is this a fair price for 90,000 stitches?

How many are you doing?

We did a oneoff design with 100K stitches on a leather vest and charged $650. For volume we charge down to $20 for the same amount of stitches.

binki said:

How many are you doing?

We did a oneoff design with 100K stitches on a leather vest and charged $650. For volume we charge down to $20 for the same amount of stitches.

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Wow that's crazy that someone would pay that much to have a embroidered on to something. I price stuff that I don't want to do higher than normal and it always seems as if the customer never bats an eye and just says "okay, do it."

nalob said:

Hi I wanted to see what others think is a fair price for something this big.I have a job that has 96,601 stictches to be exact. It takes me almost 2 hours to complete and was gonna charge $90.

Is that a fair price?
thanks

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How much is the garment you are doing it on worth?.....A job that big might not go smooth and you might have to replace a garment.....

I charge 1.25/K. Discount for cheaper - the other way is $55/hr for machine use - I rate the machine for 1k stitches/min - even if I do not run it that fast. So I would be charging at least $100 - if they have at least 5 maybe 90 - if ten then no set-up charge. I do a lot of leather vest and varsity - so you need to make in case of a hiccup and just keep your fingers cross.

Thanks for the replies. It's for a patch for a club in my state. I did a sample n took atleast an hour forty five mins. I usually price at $60 an hour.

I don't think they'll order more than one at a time either.

If this job is likely to repeat, find an overseas supplier.....Been a couple years but did 12 full back patches for around 200.00 landed.....The supplier notes are on a dead computer so I can not get at them right now.....

the only problem is if they come in 1 or 2 at a time then better to do self - or you buy extra and they do not come back -now you have more samples you do not need.

So something like this that is 1 at a time, eh, maybe $100 or even $50. You only have to change the bobbin, what, 3 times for each? Who knows what other work that will bring you. Now if your machine is busy 24/7 then you can give them a go-away price and if they bite then there you go.

That's the thing im not really busy. So would you say that $65 is still good?

Don't really know how much they will make at a time but I know it'll b 1 here and there seeing it is a patch.

Thanks again

How many heads do currently have in your shop now binki?

I currently have a single head.

$80 should be your lowest for the opening quote. If they have 10 then do the $65 amount.

If you price to low and some one sees it they will expect the same rate. I did this when I started and it is hard to raise prices. You can give discounts but raising prices people complain

I have 95,000 stitches is my design and they charge us $95 basically $1 per stitch

dan-ann said:

If you price to low and some one sees it they will expect the same rate. I did this when I started and it is hard to raise prices. You can give discounts but raising prices people complain

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You never want to be "that" guy that was the cheapest rate. Simply because they didn't charge correctly (newbies mistake- to take any job and under quote) as Dan said hard to increase the price cause you didn't know or were too eager and took the sale with no profit.

Yes I never want to be the cheapest or try to get jobs by being super low. Made that mistake when i started out as well. But trying to help out a family member out at the same time not take a loss.

You might have mentioned that up front. For family the most you are using is $5 in thread and backing - so now add based on whether - 1, 2, 3rd cuz - kissing cuz, beat you up when you were younger, gave you your first drink - if non of the above - $80

Yeah ended up being $65. Helping a family help his club. Its not exactly for him. I know it will pay off sooner or later though. Didn't want to mention family or friend just wanted to see what everybody thought was a fare price.

Thanks everybody.

we have a single head but are in the purchase process for a 6 head.