[amayausers] Re: Pricing Your Product
- From: "For Heaven's Sake Embroidery" <for_heavens_sake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:56:31 -0400
John,
I'm sure you will get lots of replies to this. The general rules of thumb
are:
double the cost for your garment + .80 - $1 per thousand stitches. These
are just general guidelines and can be different for volumes, who supply's
the garment and such. Some add "set-up" charges and some charge "digitizing
fee's" or "Design Fee's" for in-stock designs.
With volume orders, you may want to reduce the garment mark-up, but I
wouldn't discount the embroidery as that is more of a "fixed cost".
For the schools, I give them a discount AND provide free shirts for the
coaches or class teacher for orders greater than 30 pcs. Just makes them
want to order from me. I also offer free digitizing on their first order,
letting them know that the design is mine and not theirs (they may purchase
it at a big price later if they desire). Again, I do this to get their
business and keep them from going elsewhere.
Kelly
For Heavens Sake Kelly@xxxxxxxx
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Subject: [amayausers] Pricing Your Product
Hi All:
More starter questions.
One of the most difficult things about this business (besides mastering the
Amaya) is figuring out what to charge customers. I would love some guidence
from those of you that have been doing this for a while.
Do you follow any sort of formula... Such as shirt cost x markup + stich
count/labor cost = final price ? Or do you sort of wing it... Double
the cost of shirt and add "X" for the sew out of the design and if that
sounds too low, you add to it? =) Do you charge more for embroidering on
certain items? Less for others?
The orders are starting to come in and I'd really like to nail down a
pricing strategy.
Todays example. Church group had us digitize a design. That ran $40 (our
cost). They want it sewn out on denim log sleeve work shirts ($7-8 our
cost). Quantity to start is between 1-2 dozen pieces. Design takes about
10 minutes to sew out on the Amaya. 6 colors, 9600 stitches.
Thoughts?
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