Cost for renting glowforge time?

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Been talked about and kicked around here earlier. Quick search found these two.
Wander through them and see if your answer is in there.

How to Charge Friends for Laser Use Time

Hey guys, I think this has been touched on briefly, in passing, but I wanted to see if I could consolidate this information in an easier to search topic. When we get our GF, I’m sure many of us have very creative friends who will want to use our Lasers and get to play around with it. In your opinion, what is a fair way of negotiating cost? For instance, charge $x per hour? per job? per piece? per “visit”? Do you make them do all the design on their end? Do you charge to “proof” it before lase…

Pricing on making wholesale items? + Business marketing tip

With a real, live Glowforge in my front room, I can now make awesomeness to sell. I’m getting nibbles on custom ornaments for business to give to their customers and have little idea how to price them. If you have real-life examples of how you price one-off items and wholesale items, that would be awesome! To promote my new business and find customers I have been using Instagram. I follow and like posts from Georgia artists, makers, Realtors, etc, and if they follow me back I message them to th…