Art & Collectibles
These will be worth something, someday
Art & Collectibles
And the limited edition swag is selling out
The Cry Baby Bear Bag Charm retails for $32 and is available for preorder with December 5 ship dates
Martinez’s perfume releases have historically flipped for massive profits, with her Portals perfume reselling around $800 and Cry Baby Perfume Milk hitting $2,000 on eBay
Orders are reportedly being canceled repeatedly, with fans needing multiple purchase attempts to secure one
Melanie Martinez just dropped a limited edition Cry Baby Bear bag charm for $32, and her webstore is having a moment. Preorders went live recently for the 10th anniversary Cry Baby item, but fans are reporting their orders keep getting canceled. Multiple attempts seem to be the only way through, and nobody’s quite sure if it’s anti-scalping measures, technical issues, or if stock is actually gone.
If you’ve been sleeping on Melanie Martinez merch, you’re missing serious money. Her Cry Baby Perfume Milk originally sold for $50 in 2015, discontinued, and now sealed bottles flip for up to $2,000 on eBay. Not a typo. Two thousand dollars for a discontinued perfume shaped like a baby bottle. By the way, these bottles have restocked and are available now.
When she dropped the Portals perfume collection in late 2023 for $275, resellers immediately recognized the play. That four-piece set with the giant creepy head packaging now moves for $800 to $1,000 consistently. Individual vials from the set are selling for $60+ each when they originally cost around $50.
This bag charm is celebrating 10 years of Cry Baby, her debut album that established the aesthetic her fans go absolutely wild for. At 3.5″ x 4.5″, it’s a decent-sized charm with the signature bear design. The “limited edition” tag plus the order cancellation chaos suggests supply is genuinely constrained, which historically means secondary market premiums for Martinez items.
The official Melanie Martinez store has preorders open now, with an expected ship date of December 5. If your order gets canceled, fans report success on the second or third attempt. Whether that’s intentional anti-bot protection or just technical issues doesn’t really matter for resellers, it just means you might need patience to cop.
No quantity limits mentioned publicly, but the cancellation pattern suggests there might be backend restrictions.
Based on Martinez’s track record, limited anniversary items tied to her most iconic album should see decent flips. The Portals perfume did 3X retail immediately. The original Cry Baby perfume did 40X retail over time. Obviously a $32 bag charm won’t scale the same way, but doubling to $60-80 seems conservative if this actually sells out and doesn’t restock.
This is a preorder shipping in December, so you’re tying up capital for over a month. The website chaos could mean one of three things: genuine sellout creating scarcity, aggressive bot protection that might indicate strong demand, or technical issues that could lead to order fulfillments getting messy.
Martinez doesn’t always communicate clearly about restocks. Her Cry Baby perfume didn’t restock for years after the initial run, but her Portals perfume did get individual vial releases after the collector set sold out. The “limited edition” label could mean anything.
If you can cop at $32, worst case you’re sitting on a $32 bag charm that takes a while to sell. Best case you’re looking at $60-100 based on how her other anniversary and limited items have performed. Not life-changing money, but 2X to 3X on celebrity merch with a proven resale history isn’t a bad play if you can get through checkout.
Art & Collectibles
These will be worth something, someday
Art & Collectibles
And the limited edition swag is selling out