You’re about to become a
walking zero-overhead comic store. But first-
Have
you ever tried to fix something, and been punished for it?
Once
as a toddler, I overheard Mom & Dad talking about how their
bedroom door was broken. Being a precocious tot, I knew glue fixes
things. So I bobbled over to the glue, then turned my attentions to
the door itself. The big wooden part looked fine. That narrowed the
issue down to the little metal bits. So I went to work gluing up the
hinges to fix the door.
Fast
forward a few decades, and I’m still as helpful as ever. Until
recently, I entertained notions for fixing the broken
Diamond-monopolized comic retail industry. (links at the bottom for
those interested.)
Not
anymore!
It
turns out comic shops don’t want to be fixed. News broke that a
gaggle of store owners were conspiring to keep popular
crowdfunding-market books out of their stores, blocking access for
interested readers.
Well
then.
They
can fix themselves, and I wish them all the best in that endeavor.
Freed
from brick-centric preconceptions, I see a clear solution to making
the comic market click:
You.
Readers
fuel our growth. You’re the ones sharing and bringing new readers
to Dreamkeepers. Why shouldn’t you profit from it?
Let’s
try that out.
Vivid
Publishing is officially launching a Dealer system.
http://www.vividpub.com/Dealers.php
It’s
clean ‘n simple. Once you’re a dealer, Vivid will give you a
coupon code, like “SIMPLE.” Customers using your code will save
5% at checkout. We can track those sales, and then Vivid Publishing
pays you, just as though you were a store.
Check
out the sales commissions on our dealer page. A solid dealer can
make bank.
Dealers
never even need to handle inventory. You can share your dealer code
online, in person with our QR-enable business cards, at conventions,
table or no table. Close sales anywhere. You don’t even need to
rent retail space- unless you really want to.
In
fact, store owners are welcome to join the action! Order in bulk,
and your retailer discount is automatically applied to the cart.
While Diamond requires you to place a $425 minimum order, you can buy
just 5 of an item from Vivid and you’re immediately in the game.
Dealer
codes and bulk sales are all integrated with the brand new Vivid
store: https://vivid-publishing.mybigcommerce.com/
Plus
Volume 2s and 3s are back in stock, at long last! Customers, ask
around to see if you know a dealer before purchasing, if so, you’ll
save 5%.
If
you want to be a Vivid Dealer, e-mail us. Prospective dealers with
an established audience or sales experience, we’ll issue you a
code. Anyone else, I’ll ask you to buy a bulk order of five Volume
1s and sell those first, so I’m not pumping out a zillion dealer
codes that never get used. Better three brilliant, motivated dealers
than an army of entrepretenders.
Vivid
has gone from nothing to one of the most successful crowdfunding
comic publishers in the industry. We have the best stories. We’re
getting into games. And we’re just getting started.
Let’s
kick it up a notch together.
Old
Ideas to fix comic distribution:
Comic
shops conspiring to prevent readers and creator from connecting:
https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2018/05/comic-book-retailers-collude-bar-sale-jawbreakers-comic/58445/
New
Vivid Dealer system and online store:
