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Being a master artist and being cheap aren't mutually exclusive. It sounds like location arbitrage: China has a lower cost of living than the US. Not to mentio
by klipt 10y ago
Being a master artist and being cheap aren't mutually exclusive.
It sounds like location arbitrage: China has a lower cost of living than the US. Not to mention that even a master Chinese artist would have a tough time getting a green card.
But it looks like instapainting is basically a middle-man which could easily be replaced by a Chinese website (so long as they hire a good translator).
- chrischen 10y agoIt's also protectionist Chinese policies, weak manipulated Chinese RMB. China promotes exports, and buys USD to weaken the RMB, which is why so much manual labor funnels through China and why it's cheaper to buy from China. You'll see that that the whole product category of photo replica paintings are dominated by mostly Chinese sellers on Ebay, etsy, and among our other competitors. Actually, Instapainting's rise is due to my replacing the Chinese middlemen with software (disclaimer: not all artists on our site are Chinese), which is even cheaper!