Crafty/Etsy Musings

[jennythereader]

What do you guys think of the name "The Reader's Creations"? The url would be "thereaderscreations.etsy.com"


Or maybe "A Reader's Creations"? That url would be "areaderscreations.etsy.com"

Neither is in use at the moment. Any other suggestions?


Another issue is my pricing structure. This is the formula I came up with:

([(time x wage) + materials] x 2) + etsy fee = selling price

Terms:

Time: amount of time it takes to apply the color layer, doubled (it's hard to time the glue layers. They're lots and lots of 30 second chunks.)
Wage: $6.00/hour for now. I will adapt this number.
Materials: The cost of the item I'm covering + $0.10 per square inch to be covered (rounded).
Esty fee: $0.20 per item listed, plus 3.5% of the price when an item sells.

For example: A picture frame that took me half an hour to cover, has 19 square inches of surface area, and cost me a dollar would sell for $18.63. I'd probably round that to $18.00 or $19.00 even.

Does that seem like a reasonable price? Am I over thinking this? Are you guys sick of me asking for input yet?

Comments

[jarien.livejournal.com]

6th grader test... I read that as "reader's secretions" first, with my tired brain and tired eyes. Can you pop in any underscores to separate the words?

What is the extra .10 per square inch? Glue materials?

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

Good point about the name. Etsy recommends keeping names simple, so I'd like avoid underscores if I can. I'll keep thinking on it.

The extra .10 is for the paper or fabric being glued on, the glue itself, brushes, and any other supplies.