:V isnt that a bit expensive?

It's hand-made, and it takes a reasonably long time to assemble all the pieces. It works out to what I consider a reasonable hourly wage for skilled labor.

Most of the bracelets I do are less expensive, this one's just a lot wider (more material and time).

72 scales
and double that in split rings
works out to be
....
2.31
add clasps... maybe 3 at most
10 bucks n hour...
so it takes you three hours to make these?

Since you were determined enough to work out the math, I'll give you my math. My standard pricing scheme is $20 per hour (rounded to the nearest 5) plus $10 to cover overhead (materials, photographing stuff, discussing with commissioner, etc.)

$10/hour is barely minimum wage, and not really a fair price for someone who's spent effort to become fast and efficient at producing high-quality prices. Ask any serious craftsman or artist, and you'll get a similar answer.

Though if I could get a guarantee of making $10 for each hour I spent making chainmail, I'd be pretty dang happy. Instead I have to put lots of work into trying to get noticed by people who might buy it.

your going about it in the wrong way then, you need to set a bar minimum price of living, i.e. the ten bucks an hour. and get out as much stuff as you can that is yours, the cheaper you put it out for, the more business you get, and in turn, the higher likely hood of repeat business. simple economics my dear

Actually, my problem is in marketing. I sell similar products for similar prices as other people who get more sales (e.g. ichiblack or custommetalcollars); my issue right now is with reaching a broader customer base.

Also, I'm fairly resigned to having small things like this be effectively just here to generate activity and draw people to see my bigger stuff. That's where I've gotten most of my money from recently.

try getting in good with someone that has a booth at a ren fair or a local table top game store, i put a few key chains in at a ren fare with a friend that has a permanent booth, and after three hours sold 45 1 dollar key chains, bout 6 scales and 14 split rings each, with a profit of about 25 bucks, so i made 150% that day of what i put into it

Truth be told it's all about having the ad's up, it's really worth it in the long run!

And I bow to your scale work good sir! The tails and bracelets like this one make me drool from a workmanship standpoint (and beauty) I'm just not one for wearing scale work *shrug*


As a note; I don't know what it is with Nick there.. He's been like this to every mailler, or close to, on the site :\ (going on about pricing and stuff, he once argued with me on a discounted full persian necklace) and I agree on the hourly wages point, it goes for any artist, not just craftsmen

I need to add you to my list of people to commission when I get the money. *laughs*
I really do love your stuff.