question on cost vs pricing

Nobody,,,,,,, has the same numbers.

 

Take some business classes at the local community college.

 

Heres some reading.Cick on the old forums above,tons of reading..
http://www.taxidermy.net/forums/
type in price to charge for mounting a deer

 

Now since you sent me a personal crybaby message about me not giving you what you wanted to hear and calling me names,,, I don't think any answer would do you any good knowing how immature you are.

 

The horse beating is for this question being asked several times is all. And there is no accurate answer, because everybodys cost is different. You set your prices to what the market will bare. Set your prices to what you have to have to make money. Even if it is a hobby, don't do it for cheap or cost of materials. Cost differ as some have a wood shack for a shop, while others may have a 30,000 sq foot shop. No heating down south, vs. huge heating bills up north, to many variables go into pricing, everyone is different.

 

T nailed it.
As far as being a hobby/part-time, charge MORE, afterall that's YOUR time, don't give it away.

 

There is an old rule of thumb, to charge 2.5 times more then the cost of materials. That is a start for friends and family. But if you have employees and overhead, and wanted to make money, you will need more then 2.5.

 

That is what I would charge family,,, friends maybe,, but customers, no. I would charge customers more or you will be swamped with lots of work, and little pay.

 

lol T that would be a $250 deer mount for me no way am I doing one that cheap. I shoot for 20 dolar and hr wage, and 10% profit

 

Perhaps I can make it simpler as to the ABSOLUTE MINIMUM you should charge.

Take the cost of ALL the supplies (including those you stole, scrounged, or just had laying around) and add them all together. Then add 40%. That's how business's work. Most of us take the cost of all our supplies and then count the number of hours we need to do a mount. Those hours will vary by your experience level but they should be logarithmically adjusted. (As you get better, it takes less time, but you charge more per hour as you're supposed to be doing better work). I started out by charging $12 an hour. Right not I think I'm around $40 an hour and if I'm not, I'm going out and raise my price again. (And before you go squawking, my barber charges me $18 for a haircut. He schedules 4 customers per hour. He's making nearly twice as much an hour as I am and if he screws up, his screw up will grow back. Mine won't.)

 

Harley, I said it was an OLD rule of thumb. Maybe I should have said, TIME and materials cost x 2.5. LOL

 

"stole"? LOL George, only you would've said that. Thanks for the chuckle.

 

Dont get haircuts...works for me.

 

Anyway, once you start,, a point in time will come,,, and it will be in the middle of a pain in the butt job,, when you will say to your self,,,,, "I don't charge enough"..

 

You are lucky,,, having your monkey give you haircuts.