 Re: Thinking about expanding to emboidery
It is rather expensive to start up, but if you can become a one stop shop for your customers, then it may well be worth the investment.
As for setting prices, it depends on stitch count to a certain degree. For me, it also depends on if the customer is buying the garments (or whatever) from me or, if they're providing their own.
I have a $14 per piece minimum for customer's own goods. On goods that I supply, I really make my money on the merchandise. So for example on a polo, I would charge $6 - $8 for up to about 8k stitches, and up charge from there.
I'm just starting to digitize the simple stuff myself, I still send out the more complicated digitizing jobs.
To find a digitizer, I suggest sending a graphic to 3 or 4 digitizers. That will help you judge their customer service, as well as their digitizing skills. Nothing more frustrating than having someone be late with your file, and then having problems sewing it out when you have a deadline.
Go to some shows if you can so you can see the machines in action. Take the training. But most importantly, find out how close or far the nearest tech for the particular machine is. Call the customer support department for both the machine, and the software before you buy -- see how long it takes for them to answer your call, call you back, or answer a fairly simple question. |