Over 15 years in the printing industry (offset litho) using industry-standard graphic applications (Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw) and digitizing with Drawings PRO.
I recently sold my printing business in California and took up digitizing as a hobby/side business a little over a year ago. I have been offering stock designs to home and small business embroiderers at my site http://www.pesvault.com, as well as doing contract digitizing for people from various forums (SewForum, etc.). (Check my site for samples of my work)
Would love to be able to offer my services to members of the forum - and I'm US based! (Good ole Iowa). I rarely price by number of stitches for digitizing - I prefer to quote based upon the original artwork and the actual time involved (plus there is no incentive to make the design too dense!). But, as an example a typical company logo provided in .eps or .cdr typically runs under $20 via Paypal and gets delivered within 24-48 hours upon receipt of artwork (I'm an early-retiree, so lots of time on my hands!). Because of my graphics background, I can usually redraw the entire logo if needed also!
If a couple of you are thinking about trying a new digitizer, like to deal directly with the person doing the digitizing and have 10 or so jobs/month they can offer, give me a shout and I'll knock one out gratis so you can test it out! Contact me through my website or via pesvault@pesvault.com!
Scott