The past couple of months I've been a regular vendor at a farmer's market here in Georgia. Setting prices and deciding how much and what to make can be a challenge. I came across Good Elephant's blog about these ideas and I thought I'd share the link here. I'm not as diligent or organized as Mea Rhee but there is much to learn in her posts. Please have a look. Meanwhile I fired a bisque load and now a glaze load is firing over night. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.
I totally agree with the article on pricing. It has nothing to do with your effort, time, or expenses.It has everything to do with the market. All those other factors just decide whether you can make a profit at the price the market has determined. You and I read a lot of the same stuff and see a lot of confusion on pricing. This article clears up the misinformation.
ReplyDeleteHi Dennis, thanks, Mea has some really good posts about making, marketing and festivals, wholesale and retail too. So glad folks share what they know.
DeleteThe only way to be successful in any business is to manage it.
ReplyDeleteHi Joanne, thanks, I am better at making then managing my art. Ha.
DeleteLinda, I have been learning as I go with the retail end of pottery, and usually will find a median between what a Flea Market price might be and what an Art Gallery price might be for my wares. Some things I keep around for years at Art prices, then when I'm worried they might be damaged, I'll drop the price drastically, and usually have a sale pretty fast. Doing sculptural things is harder for me to make sales than the more functional drinking and eating wares. And since many of your works are sculptural, I'm glad to hear that you have regular customers.
ReplyDeleteHi Barbara, thanks, I make both so that I have functional work in the booth too, I admit that the functional work sells much quicker than the sculptural but when the sculptural work sells it helps out. I also have the lower priced items like the tiles and leaves in smaller sizes so I have a variety of price points, I'm lucky that there is a population here from many different areas of the country I think that helps.
DeleteThanks for posting past work you have done. That black clay does look very interesting.
ReplyDeleteHi Cathy, thanks, I love the simplicity of the black clay.
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