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Craft Fair – what to charge?
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Just wondering what people think I should charge for A4 prints on cardboard frames at a craft fair?
I’m guessing people will suggest a little higher than what I’m thinking of charging. I’m considering of around 10 to 15 euros.
I’m also going to sell three 6×4 prints on a wooden frame. Not sure what to charge for this, possibly around the 25 or 30 euro mark.
Let me know your opinions and thanks in advance.
Peace out!
Alan
Jaysis man, 10 or 15 Euro. Are you gonna make any profit on them?? I know you probably think if you charge less then ppl will buy them. That’s not always the case. Sometimes ppl like to feel good by paying a little more for something. They think if it’s expensive then it must be good, if it’s cheap then it must be, well cheap.
Personally, I view selling prints on their own, with no frame, as a hassle for the punter. It just means they have to go and find a frame. Sell something that’s ready to hang on the wall and sell them with frames. Or at least have examples of prints finished in frames. It’s less hassle for the punters. If ppl see quality they don’t mind paying for it.I’ve had friends, and random punters email me via my website and tell me my photo’s are too cheap, I should charge more.
EDIT: there just happens to be quality framer who sponsors this PI site who could do you a good deal – Give Shane a call at Framing Fantastic.
A mounted A4 sized print should be around €40 at least, €60 framed… Please, don’t kill the price, prints will be sold for €5 this time next year if everyone starts going lower and lower.
If you are selling your prints framed, you can make it sure that it’s done well and you can offer a warranty. Plus, you don’t have to worry that much about the weather and protecting the prints while selling them in this humid weather.
Thanks for the replies guys.
I’m not organised enough to get the pictures properly framed. I’m very unprepared for this and haven’t even picked out which pictures I intend on trying to sell. I plan on being far more prepared this time next year and want to sell my prints framed. I appreciate what you are saying, Brian about the hassle for the punters, but unfortunately framing is not a realistic option at the moment. I would of course be making a profit selling pictures at that price. I take the pictures for my own pleasure, so I don’t take the time it takes to get the pictures into account on the price. The pictures would just be sitting on my hard drive if I was going to try to sell them. It costs about €3.00 – €3.50 to print an A4 pictures and the cardboard frames I plan on getting cost around €1.50 so I’ll be making 100% profit+.
Obviously I’m not trying to undercut the market or anything, I don’t want to hurt the industry, I just want to give a fair price. Maybe something around the €30 mark would be realistic? What would people think of €35 for a picture and two for €60? Will I actually sell pictures at those prices?
Brian, just looking at your website and the buying prints section. How are your 8x10s mounted, what does it look like. I might use your prices as a guideline if you’ve no objections?
What would be a fair price for 3 themed 6x4s in a wooden frame?
Thanks again lads.
Alan
p.s. I was originally considering €40 or €45 as an asking price but was advised to go lower (by someone with no experience of selling).
I just looked and saw the examples on the website of the mounting Brian, ignore my question in that regard.
It’s a question of how much you consider your work to be worth. It’s something only you can answer.
If your images are good quality you should have no problem selling the mounted prints for €30 or so and the framed ones for €40-€50, but those would be rock bottom prices, in my opinion. That assumes the images are of reasonable quality and that the presentation is up to scratch. If it is, then you should have no troubles.
Making a profit of a €6 or so on a print is fine and dandy if you’re selling them by the hundreds, but hardly worth it for the volume you’re talking about. Your time is worth something!
Hope that helps.
Peter
Thanks Peter. Yeah, I think I’m going to ask for 35 per picture. If it’s coming to the end of the day and I haven’t sold any, I might drop my price a little though. :)
just wondering if you have to pay for your stall at the fair and if you’ve taken that into account as well?
either way, good luck and let us know how you get on.
This is an interesting article by Damien Lovegrove which might help – Setting your price – A guide for social photographers. Different market segment, but the concepts and things you need to think about are similar. Just remember that the ‘print’ is simply a mechanism for you to show your image just like a ‘CD’ is simply a mechanism to presnt music to listeners. If musicians priced according to the cost of pressing a CD, then they would all be out of business overnight! :wink:
Thanks Thorsten. Good point. :)
I’ve decided now to definitely ask for 35 per picture. We’ll see how it goes. I have a few which I reckon will be much more likely to sell than others – I’m bringing my memory card with me and if they sell out (I’ve only two copies) I’ll run out to a chemist and print up another and swap it into the frame of a different picture. :)
Christina, thanks for the well wishes. The craft fair is apparently 10% of your takings or a donation (not sure which as it said donation on one piece of literature and 10% on another). Oh, it’s up your direction in Letterkenny by the way. Aren’t you in Bundoran? If you’re near Letterkenny on Sunday at a loose end drop in to the Mount Errigal Hotel and I might give you a discount on one of my amazing pictures :D.
This is only an experiment for me as I’ve never attempted to sell any pictures before. If I have any left over they’ll do nicely as Christmas presents for the family….ho ho ho.
I’ll let people know how I get on an probably post up images of the ones that sold and didn’t sell.
Thanks for the advice and encouragement everone.
Alan
Howdy y’all.
I ended up asking for €40 per picture. They were framed on 11×14 clip frames with black borders.
I sold NONE. I won’t be giving up the day job any time soon :D.
I still think it was a good experience. I got loads of good feedback. Lots and lots of people were admiring my picture and saying they were really nice but only two or three made me think they might actually buy one. One girl said she would pay €20and although I would have liked the thought of having a picture hanging in someone’s house I didn’t want to go that low as I think it’s too cheap.
Then afterwards I thought I could have offered her the print only for €20, but it was too latte really. I think if I had had my sign up asking for €30 I might have sold one or possibly two so I kind of regret asking for €40. Overall I don’t think people were selling a whole lot at the craft fair. The credit crunch didn’t do me any favours (that’s my favourite excuse). Also, An Taisce were charging people €3 to get into the place which I think is ridiculous. I’d rather pay €20 myself than that.
It hasn’t put me off, and I plan on trying again next year. I may also seek out some fairs during the coming year.
On my way home last night I couldn’t stop thinking about photography and different display techniques and things I would change for next year so I think it has helped me with inspiration.
I’ll put up some of the pictures I tried to sell tomorrow perhaps (one of them was the Fairy Wren I posted in Nature and Wildlife).
Overall it was a good experience but I really would have loved to have made just one sale.
Thanks again guys.
Alan
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