My first leather journal

[Pip]

It seems to me, Schno, you will not want to be doing this unless the money makes you happy. You put a lot of effort into the cover for yourself but will you want to make the same effort for someone who is not paying enough? I don't think so!

Think about what you might be prepared to pay someone for the cover and then simply ask a few friends what they think it is worth. Then, if you are brave enough, take it to your local mall and ask a few dozen happy shoppers to estimate the price of the cover (don't tell them you made it and take the comments on the chin). When you have done that you ought to have a better idea what the thing will make in the open market.

Now work out if that much money would make you happy, given the amount of work you would have to do to get it. If the answer is no then find another project and repeat the exercise until the answer comes back YES

Market research is a painful process but "that which doesn't kill us makes us stronger..."

I use the friends question all the time, I have two friends I ask, one is a cheap pricer (a spendthrift) the other always over prices (a professional artist) I hit the average no one complains. another thing, if you ask for a high price you can always drop it if when your done it doesn't add to that, if your low prices doesn't cover it you got problems. People will argue with you to keep the original price either way one way you winthe other you loose.

Pip