18" by 9" Car Door Magnets

[SignManiac]

You can be the greatest sign shop in the world but where I come from you can make your pricing competitive or you can be out of business. My competition charges what they charge and you either compete or get beat. I used to charge $60 a set for about 4-5 years and barely did any, switched my prices to be closer to competition (still not as low) and I boosted sales my a tremendous amount. Enough that we kept them. All I'm saying is you can be a great sign shop and be doing well but in NW Ohio where I'm from we can't touch the prices as mentioned above

Twenty two years ago I moved to Florida from New York and was told by every sign shop in Florida that it was impossible to get my N.Y. prices in Florida, and that everyone down here was cheap. Well I'm still here and I'm a hell of a lot more expensive than the competition. You get what you ask for or you take what you're willing to take. But you keep doing what you do. Glad it's working for you.

 

[fresh]

i charge at least $130 for a set of full color 12x24" magnets. I've found that we need to use cast vinyl /laminate on the magnets to limit the amount of curl / magnet failure. We don't run cast vinyl all the time, so its a bit of a pain to swap everything for such a small run.

One color cut vinyl magnets are usually about $110 a set.

This is using the good magnetic material from Magnum, we never use the cheap stuff.

 

[OldPaint]

"My competition charges what they charge and you either compete or get beat. "
that is........IF YOU ALLOW IT))))))) and then this tells me me your on the "business end" rather then artistic end........since you cant produce $100-135.00 magnetics....YOU CANT CREATE higher dollar artwork to UPSELL..............then you are no better then your so called competition)))))))))))))))))))))))

 

[reQ]

Well, all is true. There always be people who look for cheapest price possible & people who understand that they get what they pay for.

 

[Pixels Are Bad Mmmkay?]

We would be at $74.25 for a pair of 18" x 9" magnets with one color of cut vinyl applied over a solid layer of cut vinyl for the background color.

 

[Sign Works]

I get a chuckle from the VistaPrint 9" x 12" mags. Can't read anything from more than 6 feet away and they fade out badly in a short period of time but hey their only $10.19 each, now that's a serious business advertising investment.

 

[JustinKaise]

sadly they will google that item and find them for $9.95 each at Vistaprint

If word gets out, you should become extremely busy in the near future.

Start figuring out now, what your next item to butcher will be.



Less then $50 to advertise a vehicle ?? Really ??

Glad ya don't live near me............. ​

sadly they will google that item and find them for $9.95 each at Vistaprint

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

Don't compete with vistaprint... might as well chew your foot off.

That being said, We sell (3) 12" x 24" Mags for $50, that is exactly 4x our material and labor costs, does not include design or layout.

 

[sardocs]

2ct - After you do add in the design time and the layout charge what is your average selling price?

 

[J Hill Designs]

who buys 3 mags?

 

[BIG EASY DOES IT]

who buys 3 mags?

Easy: The person that wants one on each side and one on the tailgate.

 

[Gino]

Some people put them on the back gate/door, too.


Is that $50 for all 3 ??

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

2ct - After you do add in the design time and the layout charge what is your average selling price?

About $100-$150, depends on pita factor for our designers.

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

Some people put them on the back gate/door, too.


Is that $50 for all 3 ??

Yes and that is $15 more then my local "competitors"

 

[Tony McD]

I'm at $80 for a pair of 12 x 24 one color cut vinyl magnets.
Price goes up accordingly with added color(s)

Full color is $150 a set with a little design time and $125 for repeats.

Have had a few customers try the ones from Vista...they soon find that they paid about what they're worth.

 

[player]

$50 for 3 magnetics...What's the point?

 

[reQ]

$50 for 3 magnetics...What's the point?

What u mean what's the point? Point is to do the work, just to do the work without making any money!

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

Its 5x my hard costs so I'm making money... Guess we all have different costs and markets.

 

[reQ]

So, your cost is $3.33 per magnet? I am sorry, but i will be first one to call bs on that one.

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

So, your cost is $3.33 per magnet? I am sorry, but i will be first one to call bs on that one.

Yup hard cost.
$0.90/sq for magnum 30mil
$0.60/sq for cast film and lam
$0.20/sq for ink
$1.70/sq total, $3.40/for 2 sqft of magnet w/ vinyl and ink.
$17.00/per mag at 5x markup
$51 for 3 mags, round down to $50 for ease.