earthyvirgo
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How much would you pay ....?I would appreciate some feedback and ideas for prices/quantities of my handprinted tags.
Thanks to Penny Outskirts, I found a supplier of scalloped tags online, so I can produce them much, much more efficiently now. The cost is more than my plain hand cut ones but it's far outweighed by time saved and the scalloped shape.
These are the latest ones (blue and purple using the hellebore lino)
and these (using the clematis lino)
If you were going to buy them:
1. How many would you want/expect in a pack?
I was thinking of 3 colours x 5 = 15 but I think that might be a bit too many and starts to be a bit of a bulk buy rather than an arty treat?
2. Would you want mixed colours or would a pack of 5 in one colour be more stylish and more likely to sell?
3. And the big question, how much to charge?
The larger ones which I made last year were the size of a parcel label and sold well at last year's art trail at £2.00 for 3 tags.
The new scalloped ones are perhaps a bit more 'girlie' but are approx half the size (4cm x 7cm).
The ties will be natural coloured or red hemp string.
EV
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Pilsbury
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I think 15 in a pack would be fine. If I bought them it would be for Christmas probably for the family gifts so would want a fair few.
I originally thought £10 for 15 tags sounded reasonable but that's the same price you were selling the bigger ones for so maybe between £7.50 to £10 a set.
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chez
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I agree re 15 being too many for a treat. But if you are doing three colours, then multiples of three is good. What about six - two of each colour?
Re price, anything under a fiver.
What's your profit margin?
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arvo
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They are gorgeous btw.
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marigold
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I tend to prefer sets of the same thing rather than selections made by someone else, so I'd suggest packs of three or five of the same design with a discount for multiple purchases. I never buy gift tags nowadays, so couldn't say how much I'd pay.
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Luath
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I would be tempted by a pack of five, all in one colour; would pay £4, maybe a wee bit more. They're beautiful
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earthyvirgo
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These are all really helpful comments so far, thanks folks.
I guess now that I'm doing a session here and there specifically printing tags, I need to stop think of them as 'by-products' as I'll end up undervaluing
Not sure yet Chez (re profit margin), not my strong point. Quite difficult when there's time involved in the equation not just materials.
EV
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chez
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To me, the time IS the profit, if that makes sense. I know it's a bit different for me - if I stand at the market for five hours and come home with a hundred quid of sales, out of which I take my stall fees, my feed costs and my petrol, I reckon that's my 'profit', which divided by five makes my average hourly rate.
More difficult for you to cost out like that, though.
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welsh veg grower
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I guess you have done the whole think how much you pay for the materials, label, ink string etc and then a rough price on time for making and packaging them. This should give you an idea of how much they cost to make. Then consider what price would you be happy to get for them and see if that sounds like an acceptable price.
I'm funny about labels I like them to match the paper. Although these with a sheet of brown paper would be rather nice maybe. I bought a nice sheet of paper with matching card for a baby pressie the other day the whole lot was £2.99 but it was lovely paper. Was a treat for a special occasion wouldnt do that for everyday gifts.
sorry not much help there but I agree with the not mixed colours thing as some colours I would use but not all of them.
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earthyvirgo
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To me, the time IS the profit, if that makes sense. I know it's a bit different for me - if I stand at the market for five hours and come home with a hundred quid of sales, out of which I take my stall fees, my feed costs and my petrol, I reckon that's my 'profit', which divided by five makes my average hourly rate.
More difficult for you to cost out like that, though. |