[kc6789]

H = hypothetically

400 black shirts H $2.90 ea. $1,160
That's just my cost to buy the shirts.

Ink per shirt H $0.40 ea. $160

Total per shirt H $1,320 ($3.30 ea.)

ONLY based on these calculations, how much whould I SELL the shirts for, knowing that they will be RESOLD for $20 each?

This is not the deal I'm making, I just want to get some kind of idea. Thanks.


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[Celtic]

don't forget shipping costs of the shirts as well as electricity usage.

 

[kc6789]

don't forget shipping costs of the shirts as well as electricity usage.

There is no shipping cost and magic is the electricity. It's hypothetical!!!


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[wonubee]

There is no shipping cost and magic is the electricity. It's hypothetical!!!


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Well then hypothetically you couldn't do the job without shipping the finished product. Also how are you going to do it without electricity. I mean hypothetically and all.

 

[kc6789]

U guys. Just get over it and answer the question. Plus, I wouldn't ship something that's less than a block away from my house. The electricity is still magic tho.


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[tpitman]

What does it cost you to produce the shirt aside from your shirt cost? Ink, electricity, rent (if you rent space) and so on needs to be calculated into all your quotes, plus whatever you intend to pay yourself, and whatever profit you need for your business, unless whatever is left over after the sale goes into your pocket as discretionary income.
You really can't plan on basing your price to your customer because you think he'll get $20 a shirt. If the going rate for the order would be $7.50 each, and that would be a good price for you to get normally, but you figure you can get $10 each because the guy MIGHT sell them for $20 each, you'll eventually lose a customer who feels you chiseled them, or you won't get the job to begin with because yours is one of several quotes.
I did a run last winter of about 1600 shirts. I priced it at what I normally would. I know for a fact that the customer didn't get other quotes, and she uses me because I get the job out and it looks good. I could have charged her more per shirt, but somewhere along the line if the costs get out of hand, she'll start getting suspicious and if she finds out I've been taking her to the cleaners, I'll be SOL. I'd rather have her as a steady customer for YEARS, charging what I NEED to and what's competitive, as opposed to making a killing, pissing her off, and, aside from losing her business, having her badmouth me as being overpriced.

 

[Celtic]

There is no shipping cost and magic is the electricity. It's hypothetical!!!


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The shipping charges to be included in your pricing refers to the cost to have the shirts shipped TO YOU. You know, you buy wholesale shirts, they ship to your location. Nothing to do with you shipping out shirts to your customer.


You're asking about hypotheticals, well, these factors add into that. Just trying to help you see all of your costs.

 

[Celtic]

Well then hypothetically you couldn't do the job without shipping the finished product. Also how are you going to do it without electricity. I mean hypothetically and all.

Magic beans and fairies.
They work for free, too.

 

[macmiller]

.40 in ink per shirt, are you printing liquid gold or something? it should be just a few pennies.... anyway.

how many print colors?
shirt color?
you only have a flash, right? no dryer?
how much is your time worth, hourly, daily, weekly, etc?

you can't have so many unconsidered considerations, even if it's hypothetical. why not just make it a "pretend quote" from a real working price list, you'll need a list eventually.

And like Tom said, you can't base your price on what they will sell them for. Even if they never found out that you're jabbing them, they have costs in there just as you have your costs, beyond the shirt itself, making the $20 shirt cost what it does.

 

[binki]

If I know they will be resold at $20 then I want $10.

 

[tpitman]

If I know they will be resold at $20 then I want $10.

The other guy wants $8.60, and he's a better printer.

 

[TshirtGuru]

U guys. Just get over it and answer the question. Plus, I wouldn't ship something that's less than a block away from my house. The electricity is still magic tho.


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Kacie,

Not to be rude, but this is the reason you should not start your own business yet. Electricity isn't magic. I pay $500 a month on electricity alone and magic doesn't pay for that.

 

[kc6789]

Kacie,

Not to be rude, but this is the reason you should not start your own business yet. Electricity isn't magic. I pay $500 a month on electricity alone and magic doesn't pay for that.

Omfg. I live with my parents. They pay it. Y the hell can't u people just answer the question!!!!!!!!!!!


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[tpitman]

So sell 'em for anything over your cost and under $20 you can get. Since you're going to ignore any other factors such as rent, electricity, insurance, and so forth, are you going to ignore the other garage printer down the street who's bidding on the job, too? Or the guy with the auto press that's idle and can pound those boys out in an hour at a rate so low that it'll make your head spin? If nothing else enters into the equation, why not take $15 per shirt? As they say, don't leave money on the table. You don't even tell us how many colors, or how many positions. Makes a HUGE difference in what we charge per shirt out here in the real world, as opposed to the rainbow presses and unicorn ink you use in yours. Sorry you find it so exasperating to have to listen to people who actually HAVE to figure those things in to arrive at a quote, whether the job is theoretical or not.

 

[InkedApparel]

hypothetically....400 colored shirts with 1 color on both sides I would be at around $5.25 ea. thats a quick estimate , if other things factor in the price would change

Inked

 

[bungy]

H = hypothetically

400 black shirts H $2.90 ea. $1,160
That's just my cost to buy the shirts.

Ink per shirt H $0.40 ea. $160

Total per shirt H $1,320 ($3.30 ea.)

ONLY based on these calculations, how much whould I SELL the shirts for, knowing that they will be RESOLD for $20 each?

I wouldn't worry about what they may be sold for, I just worry about gtting paid for my efforts.
Let the other guy worry about getting what they want for the shirts.

Your garment cost + print costs (screen, ink etc) + your wages + your garment/print markup = Selling price (H)
this is based on the info given.
as for an actual $ value, any where from $3.30 to $19.99.

 

[mikelmorgan]

In my world I'm at $4.90 a shirt. Assuming it i a one color print on one side. As far as what the customer is selling them for, good for him. If I wanted to get $20 a shirt then what is holding me back. If you get to greedy you will go out of business soon. The thing is that you provide a service, not a product. Your service is applying ink on to a t-shirt. You don't make the shirt. What is your service worth.

The guy you buy ink from is not looking at you and saying you are getting $10 a shirt, thus for I want more for the ink I selling you. Wait a minute, if it is costing you 40 cents a shirt to print he may be!

 

[mrvixx]

Omfg. I live with my parents. They pay it. Y the hell can't u people just answer the question!!!!!!!!!!!


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you should be giving your parents money for electricity, so factor in the cost of that. plus it shouldnt matter what they are being sold for as previously stated. cost (including ink, film waste, electricity) + markup on materials + labor + profit = price.

 

[thutch15]

Omfg. I live with my parents. They pay it. Y the hell can't u people just answer the question!!!!!!!!!!!

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Why the hell would someone want to answer the question! Just a suggestion that when asking for help it would be a good idea not to cop an attitude.