How you charge for complex designs

Just looking prices structure, i charge $10 per design

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Steven S
Freelance Digitizer and Vector Artist
First Two Designs Free (Embroidery Digitizing Only)
Price $10 per design - Email : digitizingninjas@gmail.com

We charge flat rate of $15 for left chest and $30 for Jacket Back designs.(Regardless of Unlimited stitch counts and complexity).

Megadigitizing - Embroidery Digitizing & Vector Art Service http://www.Megadigitizing.com
(Left Chest | Cap $12 + $3 SEW OUT SAMPLE (Optional) / Jacket Back $30 ) | Leather Patches, Printed Patches, Embroidered Patches etc.

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digidana wrote:
depending on complexity, it could take an hour, or 4 or 6. at that price you would do much better delivering pizzas. you get what you pay for.

4 to 6? really? hyperbole? ha.. no seriously... I agree with your pricing concept but not our time as digitizers. I personally have never spent 6 hours on ANY digitizing.. ANY including my designs with MILLIONS of stitches.. see my sites.

I mean maybe when i worked on a digitrac..... but that was 20 years ago... even today I hand punch all lettering.. no keyboard. havent spent more than 1 hour on a design in decades.. no reason to.

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digitizingninjas wrote:
In this competing market, i can not charge much price, i will see on complex designs

its companies that sell designs cheap that HAVE LOWERED the market. you can charge more, but you have to be worth it.

in my experience, new embroiderers will try a few of the cheap companies first but then they figure out that its worth it to pay more for a design that doesn't have to be edited 10 times and still not look great. its cheaper to pay $45 (or whatever) to have it done right the first time, rather than spending a lot of time , back-and-forth, and frustration, to try to get a design to look good.

its cheaper to pay $45 once, than to pay $10, and then $45.

digitizing...since 1996. dixiedesigns.net

digidana wrote:
its companies that sell designs cheap that HAVE LOWERED the market. you can charge more, but you have to be worth it.

in my experience, new embroiderers will try a few of the cheap companies first but then they figure out that its worth it to pay more for a design that doesn't have to be edited 10 times and still not look great. its cheaper to pay $45 (or whatever) to have it done right the first time, rather than spending a lot of time , back-and-forth, and frustration, to try to get a design to look good.

its cheaper to pay $45 once, than to pay $10, and then $45.

I agree cheap has lowered the market. I charge out at $45 Cdn for left chest or hat whether I pay $15 or $30. I have a very good digitizer that charges $15.I won't raise my prices even if 15 gets me 25 I have seen the quality of your work and would gladly pay $50-$100+ USD for a quality complex design. I add 50% for my time and sew out. I hope you like working on fishing boat designs I have a few I would like you to look at.

maybe not 6, at least not in a very long time, but i have definitely spent 4+ hours on a design. obviously not a simple left chest, but i've done a lot of very complicated jacket back designs. maybe i'm slow...maybe too meticulous.

digitizing...since 1996. dixiedesigns.net

KevW wrote:
I hope you like working on fishing boat designs I have a few I would like you to look at.

i love working on fishing boats, especially with a cold beer and a fishing pole! oh, wait, you meant designs. dang! yeah, i like them too. :D

digitizing...since 1996. dixiedesigns.net