Cross stitch and embroidery

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Does anyone else on here ever do commissions? How do you set your prices? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by MrJameGumb@lemmy.world to c/lemmy_stitch@sh.itjust.works

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I just finished one commission that I realized I severely undercharged for once I started it, now I have a few other people asking me to make more pieces!

I looked up some info online about setting prices, but I'm honestly never sure how many hours a cross stitch is going to take me to finish, and the other method they recommended was charging by the number of stitches, but that seems like it ends up making things more expensive than people would be willing to pay...

Does anyone else have an easy pricing structure they use?

Is @thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee still on here? I feel like she might have some experience with this lol

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[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 8 points 6 months ago

I have no clue about cross stitching (just saw your post in all) but this...

but that seems like it ends up making things more expensive than people would be willing to pay...

... is not necessarily an issue. Not everyone is willing or able to pay an adequate price to make up for your time and material. Handmade stuff is a kind of luxury good after all. Turning down some requests and not making everyone happy is an important step IMO.

Did you check Etsy or similar platforms already to check out other people's prices? Focus on people in your geographic area. If you're living in a high-price country, you can't compete with low-price countries.