dealing with classmates
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Lava_Lav
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Lava_Lav
1 year ago by Lava_Lav
only once in my life I tried to sell something. I took the good keyrings and bracelets to school and showed my classmates. some wanted to have one of them and when I told them that I don't give them for free (it was pretty embarrassing to say that) they started at me as if I said something very weird. one of them said that she wants to buy a bracelet and a keyring and that she will bring 30000 tomans tomorrow. it was actually too few. I took a few hours for them and just the price of the material was more than the price she suggested.
so... have you ever sold your things irl? gimme some advice please
Hylia224
Bracelet King
Hylia224
1 year ago by Hylia224
I set prices up front. Like tell them this one is this much and that one is that much and if you need to, explain why it's so much. Like labor is so-and-so much plus cost of materials which equals set price. Bargaining doesn't seen to work from my experience and having the customers find a price isn't the greatest route (I'm not saying what you did was bad! It's great that you've taken it upon yourself to start selling your creations!) Since they don't know how much time and effort went into it.
I'm not sure how US dollars translates into your currency but I price my stuff from $13 to $20 depending on size, colors, time, materials and detail.
Lava_Lav
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Lava_Lav
1 year ago by Lava_Lav
@Hylia224 thanks for your help! I definitely can't sell them 15 dollars though, because where I live one dollar is like 50000 tomams, idk exactly but it's expensive anyway😅
Hylia224
Bracelet King
Hylia224
1 year ago by Hylia224
Glad I could help a little bit!
Maybe for pricing you could take how much the materials cost (like when you went out to but them or whatever. Like the price of the package of thread, closures/keychrings, etc. not the individual costs of the skeins or bobbins, unless you bought them individually) and set an amount per hour that you worked on them. I bit like a paycheck if that makes sense?
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