As a crafts person it is most likely that you sell products and not a service. If you want to know how to cost your design service check out How to calculate my freelance design rate? which are based on billable hours. There are some financial disadvantages of being a maker and selling products (and [...] Read more »
The Design Doctor: Help, a department store wants to place a bulk order
Dear Design Doctor I have a company wanting to take my products to a meeting with a very large department store, and they have requested information from me as below: prices per unit when ordered in batches 25/50/100/200/500/1000? to provide lead times on above amount? can i give Exclusivity? Is this product covered by your [...] Read more »
3 tips to price your crafts from designer silversmith Sidsel Dorph-Jensen
Sidsel Dorph-Jensen is a Danish award-winning designer-silversmith, who studied at the Royal College of London. She designs & makes unique silver tableware, and was awarded Silversmith of the Year 2011. Using her own experiences as a crafter and her love for marketing & running a business, she also [...] Read more »
The Design Doctor: How to write a design brief and design quote?
Dear Design Doctor I am a recent furniture design graduate and a client has approached me to work on a small design project designing and making an outdoor bench. I am really excited, but don’t really know how to go about this. Where do I start? The Design Doctor for this challenge is Patricia van [...] Read more »
How much should I spend on marketing? 8 questions to set your crafts or design marketing budget
A good question! But a difficult question … how long is a piece of string? Firstly I think it is much more important that you invest time in clarifying your marketing goals, and then spend time on doing marketing and selling to achieve these goals. But money obviously does help … so what should your [...] Read more »
What price terminology to use with shops and galleries?
There are a couple of different prices that people refer to, and it is essential for your professionalism that you know exactly what terminology to use. From the lowest price to the highest, there are: The cost price: This is your own calculation of how much it cost you to actually produce your products. It includes [...] Read more »