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I need some advice... How do I price my products?

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I need some advice... How do I price my products?
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My Website :)
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October 21

Sakura replied to Louise Brack (Loula Designs)'s discussion 'I need some advice... How do I price my products?'

Hi Louise Check out p62-65 of the Summer Issue of UK Handmade Magazine there is an article all about this :D You can see the mag here Sakura x

July 23

Christine Toomey replied to Louise Brack (Loula Designs)'s discussion 'I need some advice... How do I price my products?'

This is a great thread for all of us new sellers- Thank you all for the useful replies-they are valued and appreciated. Many Thanks Chrisx

July 19

Victoria Peat replied to Louise Brack (Loula Designs)'s discussion 'I need some advice... How do I price my products?'

For me I have always worked my pricing from recommended retail price backwards, which I realise can be difficult if you don't have anything to compare your product to or are prone to underselling yourself. I start with a product and decide that it'…

July 17

Catherine Marche replied to Louise Brack (Loula Designs)'s discussion 'I need some advice... How do I price my products?'

when pricing, you also need to take care of your overheads. You need to add all expenses, say for a year (rent, tools, insurance, show fees, etc...) and divide them by the number of hours you will be working for example studio rent £200/month = 2400…

June 30

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June 16

Larissa replied to Louise Brack (Loula Designs)'s discussion 'I need some advice... How do I price my products?'

Hi Louise, The next issue of UKHandmade will have something in it you will find very interesting and hopefully useful re your question. Do not undersell yourself! After all .. you are a designer. You just graduated from college as a designer too so…

June 3

Captain Skulduggery Dug replied to Louise Brack (Loula Designs)'s discussion 'My Website :)'

It looks good. Clean and simple. I would advise 2 small tweaks. On the front page have some photographs to wet peoples appetite for what's to come and make sure there is an element of text of your front page that is regularly changed. Websites that…

June 1

Louise Brack (Loula Designs) replied to Louise Brack (Loula Designs)'s discussion 'I need some advice... How do I price my products?'

Thanks for the advice, it's helped me a lot! :)

June 1

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June 1

Jane Platts replied to Louise Brack (Loula Designs)'s discussion 'My Website :)'

I have website envy! Your home page is gorgeous, i seriously need some techno savvy!

June 1

Jessica Noonan replied to Louise Brack (Loula Designs)'s discussion 'I need some advice... How do I price my products?'

Hi Louise, When I price my work to sell to galleries I add the cost of materials to my labour cost per hour and add on a small percentage for profit. For example if something took me an hour to make and the materials were £5. £7 labour (Some peop…

June 1

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I need some advice... How do I price my products?

After my final show, someone rang me wanting to buy some of my work, to put into a new shop opening in London soon! :) However, I really don't know how much to sell them for. I don't know a lot about the shop, but I think it's unique and slightly ex…

June 1

Surf Jewels replied to Louise Brack (Loula Designs)'s discussion 'My Website :)'

Looks cool, be good once you have stuff in your shop, but nice design. Hannah. Handmade Ethical Jewellery: http://surfjewels.000space.com

May 23

Julia Marsh replied to Louise Brack (Loula Designs)'s discussion 'My Website :)'

Hi Louise Congratulations on getting your site up and running. I just had a look, I like the front page. It is very attractive, it made me want to have a look further inside. It all looks "clean" ( I like the white background), uncluttered, easy to…

May 23

Karen Jinks / Kala replied to Louise Brack (Loula Designs)'s discussion 'My Website :)'

looking good!

May 23

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At 9:09pm on April 16, 2009, The Beauty is in the Detail said…: Hi Louise!
Being nosy is fine! I kind of fell into it really. Studied Fine Art at Uni - retrained as a graphic designer when I realised I wanted a career where I could make at least some money! Then nine years ago joined a UK based importer who wanted a point of difference by designing their product rather than buying "off the shelf" designs.

The pay was rubbish and they didn't know what to do with me at first but luckily I'm a bit pushy so I nine years later I'm the Head Designer of a team of 6 designers. We sell lots of different products from Wall Art, mirrors, Mens and Ladies Leather gifts, jewellery boxes, clocks, silver plated items - anything gifty really!

It's difficult for me sometimes as so often my designs are changed to make them cheaper - taking away the elements which made them nice in the first place. The buyers priority is always their profit margins - the product and what the customer wants is always a very late afterthought!

Guess that's why I am so passionate about handcrafted items - seen too much behind the scenes of the mass market industry - including the Far East factories!!

Bet you wish you never asked now!! :0)

At 8:43pm on April 16, 2009, The Beauty is in the Detail said…: love your work!

At 8:12am on April 7, 2009, Karen Jinks / Kala said…: welcome to the group!

At 10:20pm on April 6, 2009, rebecca smith said…: hello!!! thanks for adding me as a friend. i love the look of your jewellery especially the birds/swallows!! and the coin purse!!
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