aren’t overpriced. They just cost more to produce and market.