Pricing

[MarlinDave]

There is a kinda high end online leather place near me. Visited their showroom last month. Had plain valet trays for $60. I think that was their cheapest item. Not a line at the checkout however. Some of the online prices are really crazy. 

[JayEhl]

44 minutes ago, chuck123wapati said:

Does anyone here sell custom tooling by the square inch? Seems it may be a good way to estimate pricing for design work on leather also.

For tooling I was told about $3.50 - $4.50/sq inch depending......but this is in Houston area. This is on top of whatever you would price your product after assembly, etc.

[chuck123wapati]

32 minutes ago, 327fed said:

There is a kinda high end online leather place near me. Visited their showroom last month. Had plain valet trays for $60. I think that was their cheapest item. Not a line at the checkout however. Some of the online prices are really crazy. 

lol kind of like ebay you have to look at how many they have sold at that price. A high end gun shop could pull that price maybe for your item, clientele has some spendable cash there. A gun show where you are surrounded with bargain prices and bargain sized spendable cash then not so much.

[chuck123wapati]

11 minutes ago, JayEhl said:

For tooling I was told about $3.50 - $4.50/sq inch depending......but this is in Houston area. This is on top of whatever you would price your product after assembly, etc.

Wow more than i thought! I now have to rethink my pricing lol.

[fredk]

1 hour ago, JayEhl said:

For tooling I was told about $3.50 - $4.50/sq inch depending......but this is in Houston area. This is on top of whatever you would price your product after assembly, etc.

Interesting. When I was showing some simple items to one of my agents we discussed putting a person's name or initials on it. I would use the 3D letter stamps to do that so no big job. My agent came up with £5 [$6.25] just to have name or initials put on plus £1 [$1.25] for each letter, thus 'Fred' would be £5 + £4 = £9 [ $11.25]

Yes, there is a big difference between the asking price and getting price

[JayEhl]

2 hours ago, fredk said:

Yes, there is a big difference between the asking price and getting price

Yep, everything is negotiable when cash is in hand! 

[battlemunky]

6 hours ago, 327fed said:

There is a kinda high end online leather place near me. Visited their showroom last month. Had plain valet trays for $60. I think that was their cheapest item. Not a line at the checkout however. Some of the online prices are really crazy. 

That Colonel guy, by any chance? Nice leather but it's all machine made if so. Which is fine and has it's place but when one of those $1,800 bags that took an hour and a half to make starts falling apart, it's done. You'll have a really nice pile of leather on your hands. If it's his stuff, I expected it to all be saddle stitched for the price that's being asked.

I'd confidently sell that piece, assuming it's unlined and what we're seeing is what you're getting for $30-$60 here down the road from you. Anything crazier in the tooling department, lining, etc., and I'd add $20-$30 to either side of the range.

Good luck figuring it out. Pricing is sometimes harder than making.

[Doc Reaper]

First off the sellers (most of em) on the internet are not concerned about the market prices. Most of em want you to stop selling your products so they can be the only one.

most of those internet sellers won’t be in business four months from now.

I just sold a holster for a Smith & Wesson 357 mag lined holster for $200 and that was cheap, charge what you actually have into it and screw the other guy

[MarlinDave]

Yes, that is the Colonel. Most of his stuff is Buffalo now. I kinda like the look and needs less finish maybe. Their line is a  lot less than 20 years ago. They used to sell knives, hats, a bunch of stuff. Not sure it’s all made onsite. 

[MarlinDave]

Used to be a boot place here that did some custom leather, but closed now. One saddle and boot guy in my neighborhood, at his farm. Not much places ever here, less left. I saw some Amish made phone cases this week, of all things.