The Woodworker's Guide to Pricing Your Work: How to Calculate the Value of Your Time, Materials and Craftsmanship to Make Money from Your Woodworking (Paperback)

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Product Description

Readers will find out how to set prices and sell their products with this revised, comprehensive pricing guide from author and woodworker Dan Ramsey. They'll learn how to calculate the value of their time, materials and craftsmanship, ensuring that the price they get for their work is fair and profitable. They'll also find a wide variety of sample business forms and planning sheets, along with information on:

* estimating average materials cost per project
* determining the dollar value of their woodworking skills
* increasing their income without sacrificing quality or enjoyment
* selling customers on the value of their work--not the price
* building repeat and referral business
* developing the right business image and marketing plan
* managing a budget
* marketing their work at craft fairs and through retailers --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Dan Ramsey is the author of over forty home improvement and how-to titles. He lives in Reedsport, Oregon. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 147 pages
• Publisher: Betterway Books; 1st edition (March 15, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558703721
• ISBN-13: 978-1558703728
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,019,876 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book For All Woodworkers!, May 15, 2003

By	Maxer - See all my reviews

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

This is a must have for anyone selling (or thinking of selling) their own woodworking products. The book is very easy to understand and includes information on everything from pricing small craft products to high-end antique reproduction furniture. There is also a lot of information on record-keeping and forms that you can customize for your own business. If you are a woodworker, and have ever asked yourself "How much should I sell this for?" Or if you have a business, and you want to do everything you can to make it successful, this is the book for you!!

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book for considering ALL of your woodworking costs, July 4, 2000

By	Roy E. Masters Jr. "Photo Dude" (Benton Harbor, MI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book does a good job of making you think of all of the costs that you could incur to run a woodworking shop (even a very small one) and gives good ideas on where and how to sell your projects.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A boon for a start up, January 7, 2008

By	bill Timmons "Bill" (Sacramento, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Woodworker’s Guide to Pricing Your Work (Popular Woodworking) (Paperback)

Ever go to a craft show where things are really selling? Except for that lonely person sitting behind a card table reading a book or knitting. This book explains WHY that's happening and how to avoid it.

Ever try to sell things with a REALLY low price so they'll move? But they don't. Here you'll learn why that happens.

Excellent points are made, many of which I never thought of,and great forms to use.

But this is a case of GIGO (Garbage In, Garbage Out). Not the book but the buyer. For this to be worth the price the buyer has to be a person who can keep up with the DETAILS of a business. In other words, the crap work. If you're a "Hey, dude, I just want to get out and make sawdust" Neither this book, or selling for that matter, will work for you. Sorry.

If you're NOT like that then grab this book. A clear winner.
Anyway, that's my story and I'm stickin' with it. (-:

If you're serious about being proficient in ALL aspects of making and selling a product then this is for you.