How Much Do I Charge?

Stacey L

I was the photographer at our church's banquet last week and now some people want to buy some prints. I posted the pics to smugmug so people could order whatever they wanted, but one lady only wants to pay cash. Since I have to process these prints now, I'm wondering how much to charge her for 8 4x6's and 1 5x7.

Thanks,
Stacey

Nikolai

Whatever you think you can get away with:-)

Stacey L wrote:

I was the photographer at our church's banquet last week and now some people want to buy some prints. I posted the pics to smugmug so people could order whatever they wanted, but one lady only wants to pay cash. Since I have to process these prints now, I'm wondering how much to charge her for 8 4x6's and 1 5x7.

Thanks,
Stacey

Here's a sticky for ya

digismile

I think in this case your options are a bit more limited. you've put them on smugmug for people to buy there. What is the price for the photos there? Did anyone order them yet?

If so, I would make the prices the same, including the shipping for the lady who wants to pay cash. I don't think you want any hard feelings from someone who ends up paying more/less than one of their friends. You can either get them printed locally, or just have her pay you and you order them from smugmug ...

Going forward, you can consider what you want to charge.

For engagements such as this, I have charged $2 for a 4x6 (3 for $5 to encourage multiple buys), $5 for a 5x7, and $16 for an 8x10.


Just my 2 cents.

Brad

Stacey L

Thanks for the feedback. What I did was very nicely tell the lady that since I was now going to process these pictures myself. I was going to charge her 20.00 for 8 4x6's (4 for 10) and 3.99 for 1 5x7. This seems fair to me.

digismile wrote:

I think in this case your options are a bit more limited. you've put them on smugmug for people to buy there. What is the price for the photos there? Did anyone order them yet?

If so, I would make the prices the same, including the shipping for the lady who wants to pay cash. I don't think you want any hard feelings from someone who ends up paying more/less than one of their friends. You can either get them printed locally, or just have her pay you and you order them from smugmug ...

Going forward, you can consider what you want to charge.

For engagements such as this, I have charged $2 for a 4x6 (3 for $5 to encourage multiple buys), $5 for a 5x7, and $16 for an 8x10.


Just my 2 cents.

Brad