Nope. I had marked your other post as unread so I could reply to it. I
totally agree that what I'm going to do with the bead(s) plays a part in how
much I feel I can pay. I'll pay more for a bead for me than one that I'm
going to put into a piece to try and sell.
I also look at the size of the sets - I tend to not use an entire set in any
piece I make. So I may see a large set that I love, but can't see being
able to make enough pieces out of it (repetition gets old for me) so I may
not buy or bid.
And I'm watching this thread here and at WC since I'm just getting started
selling finished pieces and hopefully, when I think my beads are ready, to
sell beads also.
Kathy K
"Christina Peterson" wrote in message
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Am I the only person who works with lampwork beads who faces this problem?
Tina
"Christina Peterson" wrote in message
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One really big thing about pricing beads is how they will be used.
If I'm only going to buy beads for myself, as an end product, then
paying
retail is a reasonable thing for me to to for those few beads. But if
I'm
going to put them in jewelry to sell I have to work it differently.
Take the cottage rose flowers and bunny sets for $200. What could a
necklace of those beads be sold for? According to most formulas, I
should
double the price of my materials and add in my time at $40 per hour (for
the
amount of time a fast professional would take to make it), to come up
with
wholesale and double that for a retail price. So theoretically, it
should
sell for At the very very least $900. More if it is especially well
designed.
OK then do it backwards. If a necklace of those beads could be sold for
$500, and I am selling my skills as an artist, not as a retailer, I
would
only get $250 wholesale, which would barely cover my costs to make the
necklace and get it to the gallery.
Now, I don't think THAT is reasonable.
I'm finding that when I make jewelry from a set of lampwork, my mark up
on
materials is very small, and I can't make more than a profit of $20 or
$30
on a necklace that will sell at the gallery for $150 to $200.
Tina
"meijhana" wrote in message
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I was impressed by this, and wanted to share!!!
http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/show...73#post2015373
I think we should adopt it as jewelry designers, too (and that means
you,
too, Harry, both as a jewelry designer and as a supplies crafter).
Too
many
times do we hear "I just want to get my money back", and with this, I
think
we can start to educate others, both as buyer and as fellow seller.
Mary
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