Am I being fair🫣
Hi everyone, I’m making this post cause I would really like somebody’s opinion. I am new to selling my crochet work so I’m not entirely sure if I’m being fair but if I’m not, I would definitely like to hear feedback back but basically i made a baby shower gift for a family member to give to somebody and I had only charged them the cost of the materials and $25 to make the item altogether the entire thing costed them $50 when they were showing my work to another family member they had asked me to make them a jumbo Highland cow plushy and I went through the same steps. I told them that I would only charge them for the material and $25 to do the work. I made a video of what exactly the materials would cost with discounts applied to the purchase and the total came out to 38 and some change after the discount applied plus the $25 to make the piece. She’s looking at paying 60 almost $70 for the work and now I’m being told that I’m charging too much. Now as you can see by the picture it’s a decent size bear so I would need a good amount of yarn. If anything she commented that she wanted it bigger than when I showed her in picture so it’s gonna cost more than a $38 so I just need someone to tell me if I’m being fair or if I’m pricing it too much
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My guess is that it takes you more than 2 hours to make the plushie cow (so cute!) so charging $25 for the actual making of it is entirely undervaluing your time and skills.
Plus the cost of materials, a very reasonable request. You shouldn’t be losing money on someone else’s gift for a shower.
I think the cost - $50 or even $60 or $70 for the large plushie is reasonable! It might not be everyone’s budget, and that makes them salty, but it is absolutely a reasonable and fair pricing.
If you want to ask them why they’re so upset about the cost and you’ve already explained the materials breakdown, idk if it would change what you charge or not.
Just my ten cents 🪩🧶
I believe you're charging a fair, even under selling, amount.
As someone who crochets + knits, I would honestly never sell my work. And that’s not to be rude to anyone, it’s just not sustainable. If you consider how many hours it would take you, and charge yourself the national living wage per hour, here in the UK you’d be looking at £12.50/hr. Sadly when it comes to crafts, people who aren’t crafty themselves will never truly comprehend the amount of time that goes into making things, and they don’t care. I wouldn’t sell your work. If you feel like you want to make something, do it to be kind, as long as you feel like you’re not exerting yourself, your money & your time. I’ve made baby blankets as gifts, but if I sold one it would be well over £100 just in labour costs alone. Don’t let people walk all over you and then make you feel bad about it afterwards. I’ve even offered to help people out learning the basic stitches once they’ve picked and bought the pattern & yarn themselves so that THEY can make it.
There is a reason that most people can’t sell their work for a fair price.
Starting price would be cost of materials plus minimum wage per hour of work.
Just because someone cant afford it doesnt mean its overpriced. Your time and effort is worth way more than whst you are currently charging. If they dont want to spend $60+ on a plush there are plenty of machine made toys at walmart that are in her budget
I have such a hard time with pricing just starting out too 😓😭
Wildly undercharging I think people under estimate the cost of materials also I know this would have taken so much effort and time to make! I read you should be giving yourself a hourly rate so minimum wage hourly rate x
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