BASES WITH CRAP ART RANT~

Haha, I felt I needed a short and sweet rant.  For the few who even glanced at this blog, let me state that I am a hobbyist writer and artist, and have a DeviantArt.  I am a member in a group and when I make an adopt, it will most likely go there.  I only sold one adopt, ever, and I have noticed the ones that are commonly adopted are the ultra-detailed-not-my-type-of-style or base models.  Now, I have no problem with bases but I feel incredibly envious when I see adopts that have been sold with uses minimal effort, and only using a base, some splashes of color here and generic hair and body shape.  I draw my own works, not using any bases (I used to, until I started to slowly improve) but not two thoughts are put into them by others.  I don't get it, am I doing something wrong that makes my work unpleasing to others?  It just, sucks, to put it sweetly.