The Crafter's Guide to Pricing Your Work [Paperback]

Dan Ramsey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1997

How to calculate the value of your time, materials and handiwork to make money with your crafts.

You've decided to sell your crafts -- either to supplement your income or as a full-time business. But how do you sell your work at prices that satisfy both you and your customers? With this book, you'll learn how to increase your profits without sacrificing the quality of your product.

Each copy is autographed by the author.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Craft marketing has become big business. Crafters, often concerned mainly with production, need to know where to market their products and how to obtain a fair price that gives them a good return. Crafts Marketplace is an annotated directory of shows, wholesale shops, galleries, and service organizations. Entries give addresses; phone, FAX, and E-mail numbers; description of business; and requirements for acceptance of the craft material to be sold. Ramsey's (The Upstart Guide to Owning and Running a Florist Business, Upstart, 1995) book lays out pricing in dollars and cents for many kinds of handmade items and offers tips for streamlining production time and labor?the major element in craft pricing. He includes an appendix of useful forms for record keeping. Both these books are valuable resources for crafters researching their markets and preparing goods for sale.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 149 pages
• Publisher: Betterway Books; 1st edition (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558704353
• ISBN-13: 978-1558704350
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,187,028 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just what I needed to know, August 11, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Crafter's Guide to Pricing Your Work (Paperback)

After over twelve years in the craft business this book finally answered the question that nobody else seemed to be able to answer, "How to create a formula to set my prices". I covers everything you need to consider and offers some advice on other areas such as record keeping.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful and informative., October 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Crafter's Guide to Pricing Your Work (Paperback)

Offered lots of good advice on pricing formulas and record keeping. It gave me just the advice I needed to develop a pricing structure for my crafts, and for keeping my records straight come income tax time.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It's a waste of time., August 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Crafter's Guide to Pricing Your Work (Paperback)

The book doesn't really help and it wasted my time. I spent more time looking for the meat of it, than actually learning anything.