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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 news:1076446594.244893@prawn... 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 -- Mr. Winky says "Glass shards are beautiful, but they can be painful." -- www.shardsoglass.com ================ MeijhanaDesigns - Unique Earrings and More! http://www.meijhanadesigns.com mary at meijhanadesigns dot com HandcraftedJewelry.com http://snipurl.com/45w5 check out my store! |
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