question about selling quilts
Hi everyone,
I have a question or two about selling quilts at different venues. I have noticed that on Etsy, you get all sorts of different pricing. Some of them are so low priced, that I do not know how they make money. I have also noticed this at some local boutiques and on different web sites. When I do a quilt, even if I got the fabric on sale, I price the fabric at normal price. My reason for doing this, is in case someone else wants one, and I can't get it on sale. When you are selling these in person, how do you convince people that yes, yours may be higher priced, but they are hopefully higher quality.
My daughter and I have some boutiques coming up soon, and I would like to know how to deal with this. Some of them are limiting just one quilt booth, but some are not, but have said they will make sure we are well spread out. I kind of hate the thought of competing with someone, but I hope that somehow people will realize that mine are much higher quality. I know I won't ever be able to charge what they may really be worth, and I realize that I won't get rich. I love making quilts and I want to offer people a great quality item and hope they will be willing to pay what I am charging.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.