85: The Numb Buyer

"The Textile Creative" with Virginia Wygal · Jul 23, 2026 · 27m

The Numb Buyer

You did everything right. The display looked good. The post was exactly what you wanted it to be. The photos were strong, the listings were updated, the mailer went out. And then - quiet. No purchase. No follow up. Just silence. And your brain did what brains do. Was it the price? The photos? The work itself?

This episode is about that spiral - and why almost everything it's pointing at is the wrong thing entirely. What's happening with buyers right now has very little to do with any individual maker or any individual piece of work. It has a lot to do with something much bigger…