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Prices I may be charging for some prints... too much? Not enough?

6" x 4" - £5.00
7" x 5" - £10.00
10"x 8" - £15.00

I wont be putting a watermark on them, not right across it, I mean a very small one in the corner, is this standard practice?

Thanks all :)
 
I wouldn't watermark prints that someone has paid for!
 
Prices seem good IMO, but I agree with above poster if they have paid for the prints don't watermark them.

I put a small sticker on the back with my details on.
 
Betty said:
I wont be putting a watermark on them, not right across it, I mean a very small one in the corner, is this standard practice?
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I took this to mean that you wouldn't be putting a big watermark on, but you would be putting a small one in the corner. Not standard practice.
 
Sometimes see a stamp on the back or on the mount of a framed shot, but never on the front of a print.
 
Sorry Garry, guess I didnt explain myself very well. No I wont be putting a watermark anywhere on it :)
 
I was a bit confused at first also! hehe

I'm wondering, if a photographer shouldn't put a watermark on a photo they sell why should artists sign a painting they sell?
 
We don't offer 6x4s as they are so small they aren't worth having

7x5, 8x6 & 10x8s all go in slip folders with our web address on them

Mark Cleghorn has an interesting angle here, his 6x4s are £25 in a slip folder, while the 7x5s are only £27 and 10x8s (I think) are £30

The argument being it's the process of preparing the shot for print that costs the time, expertise and hence money - not the actual product cost itself

Any thoughts on that approach?

DD
 
DiddyDave said:
We don't offer 6x4s as they are so small they aren't worth having

7x5, 8x6 & 10x8s all go in slip folders with our web address on them

Mark Cleghorn has an interesting angle here, his 6x4s are £25 in a slip folder, while the 7x5s are only £27 and 10x8s (I think) are £30

The argument being it's the process of preparing the shot for print that costs the time, expertise and hence money - not the actual product cost itself

Any thoughts on that approach?

DD
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I think that's a smart way of doing it. You establish in the customer's mind that you are adding great value by having the fixed cost of preparation accounting for the majority of the price while the consumbles are only a minority variable cost.
 
Oh god, that made no sense to me, sorry for being so rubbish guys :(

So, would a pricing structure of (according to size) be £10.00 - £12.50 - £15.00?
 
DiddyDave said:
Charge what YOU like and are happy charging - is that simple enough?
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Well no, otherwise I wouldn't be posting in here would I? :(

Sorry DD, you were new to this once. The problem I have is I dont want to charge too much, but I dont want to undersell myself either.

Thanks for your help anyway :)
 
Brains said:
Once you have established a pricing structure it can be difficult to increase prices once word gets around about you and what you offer.
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Thanks Brains, thats the bit Iam worried about, set the prices too low from the start and Ill have trouble increasing them later.

I know a few local togs, Ill check their websites out later, cheers :thumbs:
 
Betty said:
Oh god, that made no sense to me, sorry for being so rubbish guys :(

So, would a pricing structure of (according to size) be £10.00 - £12.50 - £15.00?
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Does this way of looking at it make sense.

You charge £12:50 for preparing the image for printing.

Plus

You charge £2:50 for a 6x4 print of the image or
You charge £5:00 for a 7x5 print
You charge £7:50 for a 10x 8 print

Giving total prices of £15:00, £17:50 etc.

Thus your decisions are how much do you charge for your image preparation time and what does it cost to print the image.

If people ask for re-prints of a stored image then

you can charge £2:50 for retreiving the stored image

Plus the material costs from above

Giving reprint prices of £5:00, £7:50 etc.

I hope this helps.
 
When I first started I got my price sorted and then advertied them as half price that way I could increase them when I wanted too.

Therefore people always thought that they were half price and when I put them up nobody batted an eyelid.
 
rh1944 said:
Does this way of looking at it make sense.

You charge £12:50 for preparing the image for printing.

Plus

You charge £2:50 for a 6x4 print of the image or
You charge £5:00 for a 7x5 print
You charge £7:50 for a 10x 8 print

Giving total prices of £15:00, £17:50 etc.

Thus your decisions are how much do you charge for your image preparation time and what does it cost to print the image.

If people ask for re-prints of a stored image then

you can charge £2:50 for retreiving the stored image

Plus the material costs from above

Giving reprint prices of £5:00, £7:50 etc.

I hope this helps.
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I thought that was what I said in my commentary on Mr Cleghorn :shrug:

Perhaps this just makes it even clearer then

And yes, I was new to it once - and in those days there were no such things as forums to ask for help on. You simply called all your competitors for a price, and based yours on theirs - bearing in mind your socio market profile

At the end of the day you charge what YOU are happy charging

DD

DD
 
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