Rough Price Of How Much You Would Pay Please
Business By beckybakes617 Updated 19 Nov 2012 , 1:27pm by beckybakes617
Hi Becky, I'm new to cake decorating, so I don't have too good an idea how much to charge, either. But, I would be willing to pay $150 for this cake. I know how much time is invested in cake decorating, but there are a lot of people who do not. I have found it helpful to let my customers know how much time was invested in making their custom cake. Beautiful work, by the way!
AHow much did the ingredients cost for that cake, and how many hours did it take you to complete it?
I haven't calculated all the materials involved as it was for a friend and I'm just starting out. I just want a rough idea of how much someone is willing to pay for a cake like this. It took me 5 hours (I think) to make and design. I was hoping somewhere in the region of $130- 170 as I don't want to undersell myself yet don't want to be overpriced.
Anymore opinions on what would be a good price range pretty please
Becky, we have no idea of where you live, what your local minimum wage is, how much your basic ingredients cost. We cannot possibly name you a good price.
YOU must set your price based on your wage and your costs.
If you need a better idea, call some cake shops in your area and pretend to be a potential customer. Ask how much it would cost you to buy the cake in your picture. Then you will know what your area price range should be.
To me it seems to be a 6in. by 10in. tops. maybe 25 servings ? 25x3.00=75.00 or 25x4.00=100.00 But since I am a hobby baker and do not have the experiance of a pro for me total price would be $ 85.00 if it only is the size that I presume. The cakes that I have made so far....take me hours and hours to make, if I started charging someone by all the hours it takes me no one would be able to afford me!! So if I ever do it as a business I would charge cost of ingredientsx3= price of product. This is my opinion, you do not have to agree with it.
Good luck!
Ciao!
AI would say since its only 10 servings that I would pay maybe $60-$70 if that. 10 servings isn't very much and I would only pay that for a very special occasion. Like the others said though. You must decide how much your time is worth. No one else can decide that for you. Good luck!!
Just wanted to thank you for all your replies I now can now guesstimate a rough price and feel a bit more confident about not over pricing/underpricing!
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