Quilted Wallet a big hit...but?
#71
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Join Date: Jul 2010
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$15 is a fair price to me. i recently saw a small quilted wallet selling for 9. after looking at it i realized i had the same pattern at home so i dug it out and made one. While it was not difficult or time consuming, if I was going to make them to sell i would want more than the $9 they were being sold for.
Ask yourself if you really want to turn your fun into a job. If you are considering doing this, I would do as someone suggested and make some up and then offer them for sale. Custom orders can be a real pain.
Ask yourself if you really want to turn your fun into a job. If you are considering doing this, I would do as someone suggested and make some up and then offer them for sale. Custom orders can be a real pain.
#72
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Lansing, MI
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OMG - this is why we love this Board so much. I was pretty much "talking out-loud" to myself, about what to charge for my wallets, and I have received so much good input. I thank you all. YES, our talents are unique and we should NOT underestimate the value of our abilities. I am guilty, guilty, guilty. Thank you all for your opinions. I'm thinking $15 sounds like a pretty good investment for all parties involved
I designed a small cross-body bag and gave to my friend - I got at least a dozen orders just from her and everyone paid the $28 because it was so unique. $28 for a cute, unique bag??? What lady isn't going to pay that?
Over the past year I've probably made 30 or more. These little bags sold for $29.95 + shipping on my Etsy shop. I only sold this few because I got sick and haven't made any in the past 5 months.
Just don't sell yourself short or you'll be unhappy with your decision. If you want to discuss more offline, please feel free to PM me. I can give you more tips that have worked or didn't work for me. If others are interested in making these small accessory items let me know and I can continue to post my experience. Lord knows how many failed items I've had and what is working.
#73
Think that $10 is a super bargain. You do beautiful work. My problem is that if someone likes something I made and asks for one like it I just make it and give it away. My DH says I should charge. I agree with another member, if you bought that wallet commercially you would easily be charged $25 or more.
#74
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Lansing, MI
Posts: 1,038
Think that $10 is a super bargain. You do beautiful work. My problem is that if someone likes something I made and asks for one like it I just make it and give it away. My DH says I should charge. I agree with another member, if you bought that wallet commercially you would easily be charged $25 or more.
#76
Vera Bradley is all the rage now for teen girls in my area. $25 for a small wallet is about average for that brand at the retail stores. I've found them on sale for $12 at the outlet stores. If I sew to sell, I sew to SELL. Sewing to fill orders is either a business or just something to do with your time.
#77
I would charge at least $15-20 for the wallet. For the friends (and by friends, I mean close friends, like the old saying, ...."the ones you count on the fingers of one hand" so to speak, I would probably find some way to make them one for a gift, but for casual friends (acquaintenances, friends-of-friends, groups you belong to, etc.), IMHO, I think you should charge for making these. Special fabrics, or embellishments should be an additional charge. What is fun quickly becomes a job when you have to make oodles of one thing when you are yearning to start that next exciting project that is just sitting there on your work table! (Smiles)
#78
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Small town in Northeast Oregon close to Washington and Idaho
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I'd say $22.50. That's a happy medium. They are way too nice for $15 or $20. I would pay $25 for one, but it sounds like you don't want to charge that much. $22.50 is a good clean price. Can I buy one for $22.50?
#80
OMG - this is why we love this Board so much. I was pretty much "talking out-loud" to myself, about what to charge for my wallets, and I have received so much good input. I thank you all. YES, our talents are unique and we should NOT underestimate the value of our abilities. I am guilty, guilty, guilty. Thank you all for your opinions. I'm thinking $15 sounds like a pretty good investment for all parties involved
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