I was a pretty active artist on FR around when I joined 10-ish years ago (jesus fucking christ how's it been that long) and I was especially a fan of making adopts. I wasn't active on FR for a while up until recently, and I've been thinking of getting back into adopts again. So as a result I've been snooping around to see what's popular, how things are priced etc
And wow. Holy shit, the market's changed. Adopts seem to be priced so much higher than they used to be! I want to stress I don't think this is a bad thing at all, it's awesome to see art being valued so much higher and I'm glad artists are actually getting better bang for their buck. But it's been very fascinating to see how it's changed.
Take these adopts (https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/3242004) which are going for 400kt/g a pop. Back in ye olden days I feel like something of this size and level of detail would have commonly gone for around 50-100kt/g. Or these ones (https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/3379298) going for 600kt/g, whereas I think they would have usually been 300-400kt/g back then. Again, don't want to seem like I'm insinuating these aren't worth what they've been priced, I think it's totally affordable when G&G can net you 525kt a week if you max it daily. I think it's pretty interesting how things have changed.
I do wonder why this shift has happened. I think G&G is probably a big contributing factor, it's so much easier for your average played to amass a decent sum of money to spend on these things. But that can't be all it is... right? Or who knows, maybe I'm just out of touch and don't even remember that it's always been this way.
I've been making adopts on the site for nearly a decade, too. I used to sell one adopt for 50kt, which I now sell for 800g each (base) and customers are still going strong. I'm very glad that people are starting to charge more for their adopts.
I think site inflation has a lot to do with it, but also the popularity of skins. I think 400g - 500g for an adopt being a similar price to a 500g accent is a pretty fair equivalent.
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FR Art Market has changed (for the better)
(Anonymous) 2025-01-28 10:46 am (UTC)(link)And wow. Holy shit, the market's changed. Adopts seem to be priced so much higher than they used to be! I want to stress I don't think this is a bad thing at all, it's awesome to see art being valued so much higher and I'm glad artists are actually getting better bang for their buck. But it's been very fascinating to see how it's changed.
Take these adopts (https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/3242004) which are going for 400kt/g a pop. Back in ye olden days I feel like something of this size and level of detail would have commonly gone for around 50-100kt/g. Or these ones (https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/3379298) going for 600kt/g, whereas I think they would have usually been 300-400kt/g back then. Again, don't want to seem like I'm insinuating these aren't worth what they've been priced, I think it's totally affordable when G&G can net you 525kt a week if you max it daily. I think it's pretty interesting how things have changed.
I do wonder why this shift has happened. I think G&G is probably a big contributing factor, it's so much easier for your average played to amass a decent sum of money to spend on these things. But that can't be all it is... right? Or who knows, maybe I'm just out of touch and don't even remember that it's always been this way.
Re: FR Art Market has changed (for the better)
(Anonymous) 2025-01-28 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)I think site inflation has a lot to do with it, but also the popularity of skins. I think 400g - 500g for an adopt being a similar price to a 500g accent is a pretty fair equivalent.
Re: FR Art Market has changed (for the better)
(Anonymous) 2025-01-29 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)