I agree with the above - I have spent so much designing, making and promoting my products I shudder to think........it all turns around in the end as people will grow to trust and love your work.

You can't expect to retire overnight on any venture I'm afraid.

Agreed.. I spend 6 -8 hrs making stencil files on average.. no one on AA will buy them cos im not on AA... shipping to US is expensive with no tracking so they buy bootlegs instead.. some people want to split a stencil set up and only want the head etc.
I don't get ANY return on the time it takes to make them.. I get a small return on the amount of material used.
As a stand alone business venture.. stencils will send you broke quicker than you can cut them.
It will take me years to get an inventory of titles that might just have at least 1 stencil a week cut.. but that is my aim with a reputation of supplying the best there is.. but no... I don't make any money out of it...yet...

Back to the sign making!!!