Selling my bracelets
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funkyXtina
Bracelet King
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1 year, 1 month ago by funkyXtina
I’m going to a show with my friend soon. I’m going to sell my tie dye and I’ll be taking my bracelets that I have. I’d like to sell them if I can. I was inquiring about what y’all (my community) would think a reasonable price would be for what I have. I typically like making larger patterns because of the eye popping effect that they have. So some patterns I have currently to give you an idea of what I should charge: 47196, 26798, 150554. Those are pretty large. The smallest bracelets I have are probably 12 strings. So my question: what do you charge? What’s your though process behind why you sell for that much? Is there a science to it? Any help is very much appreciated. I can market them as bracelets or a wearable bookmark 😅 Thank you for all and any help. Clarity is needed. 😊 |
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halokiwi
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1 year, 1 month ago by halokiwi
I don't sell my bracelets, but a good way to determine prices is in my opinion to consider material cost and time spent.You have to cover the material costs and you should pay yourself an appropriate wage for the time you spent tying the bracelet. |
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Hylia224
Bracelet King
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1 year, 1 month ago by Hylia224
SO!I typically sell my bracelets for anywhere from $13 to $18, and these are smaller Alphas (like 10 to 14 base strings) and 12 to 16 string normals. My prices have been changed and negotiated repeatedly because my parents are in full support of me having a business and making sure I get my money's worth out of everything. There's no real system I use. I typically use a base of about $15 and just add how much time and string was spent on this one bracelet (the less detailed, smaller 12 string bracelets are automatically $13 to $15) In the past I've also done what I called a "mommy and me" set where I had similar patterns but of different sizes for a mother and daughter I know it might seem like a lot but I would shoot for $20 or more with your creations. A lot of string and time goes into them and you don't want to short yourself on your time and worth and talent. Sure, at some point somebody's going to come up and be like "oh yeah I can make that myself and sell it for less" and that's their prerogative. But these are YOUR creations and YOU can't be made to feel less worth because of your skill. Not everybody can do what we do and depending on the quality and style of what you make, some people WILL pay a lot for something you made ~with your own hands~ (Which still blows my mind when I sell things like "wow they really want what I made") SO! Don't lower your prices and standards for people's expectations. If people are going to throw a fit over higher prices, they're going to throw a fit and there's nothing you should do, because DONT BE A PEOPLE-PLEASER WHEN IT COMES TO PRICES. And I feel like this is one of the best pieces of advice I can give for pricing. "This is what it's worth and I'm not changing it for you, who did nothing for its creation" I hope this helped a lot and good luck selling! 💖 |
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Tanimo32
Skiller
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1 year, 1 month ago by Tanimo32
I agree with @Hylia224, I've had a couple people compain about prices, but considering that we spend hours on our work, and how much thread we can use on projects, our work is worth more than the $5 some people are selling it for. If somebody does give you trouble for it, just explain how many hours you spent on it, and bring up how much it would cost if you priced it by minimum wage per hour. (They usually get wide eyes when I do that)
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angelicsky
Skiller
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1 year, 1 month ago by angelicsky
I do li
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angelicsky
Skiller
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1 year, 1 month ago by angelicsky
Oops
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angelicsky
Skiller
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1 year, 1 month ago by angelicsky
I do 8$ for 12 string+ and 6$ for -11 strings
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