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Old February 11th 04, 05:49 AM
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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
news:1076469073.78773@prawn...
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
...
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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