To ask how much you would pay for this?

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Had a go at making a wreath just for our own door. Have had lots of comments about selling them but never know if it’s just people being polite or whatever 🤣😅 I’m absolutely NOT a crafty person whatsoever but was pretty chuffed with how it turned out!

Honest feedback please - would you pay for something like this? And if so, how much would you expect to pay? Anything that would make you more likely to buy it? Obviously could be made in other colours to suit taste 😊

I prefer a natural wreath with greenery and plenty of reusable materials such as pine cones and berries (I save them for future use). I either make mine at a workshop run by my friend who is a florist or she makes one for me. They are quite big (30cm oasis ring so about 50cm finished) and I pay £50. I would definitely expect to pay this for a professional florist and their time and expertise.
I have a couple of other artificial seasonal wreaths and they have cost between £15 and £25. The baubles on yours aren't my cup of tea but you have done a really good job and I think it looks lovely. I would suggest £20-25 if you were to do them as a money-maker. You can buy the bits and pieces in bulk and that will make your profits better: just make sure the actual green stuff on the wreath isn't cheap and nasty (the one you have made looks fine) and I think you will be on to a winner.

Is it fresh? If so, I order from a lady that makes them to order and usually pay £25.

@mycatisannoying

People saying £15 - 20 have rocks in their head, frankly.

Or a tight budget. Or no interest in spending lots of money on something you can get in B&M for a fiver.

Unfortunately, it's a tough market for independent sellers/makers and it's why so many fail. Unless you have a niche - making things from fresh products, or making personalised wreaths for each person depending on their colour scheme or preferences, it's going to be hard to persuade people to pay huge amounts of money, really.

Lovely, OP - looks fab! Ours is on the way out so I've been having a look at replacements. Struggled to find anything decent for less than about £25/£30. And you got a lot more choice if you were prepared to go above that.

How big is it? I've seen ones for £20 but they've been small and not very full. I think 25-30 would be ok

I wouldn’t, I wouldn’t spend money on the picture above. (sorry op!!) I have spent £50 on a wreath from a professional florist.

It looks really nice, OP! We just got a simple holly one this year, but if I was buying one like this, I'd expect to pay £30 minimum (having looked at artificial ones online in the past).

I bought one last year for £35

I'd expect to pay about £30. They are very pretty.

£25-£30 they look gorgeous OP.

It’s nice but I wouldn’t pay for it. I have a basic green wreath that come out with the decorations and I decorate it afresh each year with whatever is to hand. This year has berries and little bells.

It's lovely. It's hard to really judge the size, even with the arm in it, but I would pay about £25 for a good reusable one.

It's lovely and much nicer than the ones I have seen for sale around here. I have never thought of buying a wreath but would choose this over any available locally.

They arent really my style is I wouldn't purchase, but I'd anticipate them costing around the 20 pound mark.

I've used this Etsy seller before and her wreaths are 40 pounds which I think is probably 10 more than they should be (they are more my style though)

It looks nice, but unfortunately not unique or different or luxurious enough for me to pay a price for it that would make it worth your while making it.

And if it was fancier or more luxurious, the increased material costs for you would probably still mean I wouldn't pay a price for it high enough to justify you making it.

I think with things like this, sticking to it as a hobby to make for friends or family so easiest, as then you aren't putting your heart and soul into something that you will have to struggle to make any money out of at all and just end up exhausted. Keep it as a fun hobby!

Thanks for all the feedback everyone 😊 I appreciate that it’s not to everyone’s taste 😊 I know how hard it is to make decent money from handmade things so thought it was better to get a feel for what people thought. Never made it with the intention of selling them so happy just making some to suit friends and family 😊
Someone asked about size. It’s built on a 40cm wicker wreath ring so is a bit bigger than that with everything on it 😊

I do think it looks lovely, but I agree with most that you probably won't be able to sell them at a price that makes it worth your while making them.

I mean, I wouldn't buy one as someone would nick it from the front door, but, that aside, I wouldn't budget enough to pay for your costs + labour + delivery etc, just to have a wreath on my front door. It isn't that is isn't really nice, more that I have things I could spend £35 - 40 on that would give me greater pleasure.

[quote SheWoreYellow]@HoardingSamphireSaurus you don’t “have” to pay yourself £10 an hour.
If the only opportunity you have to make money is while your child sleeps, then anything is a bonus?[/quote]
Again, you've missed my point.

Sell it cheap if you must, but at least be aware of the reasons you should not.

Not least that the cheapskates who will buy off you don't care that you may only make pennies an hour. They want they their consumerist hit and you will pay their price.

[quote SameToo]@deadlanguage how odd. I pay more for a real one as they’re much nicer.[/quote]
They are nicer, but you have to buy a new one every year so fake ones are better value. I wouldn't want to spend £30 every year on a wreath, I can afford it but think that's a huge waste of money. Whereas as a one-off to be reused it's not too bad. I have one from Matalan bought 3 years ago for £15 iirc.

@DeepaBeesKit

* It's hobbyists that lead to the low prices you have been quoted here. Some people don't value hand made over mass made and won't pay the money that is needed for a maker to do anything other than break even. It's a perennial problem for makers. I have been called greedy and money grabbing for some of my prices. One of a kind, hand made pieces and, if I listened to the cheapskates, I'd sell at cost and still be called greedy. It's worse for me sometimes as my art is made from reclaimed materials, which I, apparently, should give away for free!*

It's not hobbyists fault that this sort of craft activity is enjoyable, so plenty of people are happy to sell items on at break even or less.

The reality is most of these crafty things are not a high skilled activity. In most cases if hand made wreaths were priced at rates which provided even minimum wage hourly pay for the makers time, you'd find people would happily make their own because they arent willing to pay for others time for something they can make themselves.

Yep. I’d pay lots for a handmade cake , but not for things like this. £10 at max

£25-30 I’d think. They are very pretty.

Also @HoardingSamphireSaurus if people don’t want to the price then maybe what someone makes isn’t worth selling?

Again as I mentioned willing to pay for stuff I like cakes, portraits and works of art that resonate with me but a lot of people selling stuff around me and a lot of it isn’t worth the money to me

The whole people wont pay for handmade thing is interesting - just as an alternative suggestion - what about a hand made wreath kit. Pictures of what you can do, instruction sheet of suggested way to do it and then box of all the bits.

I fear that it’s going to be hard to find a price that makes it worth your while- IME fake wreaths tend to be mass-produced and relatively cheap and the number of buyers who value something handmade but don’t mind it being fake will be quite small. There’s a lot more scope for people paying a decent amount for a handmade natural wreath.

I’d expect the cost to be around £20-30 for the one pictured. I’ve paid £80 in the past for a good natural wreath although these days make my own.

£30-40