[Craft Post: Hama bead fridge magnets - FOR SALE]

[creatore_magico]

HAMA BEAD PIXEL SPRITE FRIDGE MAGNETS! Sprites made with plastic hama beads and iron flat, with super glue attached magnets to make them stick to anything magnetic!

I've been making these things for months so I wanted to post my progress! All of these are FOR SALE and make great gifts for fellows geeks who want totally awesome fridges. I'm putting

Comments

[son_of_darkness]

Holy crap, Ku!!! These are fucking AMAZING!!! I am so impressed. You should get your butt over to Etsy to sell these. And raise your goddamn prices, yo. ;P You could make good money on these.

[creatore_magico]

Kye face <3 You are such a sweetie pie! I put quite a bit of time into these but I enjoy doing them! I#m so flattered you are impressed *blush blush*

What sort of prices would you suggest? I'm not sure how much I can raise them, at the moment I'm pricing them based on how many beads are in each one.

*hugs*

[son_of_darkness]

Well, when you're making something with the intention to sell, you need to be making a profit. So you take into account the amount of materials each one is going to take, plus the amount of time each one will take you to make.

When I was making tutus, in terms of just materials each one took to make, it would cost roughly £5-6. But the finished products would end up selling for about £15 because I was taking into account time and profit.

I think you could raise your prices *EASILY* by at least £2 on everything. I've seen tiny little things like those small ones selling on Etsy for £3-5 each. The big ones would easily sell for £10-12

Go check out Etsy and look for keyrings and magnets and stuff. See how much they're going for. Might give you an idea of what kind of market is out there. :D

[annarti]

Seconded! These are all beautifully made, Ku! And if you feel guilty for lifting prices, just think of it as not undercutting the market X3

[creatore_magico]

♥ Thanks Narti, and Kye. I was more thinking about what people could actually afford, as well as not really acounting for my time so much as materials.

Okay, I'm going to jack the prices up a tiny bit! *hugs* I hope it works out. I want to try and sell these at Expo's as well as online so I know people are more likely to spend out a lot there.

[hot_jupiters]

Totes agree!