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Hi, I was only doing this as a hobby, but a friend of a friend who owns a company has approached me and asked for a quote of 100 mugs with their logo on and they want the inner colour mug too. I won't need to add on delivery as I'll meet them face to face. I'm sure loads of you on here that does this for a living has been asked for these sort of size orders (and more) so I just have 2 questions really.

1) I just have a standard mug press and quantity wise I haven't really used it for anything more than about 12 bottles at one time. For 100 mugs, is it best to do X amount and let it cool down then do some more and repeat?
2) I know this might be too much of a broad question but what sort of price would you charge for 100 mugs?

Anything else to be weary of when doing these quantities?

Thanks,
Martin

A mug press will keep working for more hours then you can stay awake. Price is down to you. I value my time so I don't do cheap.

Janners

JMugs;151417 wrote:A mug press will keep working for more hours then you can stay awake. Price is down to you. I value my time so I don't do cheap.

Janners

Thanks Janners

I would charge around £3.65-3.95+vat per mug and if cheap mug press then do 25 at a time.

UK Printed Mugs;151419 wrote:I would charge around £3.65-3.95+vat per mug and if cheap mug press then do 25 at a time.

Thank you.

On mid volume jobs you need to draw a balance between retail pricing and full wholesale pricing. You need to at least double your money, plus have a bit left over for misprints, power and wear and tear.

£3.65 - £3.95 sounds good, maybe a little more. As you are presumably not vat registered and your customer probably is then don't be tempted to charge too much more. Your customer won't be able to reclaim any vat so you will risk over pricing yourself.

pw66;151428 wrote:On mid volume jobs you need to draw a balance between retail pricing and full wholesale pricing. You need to at least double your money, plus have a bit left over for misprints, power and wear and tear.

£3.65 - £3.95 sounds good, maybe a little more. As you are presumably not vat registered and your customer probably is then don't be tempted to charge too much more. Your customer won't be able to reclaim any vat so you will risk over pricing yourself.

Thanks. Glad I asked the question because I think I would have been charging too much on my original thoughts.

mshaw3;151437 wrote:Thanks. Glad I asked the question because I think I would have been charging too much on my original thoughts.

If you can get your price then it isn't too much... The prices being quoted are typical prices if you are competing for mid volume business. If your customer has already approached you and is happy with your price then go for it.

Try going in at £4.50. Even allowing for a high level of mistakes that will give you over £250 profit in the job. If he coughs at that offer 'mates rates' of £3.95, and earn £200.

The mistake a lot of people make when first quoting for volume jobs is to look at the profit in the individual item. Look at the total profit for the completed job, and weigh that against the time you save by not having to set up dozens of smaller jobs. Even at a lower selling price the end profit will be higher.

pw66;151440 wrote:If you can get your price then it isn't too much... The prices being quoted are typical prices if you are competing for mid volume business. If your customer has already approached you and is happy with your price then go for it.

Try going in at £4.50. Even allowing for a high level of mistakes that will give you over £250 profit in the job. If he coughs at that offer 'mates rates' of £3.95, and earn £200.

The mistake a lot of people make when first quoting for volume jobs is to look at the profit in the individual item. Look at the total profit for the completed job, and weigh that against the time you save by not having to set up dozens of smaller jobs. Even at a lower selling price the end profit will be higher.

Brill, thanks for the advice.