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I have searched for any post related to my question and finally gave up, so I apologize if this has been asked and answered!
To start, I know the Stampin' Up! Angel Policy and will abide by all the requirements. Also, all of my product is Stampin' Up!, so I don't need to worry about other companies' policies.
My church is having a holiday sale in a few months. The way the sale works is each artist prices their own items and there is a central cashier. The sale runs every Sunday for four weeks. They have done this for several years. The artists aren't usually "manning" their items. I am going to put a bunch of cards in the sale. My daughter suggested that I also make up the Paper Pumpkin kits that I haven't done and put those cards in also. {I know I'd need to add an SU copyright stamp to the back.}
My original plan was to have one card price across the board and a small discount for buying multiple cards. This way I can just tell the cashier that all cards are $X and four cards are $Y. Simple.
Except if I do Paper Pumpkin cards ... I think they should be less expensive, but my daughter disagrees. Also, I often make "bonus" or alternative cards from the leftovers of the PP kits, so those would use some product from my own inventory --- which might require me to have a third price.
Her thinking is that if the cards are all different prices, I'll need to actually label each card with a price and that someone might question (to themselves, probably not to me) why some cards are less expensive. It would also make a discount harder to work in, though I suppose I could do it as a percent off the total if more than a certain number are purchased together.
She also thinks that if the cards are all priced the same, the additional markup on the PP cards might cover a slight reduction in the price of a card that's completely non-PP. So if I was going to sell the non-PP cards for $7 and the PP cards for $5, just sell all of the cards for $6.00. (that's an example, I haven't worked up the materials cost yet, so I don't know what price non-PP cards would be)
Has any one sold Paper Pumpkin Cards ... not the kits, but the finished cards? What did you price them for?
I've never sold Paper Pumpkin cards but I agree with your daughter. It keeps things simple for you and your customers.
If you decided to price PP cards differently from your other cards, my suggestion is to make sure they are clearly physically separated from the other cards with clear signs of the two prices. This has the advantage of having less expensive card options for the more budget-minded shopper, but I would still stick to just two price categories, with the option of a discount for buying multiple within one category.
I am a fan of simple systems!
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Also, if you are not going to be there selling, and you have 2 or more prices, remember people will just put things back anywhere. If you're going to have more than one price, then you need to price them all individually. A central cashier is not going to know which price a card is.
I agree with keeping it simple! If you are not comfortable pricing the PP cards the same as the others, you could sell those as a set of 4 or so cards and bag or box them together, maybe as a gift item. But, like your daughter, I don’t see any problem with pricing the cards all the same. If someone likes a card enough to buy it, I don’t think someone unfamiliar with card making will think too much about the cost of the materials or labor that went into creating it. They might feel a connection to the sentiment, images, or colors that to them represents value. Good luck with the event! I hope you report back on how it goes. Welcome to SCS! 😀
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Originally Posted by cnsteele
I've never sold Paper Pumpkin cards but I agree with your daughter. It keeps things simple for you and your customers.
If you decided to price PP cards differently from your other cards, my suggestion is to make sure they are clearly physically separated from the other cards with clear signs of the two prices. This has the advantage of having less expensive card options for the more budget-minded shopper, but I would still stick to just two price categories, with the option of a discount for buying multiple within one category.
Sell Paper Pumpkin cards at the same price??
