where on the web can i find out how to charge people for embroidery thing for them?

Question

and info on how easy it is to use the soft ware that comes with the embroidery machine to use

Answer 1

that is something you cannot find on the web!! in order to charge for your talents:

charge 2 times the cost of the materials, in this case figure out how much embroidery thread is needed for each job, and set a price on your talents such as $5 per hour. Add that to the cost of the materials and you have the formula I use for doing sewing for the public.

Consider that a spool of thread for those machines costs $5. Each color would then be $5 divided by how much of that spool you used. Say it was half a spool of each of 5 colors. That is $12.50 for the materials. The "stabilizer" fabric costs about $2.50 per yard. You used 6 inch square of it, that is about $.25 worth. add that to the $12.50. Now multiply that by 2 and you have $25.50 in materials. It took you less than an hour to do the project so you add $5 to that and te whole job less taxes is $30.50

Yep! I know something like $3 or $5 is very low, but the public doesn't think we should even make $0.25 per hour for our talents.

The soft ware for embroidery machines is a cinch!! Much easier than learning to surf the web or set up a web page or something like that.

Answer 2

The nationwide average is about $1.00- $1.50 per 1000 stitches. Plus you will double the cost of the garment. This is provided you have purchased the garment wholesale.

Some shops will also charge a setup fee. Usually if you are just doing lettering, and all you have to do is type it in then there will be no setup charge. But if you have to digitize a design then you need to charge for your time. Digitizing is not easy, and could take you a couple hours some times making sure it is right. If you are doing 50+ garments for the customer then maybe you could waive the setup charge. Otherwise charge $25-$50 for setup based on how many stitches are in the design.
If you were to send out a logo to be digitized it would cost you $3.00 (China) to $8.00 (USA) per thousand stitches to have a design digitized. So even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to charge at least what it would cost you to have it done.

Your cost in materials is very little. A left chest logo on a shirt will cost you only .20 or less in thread and backing.

We sell commercial embroidery machines for a living so we have a pretty good idea of what people are charging in the industry.

The Automatic Digitizing Software that comes with some machines is easy to use, but give poor results unless you modify the image considerably. Only very simple clean artwork will look good using the automatic tools in your software.

Answer 3

I am also an embroidery person and sell. I charge 2.50 per 1,000 stitches, and depending on the size of the monogramming it is anywhere from $2.50 per 3 letters, to 10.00 per 3 letters. I believe it all depends on what area you are living in and what your community is willing to pay. Don't over price yourself out of business. I have noticed that also with digitizing some people charge 2.00 per 1,000 stitches and I have seen others charge up to 4.00 per thousand stitches. This is if you are only doing machine embroidering. I on the other hand do a lot of in the hoop projects and charge accordingly to what materials I have in the project.

Answer 4

You're going to run into a lot of opinions about pricing. Usually, the general rule of thumb is 2-3 times the cost of materials, and a flat surcharge for your time.

I would go on Etsy or Ebay and look for people who embroider and how long they say they took to do something and their materials and see how they put their prices together. A lot of times you will need to adjust them based off the market. Good luck!

Answer 5

there are sources on the internet to find out how to set prices, but the people with the advice don't usually give it away free. See the first link below.

Inspire art and craft has a lot of great home business ideas. check out their site at the link below

Answer 6

I have not found anything on the web regarding this but having checked with several businesses, I have been told they all charge $1.00 per thousand stitches. This is what I have based my prices on, not sure if it's good or not but hope this helps.