What sort of price for these?

[PurpleThistles84]

My mum has booked a table at a craft/boot sale at our local hall. She has asked me to join her and said I could perhaps sell some of the things I make at home. I make them for my anxiety, I find it really calming and tend to give bits and pieces to friends and family as a gift. I’ve never sold them before so no idea what sort of price. I would quite like to donate anything I do make to the MS society as it is in my family and my best friend has it too.

I really won’t be offended if anyone thinks they aren’t worth anything so please don’t hold back! The heart and dream catcher is just very thin mdf, the necklace is metal and glass.

And this is a ceramic bird feeder. Will probably have some tea light candle holders too.

No idea of price but they are really pretty.

Sorry no help on price but they are all beautifully decorated.

Oh my goodness, they are really beautiful. I'm rubbish with prices but don't under sell yourself.

These are really beautiful. I'd pay £15 ish for the small round mirror and maybe £10 for the necklace.

They are very pretty.

How much do they cost you to make? What kind of things are being sold at the event? If it's more secondhand car boot style than established crafters and artists, you won't be able sell them for as much money. You prices need to be in line with similar items being sold at the event.

Maybe start at £1.50 for the heart, £8 for the necklace, £12 for the dreamcatcher, £3 for the tealight holders and reevaluate when you get there?

You need to calculate your cost, price up what you have spent on materials put a price on your time then add a bit for profit .

Can you price when you get there?

Have a look around at what other people are charging for similar items and then decide?

They are very pretty btw

Thank you, none of them cost very much to make, for example the dream catcher was £2.75 to buy blank then it’s just acrylic paint which cost £6 but will last for ages and sealer which was £5 but again will last for ages. Necklaces work out at about £1.00 each, ceramic bird feeder £2.00, the wooden heart £1. Takes one-two hours to paint, then overnight dry and maybe 15 minutes to seal and leave to dry.

Maybe I will just have a little tub and say people are welcome to donate whatever they think a piece is worth to go to MS society?

It really depends on who will be buying really. I could easily see people buying the bird feeder thing for £10-£20 and thinking it was a bargain but if you are selling to people who can’t afford bird seed let alone that kind of money on a decorative item then you won’t have much luck.

I'm not sure about price but they are really well made. Often home made things look amateur but these are the complete opposite. Don't sell yourself short. Cover costs and add on something that reflects the quality of your work.

Maybe I will just have a little tub and say people are welcome to donate whatever they think a piece is worth to go to MS society?

If you do, I suggest you ask for a minimum donation of £x, to at least cover your costs. People sadly take advantage if left to their own devices..

They are nice (I'm not usually a fan of home crafts, but they look good).

As someone else has said, it depends on the type of sale:

• car boot type sale, people will barely give you 50p
• fancy craft sale, could be £10, £20, £30

If it's a car boot sale then don't lose heart if you don't make much money, there would be other routes to look at if that's what you want to have a go at. Maybe set up a Facebook page for your products?

I love the heart necklace. I'd pay £10 for that probably as an impulse buy. Maybe up to £15.

Oh, and yes. Often homemade crafts can look a little unfinished or amateurish and yours absolutely do not. I think they are lovely.

It’s a little village I live in, people here are a mix of quite well off and also not so quite. The carboot/craft sale is the first one ever to be held so I don’t really know what to expect. There are quite a few craft people in the village so I think it will be a real mix of both but I could be wrong!

Thanks so much for the lovely comments, making them helps so much with my anxiety levels because of the focus and attention to detail. I don’t work just now as I am a Carer for my autistic son and also have an 8 month old, maybe if people do like them I might see about actually selling them in the future.

Given your costs, I'd pay £5.

Proce them between £5 &£10, if they're not selling you can reduce but not increase

£5 - £10 seems fine to me, thanks all

They are really lovely OP.

Just put a 100% mark-up. So if they cost you a fiver to make, sell for £10. That covers your costs and you can donate as much of the profit as you like to charity or keep as you wish.

£10+

How do you achieve such a uniform effect.

Cost of materials plus your time plus profit.

Is this something I could do to ease my anxiety and achieve something a bit Celtic for me.

I can't believe you can do that with paint! You must have such steady hands.

I wouldn't challenge you to a game of 'Operation' that's for sure!

So beautiful! I absolutely love the ceramic bird feeder! I'd quite happily pay £20 for it.

Can I ask where about this craft fair is?

You MUST consider what your time costs, OP, if you think you might ever sell for income.

It's very hard to suddenly increase costs just because it's your main income stream. Better that your initial price reflects your time and effort, as well as the cost of the materials. You can donate that part of the price that represents your time, to charity for now.

I could buy the same materials, I could spend the same amount of time making the same things as you, and they'd not look half as good as yours (I know this because I dabble in some crafts). You have a real talent there, and that's what people are paying for.

The necklace is beautiful