Stitch Up
05-01-2010, 08:43 AM
I recall reading somewhere (before this forum), that one can apply the polyester coating to our own products. Lets say you have a ceramic tile you wish to sublimate, spray it with some sort of polyester coating, allow to dry and use the same as the ones we purchase.
Is this a possibility or did I just have some weird dream :shock:
The reason I ask is not because I plan to mass produce dyesub products but there are occasions when you might just want to create one of each for your display or the odd one for a customer.
The raw cost of imprintables is the greatest proportion of the final selling price and when you add carriage & VAT it often leaves you trying to justify the retail price of what you produce.
Lets take an MDF photo plaque measuring 15cms x 10cms for example. Xpres sell these for £2.50 + VAT = £2.94 add the carriage and your looking at over £3 before you do anything with it.
Yesterday, Angie produce a few of these photo plaques, I didn't even know we had any in stock! I must say, they looked rather impressive. I asked Angie how much the plaque cost and she said about £1.50! So I was thinking, these look good and could be marketed at a reasonable cost - say £4 to £5 each - a nice little profit especially if you shift a few.
But of course Angie was mistaken! To use, they'd cost a little over £3 each. Add to that the production cost, inks, paper, time, heat etc etc and for me, it took my initial excitement away.
What do you guys think?
Is this a possibility or did I just have some weird dream :shock:
The reason I ask is not because I plan to mass produce dyesub products but there are occasions when you might just want to create one of each for your display or the odd one for a customer.
The raw cost of imprintables is the greatest proportion of the final selling price and when you add carriage & VAT it often leaves you trying to justify the retail price of what you produce.
Lets take an MDF photo plaque measuring 15cms x 10cms for example. Xpres sell these for £2.50 + VAT = £2.94 add the carriage and your looking at over £3 before you do anything with it.
Yesterday, Angie produce a few of these photo plaques, I didn't even know we had any in stock! I must say, they looked rather impressive. I asked Angie how much the plaque cost and she said about £1.50! So I was thinking, these look good and could be marketed at a reasonable cost - say £4 to £5 each - a nice little profit especially if you shift a few.
But of course Angie was mistaken! To use, they'd cost a little over £3 each. Add to that the production cost, inks, paper, time, heat etc etc and for me, it took my initial excitement away.
What do you guys think?