i just did that...a guy brought me his sweat shirts and transfers. i charged him 1.00 per press and i did 65 shirts in about 30-40 mins...that was an easy 65 bucks...cash!
we don't generally production runs on supplied garments. We do sew on single or a small number of items and charge a flat fee for embroidery up to 4" square and by the 1000 stitches for anything bigger. The customer needs to pick from letters and stock embroidery files for this pricing.
Re: How to charge for embroidery on customer supplied garments?
Our minimum is $12 for a customer supplied garment. The minimum goes down as the quantity increases. Keep in mind, you start in the hole if a mistake is made on the supplied garment.
Re: How to charge for embroidery on customer supplied garments?
I try to discourage this practice, but will charge a person on 1's or 2' for 1.25 per thousand stitches. I also tell them that if their garment is destroyed fro any reason i accept no libility and they will get back a defective garment. i tell them if they order and use my garments they get what they order, but i will not gurantee customer supplied garments. ....I also charge a minimun $6 fee per garment and will give them up 5000 stitches for that price. ....JB
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I agree, I discourage customer supplied items if it is something I can supply. Some embroiderers have problems when customers bring in really thin, cheap items that don't embroider well or bags that aren't embroidery friendly. What ever you do, if you embroider on customer supplied items make sure that you charge more for the embroidery than you would if you supplied the garment. Don't be afraid to say "NO" to items that you are unfamiliar with & may have problems with because you won't be able to practice. If you accept large quantities, state a waste percentage such as 2-3%.
Re: How to charge for embroidery on customer supplied garments?
For customer supplied goods, I throw $X per stitch rule out the window. I have a $12 minimum per order for customer supplied goods. I rarely charge less than $6 per item within that order...for example, I charge $8 for a 6 letter name on a towel, and if they have only one towel, then it would cost them $12.
There are items that I will not take, such as grandma's quilt, or the polo shirt that the customer says he paid $100 for.
Anyone who balks at a $12 minimum doesn't value your craft, and will complain about the smallest of imperfections (and hey, nothing is perfect!). Consider the time it's taking you to sell, mark, hoop, and stitch -- if you're charging $1 per thousand, you're losing money.
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2-3 percent wastage? hmmm, we build 10% into our prices. It gives me a lot of room to screw up.
We just don't take supplied garments. Our prices are geared to a package deal of a decorated garment. We know our competition sells a product with a raft of charges so we make it simple and give 'out the door' pricing. A typical polo shirt with a 4" 5K stitch embroidery will go for $30/ea. That gives about $19 in gross profit above the cost of goods.
We do not, however, have machine time charges or figure calculations on machine time. I do not like this practice when the machine is idle part of the day. If we had the machine running 24 hours a day, then I would start to weed out the less profitable orders but for now, we take all orders that make us money over material costs.
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wow. I wish I could get that kind of prices on my work. I would be out of business. I charge a minimum of $5 and $1 per thousand after 5000. Most of the items I do are brought to me. I do make them sign a waiver stating that if something happens to their garment I will not replace it. I am thinking about changing my pricing but not sure how. I would like to do an "out the door" price on different items, but not sure how to do it.
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custom or stock, it is all the same to us.
So if somebody brought you their business logo and wanted it put on a single polo, you charge them the same as you would somebody to just put their monogram on a polo?
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So if somebody brought you their business logo and wanted it put on a single polo, you charge them the same as you would somebody to just put their monogram on a polo?
yuppers......we would charge $8 to put it on their garment or $30 plus shipping on ours (garment and emb. included). 99% of our customers don't know what good artwork is but how complex can a 4" logo get? It takes me a few minutes to create the design in vector art and a second to digitize it with an auto digitizer.
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