Re: Refill Woes. Sob. Sniff. Hey it does work if youarewillingtolearn

[gsudell1@juno.com]

Where do you buy the materials for your metal frames?

How long do they take to make up?

Garry

On Sun, 16 Jan 2000 15:00:16 -0800 "Gerald Olson"
<jerry_olson@und.nodak.edu> writes:
> Rafe, I had no idea you were selling your prints at such a low  
> price. I
> saw your website a while back, and your images are worth a lot more 
> than
> that.  It isn't worth the trouble to sell at prices that low. You 
> should
> be getting at LEAST $75 for a matted 8x12 print. Even at Craft 
> fairs,
> you should get $45 for one of your small ones, and this is assuming 
> you
> are making them by the dozens while you sleep. Mine are selling for 
> $225
> for a 12x18 inch print in a white 18x24 matte with a metal frame I 
> put
> together myself. The print costs less than a dollar, the Matte costs
> about $3.50, The backing Foam Core about $2.25, the Glass is $3.50, 
> and
> a nice matte Pewter colored or Silver frame is about $12 for the
> complete frame.
> 
> Total cost to me, is roughly in the $20-25 range to put everything
> together, depending on where you buy your materials and how many you
> order at a time. That's not too bad of a profit.
> 
> Have you thought of selling your prints in a larger size as 
> "posters"? 
> You could print 12.5" x whatever length on your 1160, and offer them 
> as
> posters. You can get mailing tubes for under $3 at any stationery 
> store,
> or the post office if you customers want them mailed.
> 
> Check out my website again, there are many new pictures on it. I 
> will be
> adding a Master Card - Visa option in a week or so to make it much
> easier for people to buy.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> http://www.westernechoes.com
> 
> P.S. Let me know what you learn in the marketing Course. 
> 
> 
> 
> rafeb wrote:
> > 
> > At 10:20 AM 1/16/00 -0800, Jerry Olson wrote:
> > 
> > >Rafe, how many smaller than 8x12 prints do you sell? Why NOT go 
> to a
> > >bigger size, it would only cost a few pennies to get from 7 
> inches to 12
> > >inches! Do you have customers for your prints that are beating 
> down your
> > >door demanding small prints? Wouldn't they be happy with an 8x10 
> or 8x12
> > >print for just a few cents more? Do you know how many prints you 
> could
> > >get from an 8 ounce 9000 printer cartridge (that fits the Epson 
> 3000)?
> > >AND you can use the bulk generations inks. And these cartridges 
> are
> > >REALLY easy to refill!
> > 
> > As to the 3000 carts being easy to refill,
> > you're not telling me anything I don't know.
> > In effect, you have a working, proven, "big-ink"
> > system.  The rest of us are jealous.
> > 
> > With regard to print sizes -- who knows what
> > "might" sell versus what "does" sell.  I've
> > sold 5x8" and 8x10" prints because... these
> > were the sizes I could produce with the
> > equipment I owned (duh!)
> > 
> > If you're in the "crafts fair" market (and I'm
> > not saying that's a good market to play -- just
> > the one I've dealt with so far) -- then costs
> > must be kept absolutely to a minimum.  I suspect
> > the median value of all objects sold at these
> > fairs is around $10 or less.
> > 
> > FWIW, my matted 5x8s sell for $12-15, and
> > matted 8x10s sell for $15-25 at these fairs.
> > Framed stuff is more expensive.
> > 
> > I'm signed up for a marketing course at a
> > local community college.  I'm sure they'll
> > tell me exactly what to do!
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