View Full Version : Pricing Help !!!
Robert Santiago
11-03-2008, 4:22 AM
Hello Everybody. Recently I ran into somebody, who's producing bike accessories. He wants to engrave his company name on some of his aluminum products and he's asking for a price quote. The engraving area is a little over 8 square inches, and he's selling around 20,000 pieces / year. It takes me 12 minutes to engrave a piece (without counting the time required for the Cermark coat to be applied).
I don't want to lose the opportunity, that's why I need all the help one can give, for pricing this big contract in a professional manner.
Thanks in advance,
Robert
Mike Null
11-03-2008, 6:45 AM
There are better cheaper ways to mark that quantity of products. I can't imagine he'd go for lasering.
Zac Altman
11-03-2008, 7:38 AM
The engraving area is a little over 8 square inches, and he's selling around 20,000 pieces / year. It takes me 12 minutes to engrave a piece
20,000 x 12 mins = 4000 hours
4000 / 365 days in a year = 11 hours a day
2 pcs at a time: 5.5 hours a day
4 pcs at a time: 3 hours a day
10 pcs at a time: 1 hour a day
Now unless you plan to be running your laser every day for 3/5/11 hours, reconsider...
Joe Pelonio
11-03-2008, 7:56 AM
If he is unaware of other options and goes for the price, this could be a good job for you. Unfortunately it probably won't last because eventually he'll discover that he can get them screen printed for a setup charge of maybe $100 then a dollar or less apiece. With the cost of the Cermark, run time, cleaning time, with a good quantity discount I'd probably charge at least $6 each.
Darren Null
11-03-2008, 9:47 AM
2 pcs at a time: 5.5 hours a day
4 pcs at a time: 3 hours a day
10 pcs at a time: 1 hour a day
Not necessarily- I've often found that travel time between the pieces can actually increase the total burn time. By quite a lot in some cases.
Lonny Meeks
11-03-2008, 9:49 AM
Can you always make a profit by charging an hourly flat fee of say $60?
Joe Pelonio
11-03-2008, 12:23 PM
The more I think about this, I really doubt that this guy would be willing to pay even $1 each for these, that's $20,000 and may be more than his rent!
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