I do a flat rate price so when someone asks how much for a shirt I can say with confidence a set $ amount. Being able to give a price quickly ( without the umms, awws and pauses)shows you have a structure, knowledge and are firm.
Great video..knowledge is everything... I am about 1 yr screen printing...I like to give a actra quality shirts and sweatshirts... I will flash a color sometimes 3or4 times.. Then I will heat press what ever I screen printed doesn'tmatter if it's a few shirts or 350 sweatshirts. ..I feel I am doing more than I need to to finish the job....people love my work tho..I feel I am not charging enough..but want to stay in price range of other stores....I feel I should just up my prices and explain why I charge more then others shops...the heat press makes my work shine ,if u do a stretch test..my shirts or sweatshirts never crack....
That's great! You're definitely going above and beyond which most certainly sets you apart from everyone else. Heat pressing does give it a high end quality feel which you should be charging more for. You are providing value and you should be charging what you are worth. In my opinion people will keep coming to you even if you raise your pricing a little because they know what they're getting with you. You have already set your mark and people recognize it. Get your worth my friend because you are definitely providing a higher value 👌
@@thegraffixshack I truly appreciate your reply... I am doing some sweatshirts Jerzees is a 50% cotton and 50% polyester Color is navy blue.. You know I like to heat press my work..when I heat pressed I got dye migration after the work..so I had to re order 15 sweatshirts.. so the 2nd time I do sweatshirts ,I don't heat press and over the weekend I still got the dye migration just not as bad as first run.. going through the oven I have temperature at 320...looking at yt videos I should go to 260...I did turn heat-press down to 260 and I still got dye migration..I need to turn oven down I think and not heat press... Do u know of a additive I could add to paint or i will just try vinyl and re order more sweatshirts..costly job for me not knowing how to handle this situation.. I did watch a video and guy used a black underneath that works with polyester... I am also afraid that at 260 when curing that when people go to wash paint may come off....I know u got your own work and may be very busy..I would greatly greatly appreciate if you know how I may handle the job..
Ah, yes I've been in that situation myself many times. Are you printing with regular plastisol ink? If you are, then that is the problem. Whenever you print on shirts, hoodies or anything with polyester you will need to use a plastisol ink specifically for printing on polyester. This ink cures at 260 degrees and it blocks the dye from the polyester which will avoid the dye migration. Your local screen printing supplies shop should have some of that ink. Hopefully this helps you out 🙏
@@thegraffixshack thanks for reply...I tried a old thicker white paint I stopped using..and it works well with polyester..my issue was the job was 2 color with white underbase.the neon yellow needs to be cured at 320..so I am lucky other paint works.i wasn't sure how neon yellow would cure at 260..cost me 30ty sweatshirts and my time..now I can heat press to get the look I like for customers.. T he thicker white paint I stop using cause I would have to put a lot of pressure when pushing screen..I am 50ty and the joint pain was painful after soo many sweatshirts. I have 1 yr doing screen printing..got way more knowledge to learn.. What if other paint I used didn't work..I need to learn how dye blockers work on polyester I think..... Thanks again.. God bless bro..
Oh wow! Well let me congratulate you on getting it done. You found a way and you got it done. As screen printers that is what we do...we find ways to get the job done ✔️ I recommend for future print jobs that you try the polywhite plastisol ink...the FN Ink brand is very soft and will be easy on the joints. Glad to hear you got the job done. If you have further questions feel free to reach out...that's what my channel is for...to provide knowledge from my perspective.
Pricing is going to fluctuate for everyone because we all have different equipment and setup and our geographic area also plays a part in our pricing. But, to answer your question based on the information you gave ... we could print 24 items in 1 hour no problem...but, since it's a 4 color print then we would also need to account for the extra time needed to flash each color...for us we account for 30 seconds per flash and in this case we'd need to flash 3 times so that would be 90 seconds per shirt...we then multiply 90 seconds by 24 shirts which gives us 0.6 hours...we then add that to the 1 hour it would take us to print 24 shirts which gives us 1.6 hours of actual print labor....we still need to add the time it takes to get the screens ready...this will also vary for everyone since again we all have different equipment and setup...for us it would be 2 hours of screen prep work...we then both numbers....2 +1.6 = 3.6 hours of labor to print this job just based on the information you gave. Next we multiply 3.6 hours by our hourly rate and divide it by the total number of shirts which is 24 in this case...this gives us the cost to print each shirt....finally we would add the shirt price to the individual shirt printing cost...and BAM you get a final price per shirt. Let me know if that was clear...we're doing a more informative video on this topic because we are getting many requests.
Someone is offering my the same printing station and flash burner for 2,300 in good condition. Do you feel it's a good value, just based on the equipment alone?
Hi, very interesting. I use the same approach as you here in France, an hourly rate. But there are still a few explanations missing, you're coming up with 75 dollars an hour, why not. How many days do you think you can bill in a 30-day month? Because if you work on your own, it takes a lot of days to do the invoices, find clients, pay taxes, respond to projects, rest, go shopping, etc. Do you manage to invoice every day of the month? Thanks anyway, this is one of the few videos on the screen printing business that really explains how you arrive at a selling price for your work and well done, you're much quicker than I am at printing oneT-shirt :)
Thank you so much for watching! 👍🙏 We are filming a more detailed video on how exactly I do my pricing because people are asking more details. But, you are right it is tough to do all the invoices, taxes, printing and everything that comes with being your own boss LOL to answer your question some months are busier than others... some months I can bill 5 days out of the week because I like to leave 2 days for family time... and other slower months I may bill 3 days out of the week. This next video will definitely be more detailed and I will be doing the math on a white board so everyone can see how exactly I approach the pricing for my shop.
I think Im misunderstanding your explanation. You have your hourly rate and time factored which you charge for. Then you have the 50% up charge on the shirts. Wouldn’t then your profit just be the 50% mark up on the shirts? Since the labor your essentially breaking even on?
You are misunderstanding it just a little bit... the 50% markup on the shirts is simply to cover any fees including shipping which the vendor will charge...so we don't make money on the shirts themselves; we simply mark it up to cover any related fees. We make money on the actual printing part. Our hourly rate covers all our expenses plus it includes a profit as well...we're going to do another video on pricing where I'll go much more into the details 😀
It's tough to say without knowing all the details of the print job. Also, I don't know your particular fixed costs and expenses. For me, here in California it would be too low of a price but, if you made a profit then that is great! The more print jobs you do the better you'll get ar pricing them.
@@thegraffixshack Thanks for reply, yes i understand the markets between states are diferents and the areas etc. Yes i'm have a profit over this quote of course. Just want to know sure i'm no crazy high or low on this.
Hi, very interesting. I use the same approach as you here in France, an hourly rate. But there are still a few explanations missing, you're coming up with 75 dollars an hour, why not. How many days do you think you can bill in a 30-day month? Because if you work on your own, it takes a lot of days to do the invoices, find clients, pay taxes, respond to projects, rest, go shopping, etc. Do you manage to invoice every day of the month? Thanks anyway, this is one of the few videos on the screen printing business that really explains how you arrive at a selling price for your work and well done, you're much quicker than I am at printing oneT-shirt :)
Thank you so much for watching! I appreciate it and I'm glad this video was helpful. To answer your questions... the video was based on my first shop which was a store front and was open 8 hours per day, 5 days per week, 4 weeks per month...so my numbers are based on working 20 days in a month. At the time my brother was helping me out so it made it a little easier to run the shop. Now I'm on my own and it definitely is tougher to juggle all the aspects of running the shop so time management is very important. What I do is set aside 1 day strictly for cleaning and burning screens and 2 days strictly for printing. I respond to quotes and emails as they come in. When I send out a quote it automatically turns into an invoice if the customer accepts it and it also automatically sends out the receipt and payment confirmation. As far as looking for clients I don't actively look because all my orders come from social media, Internet and referrals from other customers. For taxes I have a bank account setup which automatically transfers a set amount each month from all the orders. So every week I have 3 days strictly for shop stuff and 4 days for family and life stuff. Let me know if this made sense and if you have any questions. Also, would this be a video you want to see? Like a day to day type of video on how I plan my weekly schedule and run the shop?
I do a flat rate price so when someone asks how much for a shirt I can say with confidence a set $ amount. Being able to give a price quickly ( without the umms, awws and pauses)shows you have a structure, knowledge and are firm.
Yes! Exactly! I definitely agree 👍 having and knowing your rate/worth gives you so much more flexibility when issuing quotes.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience very helpful 👍
No problem! Thank you for watching! I appreciate it very much 🙏
This is amazing I like this and would continue watching great channel. Also is that a Reyes in the back. Hay Reyes what about the ⛽️ gas
LOL that is Reyes! What about the GAS lol thank you so much for watching
Great video..knowledge is everything...
I am about 1 yr screen printing...I like to give a actra quality shirts and sweatshirts...
I will flash a color sometimes 3or4 times..
Then I will heat press what ever I screen printed doesn'tmatter if it's a few shirts or 350 sweatshirts. ..I feel I am doing more than I need to to finish the job....people love my work tho..I feel I am not charging enough..but want to stay in price range of other stores....I feel I should just up my prices and explain why I charge more then others shops...the heat press makes my work shine ,if u do a stretch test..my shirts or sweatshirts never crack....
That's great! You're definitely going above and beyond which most certainly sets you apart from everyone else. Heat pressing does give it a high end quality feel which you should be charging more for. You are providing value and you should be charging what you are worth. In my opinion people will keep coming to you even if you raise your pricing a little because they know what they're getting with you. You have already set your mark and people recognize it. Get your worth my friend because you are definitely providing a higher value 👌
@@thegraffixshack I truly appreciate your reply...
I am doing some sweatshirts
Jerzees is a 50% cotton and 50% polyester
Color is navy blue..
You know I like to heat press my work..when I heat pressed I got dye migration after the work..so I had to re order 15 sweatshirts.. so the 2nd time I do sweatshirts ,I don't heat press and over the weekend I still got the dye migration just not as bad as first run.. going through the oven I have temperature at 320...looking at yt videos I should go to 260...I did turn heat-press down to 260 and I still got dye migration..I need to turn oven down I think and not heat press...
Do u know of a additive I could add to paint or i will just try vinyl and re order more sweatshirts..costly job for me not knowing how to handle this situation..
I did watch a video and guy used a black underneath that works with polyester...
I am also afraid that at 260 when curing that when people go to wash paint may come off....I know u got your own work and may be very busy..I would greatly greatly appreciate if you know how I may handle the job..
Ah, yes I've been in that situation myself many times. Are you printing with regular plastisol ink? If you are, then that is the problem. Whenever you print on shirts, hoodies or anything with polyester you will need to use a plastisol ink specifically for printing on polyester. This ink cures at 260 degrees and it blocks the dye from the polyester which will avoid the dye migration. Your local screen printing supplies shop should have some of that ink. Hopefully this helps you out 🙏
@@thegraffixshack thanks for reply...I tried a old thicker white paint I stopped using..and it works well with polyester..my issue was the job was 2 color with white underbase.the neon yellow needs to be cured at 320..so I am lucky other paint works.i wasn't sure how neon yellow would cure at 260..cost me 30ty sweatshirts and my time..now I can heat press to get the look I like for customers..
T he thicker white paint I stop using cause I would have to put a lot of pressure when pushing screen..I am 50ty and the joint pain was painful after soo many sweatshirts. I have 1 yr doing screen printing..got way more knowledge to learn..
What if other paint I used didn't work..I need to learn how dye blockers work on polyester I think.....
Thanks again..
God bless bro..
Oh wow! Well let me congratulate you on getting it done. You found a way and you got it done. As screen printers that is what we do...we find ways to get the job done ✔️ I recommend for future print jobs that you try the polywhite plastisol ink...the FN Ink brand is very soft and will be easy on the joints. Glad to hear you got the job done. If you have further questions feel free to reach out...that's what my channel is for...to provide knowledge from my perspective.
Thank you for the free 99 knowledge! 😉
No problem! Thank you for watching 🙏
What about if you are doing a 4 color job 24 shirts. how long does that take you to do in one hour? How does that work?
Pricing is going to fluctuate for everyone because we all have different equipment and setup and our geographic area also plays a part in our pricing. But, to answer your question based on the information you gave ... we could print 24 items in 1 hour no problem...but, since it's a 4 color print then we would also need to account for the extra time needed to flash each color...for us we account for 30 seconds per flash and in this case we'd need to flash 3 times so that would be 90 seconds per shirt...we then multiply 90 seconds by 24 shirts which gives us 0.6 hours...we then add that to the 1 hour it would take us to print 24 shirts which gives us 1.6 hours of actual print labor....we still need to add the time it takes to get the screens ready...this will also vary for everyone since again we all have different equipment and setup...for us it would be 2 hours of screen prep work...we then both numbers....2 +1.6 = 3.6 hours of labor to print this job just based on the information you gave. Next we multiply 3.6 hours by our hourly rate and divide it by the total number of shirts which is 24 in this case...this gives us the cost to print each shirt....finally we would add the shirt price to the individual shirt printing cost...and BAM you get a final price per shirt.
Let me know if that was clear...we're doing a more informative video on this topic because we are getting many requests.
Great video, is electricity, ink, emulsion, rent, etc. Included in you $75/hour rate? TIA
Yes, it is. It included all the expenses my shop incurs. Thank you for watching 🙏💯
Someone is offering my the same printing station and flash burner for 2,300 in good condition. Do you feel it's a good value, just based on the equipment alone?
Is it the same setup I have?
Hi, very interesting. I use the same approach as you here in France, an hourly rate. But there are still a few explanations missing, you're coming up with 75 dollars an hour, why not. How many days do you think you can bill in a 30-day month? Because if you work on your own, it takes a lot of days to do the invoices, find clients, pay taxes, respond to projects, rest, go shopping, etc. Do you manage to invoice every day of the month? Thanks anyway, this is one of the few videos on the screen printing business that really explains how you arrive at a selling price for your work and well done, you're much quicker than I am at printing oneT-shirt :)
Thank you so much for watching! 👍🙏
We are filming a more detailed video on how exactly I do my pricing because people are asking more details. But, you are right it is tough to do all the invoices, taxes, printing and everything that comes with being your own boss LOL to answer your question some months are busier than others... some months I can bill 5 days out of the week because I like to leave 2 days for family time... and other slower months I may bill 3 days out of the week. This next video will definitely be more detailed and I will be doing the math on a white board so everyone can see how exactly I approach the pricing for my shop.
Is that Reyes behind the camera lol.
😁🤣 yeah! Sure is! Lol he's been helping me launch this channel 👍🙏
I think Im misunderstanding your explanation. You have your hourly rate and time factored which you charge for. Then you have the 50% up charge on the shirts. Wouldn’t then your profit just be the 50% mark up on the shirts? Since the labor your essentially breaking even on?
You are misunderstanding it just a little bit... the 50% markup on the shirts is simply to cover any fees including shipping which the vendor will charge...so we don't make money on the shirts themselves; we simply mark it up to cover any related fees. We make money on the actual printing part. Our hourly rate covers all our expenses plus it includes a profit as well...we're going to do another video on pricing where I'll go much more into the details 😀
@@thegraffixshack That makes more sense. Thanks!
I just quote $520 for 25 Tshirt (some XXL) navy blue 2 inks white/grey front, back and side logo. What u think about it ? price came like $20 each
It's tough to say without knowing all the details of the print job. Also, I don't know your particular fixed costs and expenses. For me, here in California it would be too low of a price but, if you made a profit then that is great! The more print jobs you do the better you'll get ar pricing them.
@@thegraffixshack Thanks for reply, yes i understand the markets between states are diferents and the areas etc. Yes i'm have a profit over this quote of course.
Just want to know sure i'm no crazy high or low on this.
Pero Andres , no contaste la gasolina :(
🤦♂️😅😆🤣 la gasolina!! ⛽️ alli es donde estuvo la falla Jajaja
Hi, very interesting. I use the same approach as you here in France, an hourly rate. But there are still a few explanations missing, you're coming up with 75 dollars an hour, why not. How many days do you think you can bill in a 30-day month? Because if you work on your own, it takes a lot of days to do the invoices, find clients, pay taxes, respond to projects, rest, go shopping, etc. Do you manage to invoice every day of the month? Thanks anyway, this is one of the few videos on the screen printing business that really explains how you arrive at a selling price for your work and well done, you're much quicker than I am at printing oneT-shirt :)
Thank you so much for watching! I appreciate it and I'm glad this video was helpful. To answer your questions... the video was based on my first shop which was a store front and was open 8 hours per day, 5 days per week, 4 weeks per month...so my numbers are based on working 20 days in a month. At the time my brother was helping me out so it made it a little easier to run the shop. Now I'm on my own and it definitely is tougher to juggle all the aspects of running the shop so time management is very important. What I do is set aside 1 day strictly for cleaning and burning screens and 2 days strictly for printing. I respond to quotes and emails as they come in. When I send out a quote it automatically turns into an invoice if the customer accepts it and it also automatically sends out the receipt and payment confirmation. As far as looking for clients I don't actively look because all my orders come from social media, Internet and referrals from other customers. For taxes I have a bank account setup which automatically transfers a set amount each month from all the orders. So every week I have 3 days strictly for shop stuff and 4 days for family and life stuff. Let me know if this made sense and if you have any questions. Also, would this be a video you want to see? Like a day to day type of video on how I plan my weekly schedule and run the shop?