I am not busy enough yet to have "official" minimum orders....however as most of you know these days it isn't even worth it to sell a cake for $25 anymore, once you put all the work and money into it.
Do you have minimum orders? How do you handle it if someone requests a very small novelty cake just as a gift for a friend?
A few times (including a few mins ago) I have had people wanting to order 3D cakes, but they wanted them very small as a gift, but not for a party.
Just now I just let her know that small cakes aren't as cost effective as large cakes and she may feel that for the size it is more expensive but that I would offer her a small one for $50. (It will be like a 6" Tiffany box with bow).
Just curious how others handle it... I guess as you said it doesn't happen *alot* but when it does, I like to accomodate smaller purchases but without being out time and money (since small cakes don't bring in a very large profit margin, even though you are still spending that time mixing and baking and making icing and etc.)
My minimum order is £60 ($120) as I only do cakes one day a week and it had better be worth my while! I enjoy doing it more knowing I'm being paid properly for my work.
I have minimum orders too - well, prices anyway! My lowest cake/cupcake/cookie price is 35 euros ($50), and wedding cakes are 150 euros ($200), regardless of size/design etc. It's really not worth the stress and effort for any less! I work from home.
I know of a lot of bakeries that have minimum orders.
i wounld think it depends on how your shop is set up. I'm not a walk in bakery with cases filled with cookies and doughnuts in anticipation of people wanting to buy one or two. Ergo, whether I'm a home baker or a shop baker, there is a minimum order because each item is made to order, not made on spec, and there is a minimum cost involved to turn on the oven and mess up the kitchen.
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