well, i don't really buy stuff online so I guess I wouldn't be able to say. But I took a quick check on etsy and I guess for papercraft the average price may be ranging between 6 to 12 dollar?
But I think it would actually be a lot better if you were to determine the price from the time you spend making them. Because it seems like a lot of work and it does look really good.
Anyway, I think selling them as something like bookmarks/gift cards/gift tags etc. would be pretty profitable :P
First thing first: this is absolutely adorable and a really cute idea <3 About the selling, I have never seen these for sale online so I couldn't say a price. Between 6-12 doesn't seem bad, though I agree with coco_sky that you should count the time and the material you spend for when deciding for a price. Also, the idea of making these as gift cards/bookmarks or something like that is very good imho. These kind of things are very cute to look at but one may wonder what to do with them then; doing something artistic and kind of useful like that should be ok :)
Ahhh, thanks for the compliment! Glad you like it! :D
Yeah, I don't really see much decorative paper craft sold so it's a little hard for me to decide the price range and stuff. Thanks for your feedback, I really appreciate it! :)
One problem would be that since this is individually hand-made, it's kinda difficult to be able to produce them at a fast enough rate, or to mass produce them like a printed bookmark, so I'm really cautious about it.
But a BIG THANKS for suggesting so many ideas and giving me a price range! I'm not from the US, so I don't really have the hang of US currency rates and stuff (plus my country's currency is like, 3 times lower than the USD hahah, and the people here are really too cheapskate to pay for paper art), this is a big help!
I regularly do commissioned work, and the best advice I can give you is you need to factor in your time, skill and cost of materials. How much time are you pouring into these, and how much is it worth to you to make in return? Everyone else's comments above are great, and they likely know way more about papercraft than I.
Also, do keep in mind that oftentimes market-value for something isn't always equal to your actual worth :/ The prices they listed will be attractive to customers I think, but you need to decide if the time invested is alright by you. Personally, I wouldn't feel too good about selling something for $7 for 2.5 hours of work, but I have no idea how the papercraft market is, sales-wise :/
And for the record, I think what you made is DARLING and just... a beautiful little piece :) I love their faces and little hands!
I do know I'll really have to buck up on making these fast enough to be able to have some profit on it, so I'm treading this whole selling business very carefully. More practice first, for starters! XD It is pretty disheartening to see how much artists undercharge themselves to be able to sell, but haha, that's how the world works I guess.
Good luck to you :) I would suggest an easy way of determining a price for yourself would be to decide how much you'd want to be paid per hour as a standard hourly wage for this sort of thing, then see how many hours it takes (2.5, 3, 5+?) on each, and then calculate the price based on that, + materials. Compare that to what other hand-made original pieces costs, and go from there?
Compare/contrast, see what the market tends to play, but always always always be fair to yourself as well as the customer :)
In addition to turning them into something practical, perhaps buy some very inexpensive frames and sell them framed. I think people might be a lot less likely to look at a framed picture and think "well what would I DO with it" when the answer is obvious.
6-12 dollars seems very low to me for this amount of work, but I am also an artist, and I've dabbled around with papercraft so I know how much goes into it. There's a really fine balance between the price you're willing to let something go for, and the price kids on the internet are willing to pay, unfortunately.
Framed paper art is a great idea, thank you!! Yeah, I'm quite disheartened by how much artists have to undercharge themselves to be able to sell to the young crowd. And because this is something so time-consuming and cannot be easily mass produced, I'm being very cautious about this. More practice and research first! I may take the plunge only some time in the future when I'm good and fast enough at this.
Great suggestions and advice, thank you very much!! :DDD
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But I think it would actually be a lot better if you were to determine the price from the time you spend making them. Because it seems like a lot of work and it does look really good.
Anyway, I think selling them as something like bookmarks/gift cards/gift tags etc. would be pretty profitable :P
hope i could be of help
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About the selling, I have never seen these for sale online so I couldn't say a price. Between 6-12 doesn't seem bad, though I agree with coco_sky that you should count the time and the material you spend for when deciding for a price.
Also, the idea of making these as gift cards/bookmarks or something like that is very good imho. These kind of things are very cute to look at but one may wonder what to do with them then; doing something artistic and kind of useful like that should be ok :)
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Yeah, I don't really see much decorative paper craft sold so it's a little hard for me to decide the price range and stuff. Thanks for your feedback, I really appreciate it! :)
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One problem would be that since this is individually hand-made, it's kinda difficult to be able to produce them at a fast enough rate, or to mass produce them like a printed bookmark, so I'm really cautious about it.
But a BIG THANKS for suggesting so many ideas and giving me a price range! I'm not from the US, so I don't really have the hang of US currency rates and stuff (plus my country's currency is like, 3 times lower than the USD hahah, and the people here are really too cheapskate to pay for paper art), this is a big help!
Thanks again! <3 <3 <3
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Also, do keep in mind that oftentimes market-value for something isn't always equal to your actual worth :/ The prices they listed will be attractive to customers I think, but you need to decide if the time invested is alright by you. Personally, I wouldn't feel too good about selling something for $7 for 2.5 hours of work, but I have no idea how the papercraft market is, sales-wise :/
And for the record, I think what you made is DARLING and just... a beautiful little piece :) I love their faces and little hands!
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I do know I'll really have to buck up on making these fast enough to be able to have some profit on it, so I'm treading this whole selling business very carefully. More practice first, for starters! XD It is pretty disheartening to see how much artists undercharge themselves to be able to sell, but haha, that's how the world works I guess.
Thanks for your advice! It really helps a lot! <3
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Compare/contrast, see what the market tends to play, but always always always be fair to yourself as well as the customer :)
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6-12 dollars seems very low to me for this amount of work, but I am also an artist, and I've dabbled around with papercraft so I know how much goes into it. There's a really fine balance between the price you're willing to let something go for, and the price kids on the internet are willing to pay, unfortunately.
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Framed paper art is a great idea, thank you!! Yeah, I'm quite disheartened by how much artists have to undercharge themselves to be able to sell to the young crowd. And because this is something so time-consuming and cannot be easily mass produced, I'm being very cautious about this. More practice and research first! I may take the plunge only some time in the future when I'm good and fast enough at this.
Great suggestions and advice, thank you very much!! :DDD
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