Mug pricing

[Tryweryn]

Hi can I ask for a printed mug that you cant get anywhere else.....what kind of prices do people charge for the product?

[GoonerGary]

£6.99 is decent price.

[Tryweryn]

Using that figure how much profit would u make on it?

[GoonerGary]

Difficult to work out as there are so many variables and ink cost figures are guesswork...£4-5? I'll tell you when I do my next tax return!

[edwardsmedia]

This is what i would do Tryweryn Everyone will be different, and have different suppliers, mugs, inks, boxes, also i think it depends where your location is with your business and how you run it, shop in town or online?

cost price of your Mug - £?.?? (Base the price on 1 box of 36 mugs, and i guess also include delivery if needed... & VAT (if you are not VAT registered) so you can see it will not cost you anymore)

Ink/Paper/Tape - All depends what brands you are using - £?.??
also are you giving them a mug box with that? - £?.??

Everyone will be different, Just have a play around i guess

[viccar]

And if you sell on ebay

- 70p FVF
- 50p paypal

but then youd be lucky to get £6.99 on ebay

[steve 1]

as you know viccki iam new to this i have found people on e bay at lots off diffrent prices and some of the more expensive ones do have reasonable sales. i think at the start it would be slow on the higher price but over time you may get repeat buissness just a thought. its a difficult decision

[viccar]

6.99 with free postage yes, but 6.99 + £2.20 take a look only the green ones sell (search for personalised mug over £9 thats inc p&p)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/csc/i.html?_udlo= ... 06fy&gbr=1

most of them are childrens mugs which are dearer to buy. Try finding a normal mug thats not copyrighted for 6.99 + p&p what has sold, not many of them

[John G]

I don't think profit/prices should be banded around an open forum like this - anyone can view, including customers, and you're not doing yourself any favours by basing your costs on the figure suggested - everyone's will be different.

Work your own costs out and make a decision on what profit you'd like to be making - without doing it yourself you'll be working on mickey mouse figures.

[RogerC]

I don't think profit/prices should be banded around an open forum like this - anyone can view, including customers, and you're not doing yourself any favours by basing your costs on the figure suggested - everyone's will be different.

Work your own costs out and make a decision on what profit you'd like to be making - without doing it yourself you'll be working on mickey mouse figures.

Totally agree John. What is acceptable to one supplier is not necessarily acceptable to another in terms of 'profit'. Some 'fleabay' sellers leave me wondering just how they make anything at all but each to their own.