I am printing 450 youth t shirts for a friends company. Basic youth tee and just one color print (screenprinted). If the cost of the shirts and supplies used gets me to a cost of 2.50 per shirt, what kind of profit per shirt should I be looking for. Still new to this and would appreciate any help or advice anyone has! Thanks!!
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I would do 450 shirts for no more than $5. Thats just me. I did 200 soccer camp shirts for a friend at $4 each. Everyones situation is different though.
Honestly, the best thing to do, is to find as many LOCAL screenprinters and get a quote for the exact same job....then determine your price from that. That helps in two ways: 1. It gives you something to gauge by and 2. If the customer were to call the other locations, you will know what they will be quoted and you can beat it. It's always good to try and stay a few steps ahead of the customer. Not in a negative way, of course....
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You would be better served to understand your costs an what you need to make a profit. If your running a manual and your competition is running full capacity on an auto press you will competitively price yourself out of business. Not to mention your competition may be getting their blanks by the pallet load and for half the price you can. Then again they may be charging more in the market in your area because there's not much competition and market will bear the higher prices so undercutting them would mess up your potential to get the most profit from what your doing.
Also you need to make sure your adding your cost of labor in there. If your profit is 100$ but it took you 10 hours to print you should consider changing your pricing.
Or do as some do: Undercut everyone, forget to charge for all the materials work your butt off, spend your profits on toys rather then the tools you need, and end up looking for a new way to spend your time after you sell off your gear to recoup your losses.
My two cents. Toss them in a well and make a wish.
Also you need to make sure your adding your cost of labor in there. If your profit is 100$ but it took you 10 hours to print you should consider changing your pricing.
Or do as some do: Undercut everyone, forget to charge for all the materials work your butt off, spend your profits on toys rather then the tools you need, and end up looking for a new way to spend your time after you sell off your gear to recoup your losses.
My two cents. Toss them in a well and make a wish.
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A) Decide what you want to earn per annum $$.
B) Decide how many hours/days/weeks you want to work (allowing for holidays etc)
C) Divide A by B to give yourself an idea of what you need to be charging for your time.
This is obviously a simplified explanation of only one part of your costings, if you run your business based only on material costs, you soon won't have one.
The reason for doing this exercise is to mainly decide it if is even worth running your own business to begin with. If you find out that you can only earn $10 an hour doing shirts, and are giving up a $20 and hour job to do it, you might want to think again ;-)
B) Decide how many hours/days/weeks you want to work (allowing for holidays etc)
C) Divide A by B to give yourself an idea of what you need to be charging for your time.
This is obviously a simplified explanation of only one part of your costings, if you run your business based only on material costs, you soon won't have one.
The reason for doing this exercise is to mainly decide it if is even worth running your own business to begin with. If you find out that you can only earn $10 an hour doing shirts, and are giving up a $20 and hour job to do it, you might want to think again ;-)
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