I’m New!

[candicescustoms]

I just received my Glowforge Pro, yay! My first question is how do y’all decide on a price for whatever you are making? Thanks!

[evansd2]

Hey, congrats on the new Glowforge, it’s a lot of fun. It’s so funny, this has come up twice in the last week already.

I searched the forum for you (the little magnifying glass in the upper right), looking for “how to price” and found a few threads.

Job Pricing

Hi everyone! I have not received my Glowforge yet, but I was wondering how you all are handling pricing? I do graphic design, printing and picture framing. I understand basic pricing as far as materials and art go, but the actual lasering aspect of it is what I’m curious about. Do you price by square inch? By job? By square inch according to material? By customer’s attitude, lol?! Thanks!

How to Price Glowforge Projects

I think many of us here purchased the glowforge for reasons which include, hobby, new business or expanding on an existing business. I wanted to open a thread to discuss ideas with pricing your projects. Many times when starting a business this is by far one of the hardest things to do so with an open forum like this figured we can all help each other. I know there are many larger companies out there at least in my state like “Things Remembered” where many of my friends go during holidays and …

Good luck with your pricing adventure, it’s tricky balance. We all look forward to seeing what you make.

[randavian]

Welcome to the fun zone!

I’m sure you will get numerous different answers to this, but I generally search on Etsy to see what other people are selling their similar stuff for, and try to beat it. Lol. Got to take into account material cost and design time. Though, if it is something that I expect to sell a lot of… like christmas ornaments, etc, I usually don’t worry about the design time.

Good luck.

[candicescustoms]

Thanks so much! I am also learning to navigate this page, so I apologize for bringing up a subject that has already been addressed. I appreciate you and thank you so much!

[evansd2]

No worries, there’s a lot to sift through. It would have taken you quite a while to stumble onto those discussions.

Here’s a good getting started primer:

New owner (well, almost)

Useful: Overall welcome Maybe too entry level? This will help you figure out how to cut new materials, really useful skill to have. Essential if you’re going to cut anything non PG (which you will, probably) What else might you need?

I know research is boooring, but every minute you spend reading stuff now will save you at least ten minutes of frustration later. Get a snack and a drink and settle in, it’s worth the time.