Cake Topper Price Help

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SweetDelights2613 Posted 25 Apr 2012 , 11:03pm
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Can someone please help me how much should i charge for this kind of Cake Topper? Client requires 5 to 6 inches quilt, sleeping baby, teddy bear n baby bottle.[/img]

Thanks in advance!!

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Marianna46 Posted 26 Apr 2012 , 6:05pm
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Your image didn't show up, but I'd say price of ingredients times three, plus $10.00 an hour for labor. That's not the best way to price your things, but it's fast and easy, if you don't do this sort of thing all the time.

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KoryAK Posted 26 Apr 2012 , 6:09pm
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No picture in the post... but the picture in my hear (for cartoony figures) is like $50-60.

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SweetDelights2613 Posted 27 Apr 2012 , 9:03am
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I have attached the pic....
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KoryAK Posted 27 Apr 2012 , 5:29pm
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Do you have a mold for this or will you be hand forming it?

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arlenej Posted 27 Apr 2012 , 11:54pm
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I guess because I've done this so often I don't think of charging extra. Sorry. But to speed up the process, check the First Impression baby molds and Karen Davies has a teddy bear mold I've been drooling over for a while now.

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arlenej Posted 27 Apr 2012 , 11:55pm
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I guess because I've done this so often I don't think of charging extra. Sorry. But to speed up the process, check the First Impression baby molds and Karen Davies has a teddy bear mold I've been drooling over for a while now.You can get both from [url]globalsugarart.com[/url]

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SweetDelights2613 Posted 28 Apr 2012 , 1:39am
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I have baby mold from 1st Impressions & yes i don't want to charge extra...just want to charge fair price.

thanks for quick reply everyone!!

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KoryAK Posted 28 Apr 2012 , 6:55am
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If you don't want to charge extra for this topper then don't. Not really sure why you are asking the forum what to charge then though...

Anyway, if I had to make that without a mold, it would be at least $75. If I had the mold and it was pretty easy to use and this was not the only decoration on the cake (as in the "basic decor included" budget was already used up) I would probably charge at least $20.

Why shouldn't you be charging extra for extra work on a cake? They come to you because you can do something they can't and they are willing to pay for it.

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SweetDelights2613 Posted 28 Apr 2012 , 1:44pm
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I wanted charge fair price coz I am a Newbie & in spite of that they wanted me to make only the cake topper of their Cake.

Thank you

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arlenej Posted 28 Apr 2012 , 6:14pm
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Sory? Define 'newbie' again? As long as you do a practice run on anything you're not sure about...and get lots of advice from c.c'ers, then 'they' don't have to know! Go forth boldly and cake!...And charge!!

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SweetDelights2613 Posted 28 Apr 2012 , 6:26pm
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Ok got it....Thanks everyone for all your advice....it was very HELPFUL!!

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