I know this question has been asked on here before, but I cannot seem to find it. So I am going to ask again. It has to do with cake pop pricing and quantity pricing. Do any of you give a discount for making a larger quantity? I personally do not feel like it should be done. I just do not understand why customers think that it should cost less per dozen if they order 10 dozen. Am I thinking wrong on this and should I be figuring my pricing differently? It still takes me the same amount of time per dozen whether I am making 1 dozen or 12 dozen. And it is not a problem as far as cake making goes...if I do not use all the cake for that order, I just make some to sell and I get rid of it.
I would appreciate any opinions on this.
Thank you!
Teresa
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I don't give discounts. I don't believe in essentially lowering the price of my work in order to make them happy. Ingredients aren't discounted, nor is my time. I hate when someone says well of I order x amount, can I get a bulk discount?...... nope.
The only time I agreed with this when someone gave a "standing" order, of 10 dozen per week or something so you could discount because you may then have "fill in work" to stay busy/ use staff more effectively -----OR------ if the order was so large that you could buy ingredients at a greater discount.
So, if you save on labor or ingredients, you could pass that on and still make the same $$$$. Like mixing a "double" batch of cake takes about the same labor time as a single batch, so in some ways, making one dozen does take more time than ten dozen. Often times though, the customer expects a greater discount than the few labor minutes you may save.
The only time I agreed with this when someone gave a "standing" order, of 10 dozen per week or something so you could discount because you may then have "fill in work" to stay busy/ use staff more effectively -----OR------ if the order was so large that you could buy ingredients at a greater discount.
So, if you save on labor or ingredients, you could pass that on and still make the same $$$$. Like mixing a "double" batch of cake takes about the same labor time as a single batch, so in some ways, making one dozen does take more time than ten dozen. Often times though, the customer expects a greater discount than the few labor minutes you may save.
The latest inquiry for a discount was for an order of 10 dozen cake pops, half of them were to be designed(very designed)! She basically wanted me to do all of them for $1.00 each!! I don't even do the basic round cake pops for that price! I might as well be giving them away! If they were all going to be basic rounds and that was it, I might have "thought" about giving a little discount. But with half of them being very time consuming, I thought...no way! I was very cordial to her about it though . And she got really upset with me about it and said she did not think I would stay in business. Well, I have to tell you, I have been doing cake pops for 6 years now and my business is doing just fine! I am a one person business and I am not going to give away my product after working so hard! It is just that time of year that I am getting larger orders and everyone is on a budget...I get that. But I am too and I am doing this for a living, not for free!
There....rant done!
Thanks for all the input though.
Teresa
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