Charging what the market will bear is indeed a starting point for reputation
for you,?and skill learning for your students.? This is somewhat the direction
I took in 1976 when I started my costume service business.? Once again, make
sure your out of pocket expenses are being covered...that one took me some time
to realize how all the small items contributed added up on the profit-loss
column. You can?'donate' your time and effort, but it shouldn't be a "Goodwill
profit" . In the long run, I made my profit on volume and repeat
customers...and when they wanted a first class product, I was first in mind and
they did not quibble on the difference of cost between costume and Costume!
Good luck as you try to figure out how to do the project for your area.
Kathleen
-----Original Message-----
From: "Astrida Schaeffer" <astr...@schaefferarts.com>
Sent 2/19/2011 12:00:47 PM
To: "Historical Costume" <h-cost...@indra.com>
Subject: Re: [h-cost] pricing guidelines?This is a very small for-profit sewing
school. The sort of thing where I can't really charge what I think I should,
but it could pay dividends down teh road if I do this.
On Feb 18, 2011, at 10:17 PM, R Lloyd Mitchell wrote:
> At least mmwage for actual hours on the job as well as class prep.? All out
> of pocket expenses from thread and needles to gas. Then there is the matter
> of professional? recognition for your expertise. If you start with that, then
> it should be understood that an additiona fee would be expected for your time
> and expenses.? Is this a for=profit enterprise or community activity.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Astrida Schaeffer" <astr...@schaefferarts.com>
> Sent 2/18/2011 4:02:06 PM
> To: "Historical Costume" <h-cost...@indra.com>
> Subject: [h-cost] pricing guidelines?Hi--
> I am terrible at pricing my work and time. May I please ask for some advice
> from you all?
> I've been approached about helping run a week of summer camp focused on 19th
> c. sewing. I'd bring the girls behind the scenes at a local museum to look at
> collections, lecture on 19th c. fashion developments, show reproductions for
> them to try on (already existing, not made for this camp), teach some
> hands-on techniques. I'm not running the camp, but I'd be one of the main
> teachers.
> The organizer is asking for pricing and I simply have no idea what to tell
> her. I'm guessing my daily involvement during the 5 days would be usually
> about 2-3 hours, however there would be a good deal of prep work I'd be doing
> ahead of time.
> What say you?
> Many thanks,
> Astrida
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