Pricing thoughts
Friday, 13 April 2007 06:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
taimatsuI could do this as a poll but it would get way too complicated. I want to check that my ideas of pricing for tomorrow's stall are not crazy, before I spend all night writing price-tags.
So, I'm going to post links to pictures of some things I've made which are kind of representative of my stock, give each a number, and comment on the price I am considering charging. If you are someone who might buy anything like this for yourself or someone else, and you feel like it, you could make a comment noting the number of a picture and whether you think the price is just right, too low, too high, etc. Obviously no necessity to comment on everything. Other comments ("I like/love/hate that." "I think that looks really weird/good/interesting/crappy/amateur/like I could make it myself for way less." "Please explain why you chose that price." "I'd wear this/to a Bad Taste themed party." "I'd buy this as a gift/if I wanted to lose friends.", etc.) are also most welcome.
Since my camera had a close encounter with some champagne a month or so back it has been very unhappy, so the photos are not great. They are mostly for my reference, not advertising, though, so that's ok.
1.
This is a necklace made with copper wire, wooden and glass beads and soft white cord; it's probably one of the best things I've made, involving a lot of work, and I am considering charging £10 for it, or more if I can get away with it.
2.
This is a pendant in silver-plated wire and amethyst chips - again, among my best wirework pieces. I am thinking six or seven pounds for this.
3.
This is a cuff bracelet made with an awful lot of blue glass beads (and a few small plastic ones), plus two types of wire. Lots of expensive beads, a fair bit of work - if anyone actually likes it (I'm in two minds) I'd be charging a good eight quid if not more.
4.
Simple link earrings. For this sort of thing I think about £4 would be appropriate.
5.
A necklace done in tigertail with silver-plated clasp and (incidentally) platinum-plated crimps (those were all I could find), and garnet chips. Does six quid sound plausible? Seven?
6.
Some of my favourite earrings - tigertail loops with haematite and silver beads, silver-plated findings. Four pounds again, I think. I don't want to fuss too much about earring prices - I think they can all go at £4.
7.
My favourite style of bracelet - silver-plated links with rosequartz chips and silver-tone beads with charm-type dangles. Gemstone chips aren't cheap - the materials and my labour come to a fiver at least, so I think this has to go for £7 or more. Is that feasible?
8.
And lastly for now, how much would you pay for this? Elasticated wooden bead bracelet; I think this may be skewed by the larpers on my friends-list as I'm not sure many 'normal' people would wear it. Thoughts?
Give yourself a pat on the back if you got this far. Extra special kudos if you are actually considering commenting.
So, I'm going to post links to pictures of some things I've made which are kind of representative of my stock, give each a number, and comment on the price I am considering charging. If you are someone who might buy anything like this for yourself or someone else, and you feel like it, you could make a comment noting the number of a picture and whether you think the price is just right, too low, too high, etc. Obviously no necessity to comment on everything. Other comments ("I like/love/hate that." "I think that looks really weird/good/interesting/crappy/amateur/like I could make it myself for way less." "Please explain why you chose that price." "I'd wear this/to a Bad Taste themed party." "I'd buy this as a gift/if I wanted to lose friends.", etc.) are also most welcome.
Since my camera had a close encounter with some champagne a month or so back it has been very unhappy, so the photos are not great. They are mostly for my reference, not advertising, though, so that's ok.
1.
This is a necklace made with copper wire, wooden and glass beads and soft white cord; it's probably one of the best things I've made, involving a lot of work, and I am considering charging £10 for it, or more if I can get away with it.
2.
This is a pendant in silver-plated wire and amethyst chips - again, among my best wirework pieces. I am thinking six or seven pounds for this.
3.
This is a cuff bracelet made with an awful lot of blue glass beads (and a few small plastic ones), plus two types of wire. Lots of expensive beads, a fair bit of work - if anyone actually likes it (I'm in two minds) I'd be charging a good eight quid if not more.
4.
Simple link earrings. For this sort of thing I think about £4 would be appropriate.
5.
A necklace done in tigertail with silver-plated clasp and (incidentally) platinum-plated crimps (those were all I could find), and garnet chips. Does six quid sound plausible? Seven?
6.
Some of my favourite earrings - tigertail loops with haematite and silver beads, silver-plated findings. Four pounds again, I think. I don't want to fuss too much about earring prices - I think they can all go at £4.
7.
My favourite style of bracelet - silver-plated links with rosequartz chips and silver-tone beads with charm-type dangles. Gemstone chips aren't cheap - the materials and my labour come to a fiver at least, so I think this has to go for £7 or more. Is that feasible?
8.
And lastly for now, how much would you pay for this? Elasticated wooden bead bracelet; I think this may be skewed by the larpers on my friends-list as I'm not sure many 'normal' people would wear it. Thoughts?
Give yourself a pat on the back if you got this far. Extra special kudos if you are actually considering commenting.
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Date: Friday, 13 April 2007 07:20 pm (UTC)I'll re-string the pendant on black leather cord! I might put things at half-way between your price and mine, and reduce them in the afternoon if they aren't selling.
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Date: Friday, 13 April 2007 07:28 pm (UTC)Think of the first time as basically feeling your way and seeing what will sell and what won't, and getting a realistic feel for prices.
Depending on how much stock you have, you may well find it's the smaller things - like the earrings - that are your best sellers.
Let me know if you need more findings BTW - I have quite a large stock of sterling silver ear wires and jumprings that I haven't gotten around to doing anything with yet, plus at least one roll of sterling silver wire! I also have large numbers of cut and facetted precious and semi-precious gems, but they aren't in settings and are mostly between 2mm-5mm in size, so possibly too small for your uses. I bought them for making doll-sized jewellery, like the rings in this icon.