I recently made a Blouse for a commission and I charged $55 for it. Granted, she was a friend and she sold me my first piece of brand, so I kinda love the girl lol
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Thanks for the explanation of how you run things, this really helps! And thanks for the price ranges C: It gives me a good starting point. Thanks so much for your help!
So, if the materials to make the dress are $50, I would charge the person $125+shipping.
It tends to make life simpler for me, because I don't have to worry about charging less than what it's worth, or charging a ridiculous amount by doing it by the hour.
I recently made a friend her wedding dress, and the materials cost $450. I put 150 hours into making the dress. Had I charged by the hour ($12 on the low scale), with materials, the lowest the dress could have cost was $2250. That's a lot for a dress (even a wedding dress) so I figured out the 2.5 rule works pretty well.
I know some people who do a Materials x Hours worked x .34 and that works as well. (that's the amount you add to the materials cost, by the way.)
The thing you need to remember is thatyour time is, in fact, worth money.
Thanks for those two little formulas! The x2.5 sounds very fair, i think i might use that C: And wow, i'm sure the dress must've been incredible with all the time you put into it C:
I'd be wary of using materials cost as a base. I know it's common in the crafting community, but it in no way reflects the amount of time put into an article. If you have a reliable source for good fabrics you may only spend $30 on fabric for an intricately pintucked and frilled dress, and $75 would be a ridiculous price. Likewise if you spent $60 on a very nice piece of fabric and expensive lace but just made a basic, box pleated skirt in a couple hours, $90 for labor would be a bit excessive
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I'm just starting to take commissions myself, and I've decided to use what's called "keystone pricing" for my smaller / easier to make items. Basically, you take the cost of materials, double it, and add 10%.
So, if my bloomers cost $5 to make, I'd double it to $10, and add 10% ($1). My total charge is $11.00. :)
Like you, I'm going to have to figure something else out for more complicated items.
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Materials x 2.5
So, if the materials to make the dress are $50, I would charge the person $125+shipping.
It tends to make life simpler for me, because I don't have to worry about charging less than what it's worth, or charging a ridiculous amount by doing it by the hour.
I recently made a friend her wedding dress, and the materials cost $450. I put 150 hours into making the dress. Had I charged by the hour ($12 on the low scale), with materials, the lowest the dress could have cost was $2250. That's a lot for a dress (even a wedding dress) so I figured out the 2.5 rule works pretty well.
I know some people who do a Materials x Hours worked x .34 and that works as well. (that's the amount you add to the materials cost, by the way.)
The thing you need to remember is thatyour time is, in fact, worth money.
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So, if my bloomers cost $5 to make, I'd double it to $10, and add 10% ($1). My total charge is $11.00. :)
Like you, I'm going to have to figure something else out for more complicated items.
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