How do you charge for 2 sizes of the same design?

As an embroiderer who contracts out digitizing I think its fine to charge for the more expensive design and an additional fee for any necessary edits to the second design. I also think its fine to charge for future edits when you feel its necessary.

Digidana, I like your final statement!

when i resize a design, i go through everything and readjust the densities to what they should be for the new size, but i don't charge for that. it started in the beginning (20 years ago) when everybody wanted melco condensed, so i didn't charge for resizing because it was a pain to digitize for condensed....and the results just weren't the same. condensed would keep the density the same, but going from a 1.3 mm stitch to a 2 mm stitch, the density should be increased. it made me crazy that they weren't getting the best results that they could, so i've never charge for resizing because i would rather do it myself to make sure its right. that said...if the design requires editing, like you were saying, redoing running stitch details/outlines to satin stitches, etc. then its usually a $25 editing charge...unless its a LOT of editing.

Going from a small size to a big size is one thing. From a hat to a flat is completely different. Depending on the design I'm going to have to add middle center out run stitches on fill to tack the stabilizer down to the hat so that I won't have problems with creases. Add in that I'll need to increase density on both satin or fill stitching to cover curvature of the hat or the pesky seam in the center. Now I want to use that same design on a knit polo. I'll have to change the density and remove any tacking stitches I put in for the hat. Because of this I charge the customer a fee if I have to change elements of a design to accommodate different medium. I don't digitize for others, only the items that we will run ourselves so my diatribe may not apply.

i never charge for resizing....even if its 10 years later...unless it requires major editing. if i see something in the design that i did, that i now don't like, its my bad and i fix it. sometimes i don't charge for editing from a left chest to a cap if i have to redo left side to make it center out...if my customer didn't know it would need changes. meaning, they tried to use the LC design on the cap and had issues. i've told all of my customers, to ALWAYS let me know if the design might ever be stitched on a caps so i can keep that in mind when i digitize it initially. my reasoning is that if i can make the changes faster than i can create the invoice then it doesn't make sense to charge for it. this is also true for minor edits, even on designs i didn't create initially. like, if they want a color change, or a line of text removed, etc.

hahaha, i'm with ya. most of my customers are pretty regular. there are some that don't need much done, and i am more lenient with the ones that i do a lot of work for. sometimes i'll throw in a free quickie design if they have one they want done for themselves personally...or if they're needing one for a good cause (a charity).

i do store all of the designs. i have every design that i've ever done. they don't take up that much space. i don't keep the artwork and i don't save the artwork with the design file, so that keeps the space down. it has come in handy a few times. i had one customer in kentucky whose shop was flooded and they lost everything. i kind of serve as their back up.

i'm absolutely with you about valuing our time/ability/software, etc. i'm not cheap. if they want cheap, there are lots of options. i usually end up editing them or redoing them. great digitizing is a business investment. if you want a quality garment, you don't buy a crappy machine...why would you pay for crappy digitizing? in my opinion, the digitizing is more important than the machine. even the best machine can't make a bad design look good!