Most excellent follow up question! $9 seems to be the sweet spot for hard copy patterns, with the high end ones going for more, but for me, it better be a super awesome pattern for me to pay more than ten bucks. PDF ones seem to average $5-$6.
Originally Posted by
ManiacQuilter2
I might suggest you try selling a pattern PDF on Craftsy.
I second this. Craftsy is a great resource for selling patterns. On Etsy, it's so easy to get lost in the sea of stuff, but Craftsy seems more narrowly focused and less populated. I've had decent success on there.
Originally Posted by
btiny36
....but why isn't there a better deal on pdf patterns...
I tend to think they are a better deal (but I am biased lol!). Granted, the majority of work that goes into the pattern is 1)Designing it 2)figuring out how to tell someone else how to make it, measurements, yardage, instructions, drawing diagrams. Woo boy! Someone mentioned in the other thread about offering different sizes of a design, so back to the drawing board you go for each size of the quilt! Laying it out in some sort of program for press, etc. Compared to all that hourly work, the print cost is somewhat insignificant.