What to charge?

A local vet hospital saw some of my cat photos and asked if they could purchase several of them for their offices. After catching my breath, I asked what they wanted to pay for them. Their reply was "charge what you think is fair."

Is there some rule of thumb about setting prices? I do the printing myself so I estimate I have maybe $15 in an 13 x 19 print mounted on foam board (no framing).

Do I add a percentage? Double it? Any thoughts?

anabeth wrote: A local vet hospital saw some of my cat photos and asked if they could purchase several of them for their offices. After catching my breath, I asked what they wanted to pay for them. Their reply was "charge what you think is fair."

Is there some rule of thumb about setting prices? I do the printing myself so I estimate I have maybe $15 in an 13 x 19 print mounted on foam board (no framing).

Do I add a percentage? Double it? Any thoughts?

Just to put things in perspective. When I do prints for people I LIKE, at 13x19..I charge 150-200.

Printing cost money, if you wanna cut them a deal, for charity based reasons it's up to you.

Scotty wrote:

anabeth wrote: A local vet hospital saw some of my cat photos and asked if they could purchase several of them for their offices. After catching my breath, I asked what they wanted to pay for them. Their reply was "charge what you think is fair."

Is there some rule of thumb about setting prices? I do the printing myself so I estimate I have maybe $15 in an 13 x 19 print mounted on foam board (no framing).

Do I add a percentage? Double it? Any thoughts?

Just to put things in perspective. When I do prints for people I LIKE, at 13x19..I charge 150-200.

Printing cost money, if you wanna cut them a deal, for charity based reasons it's up to you.

Just the straight print?

Karl Wertanen wrote:

Scotty wrote:

anabeth wrote: A local vet hospital saw some of my cat photos and asked if they could purchase several of them for their offices. After catching my breath, I asked what they wanted to pay for them. Their reply was "charge what you think is fair."

Is there some rule of thumb about setting prices? I do the printing myself so I estimate I have maybe $15 in an 13 x 19 print mounted on foam board (no framing).

Do I add a percentage? Double it? Any thoughts?

Just to put things in perspective. When I do prints for people I LIKE, at 13x19..I charge 150-200.

Printing cost money, if you wanna cut them a deal, for charity based reasons it's up to you.

Just the straight print?

That's framed too, sorry should have put that in there.

You'll find out soon karl how fast these printers rip through ink, specially at 13x19.

Thanks for the reply. I can't imagine being paid $150 or $200 for my work. But I don't need to frame them. Maybe I'll ask for $50. What do you think?

Ask if they want them framed, ready to hang. Then charge accordingly. $50 seems reasonable for an unframed print though.

I recently sold several of my prints to an area restaurant. They wanted 11 X 14 prints, mounted in foam board but unframed. I charged $75 a print and they didn't blink an eye.

Hope that helps.