Biker Scout
New Member
As for your metal sign question... $20 - $25 each is pretty low.
Put a stopwatch to that sign project. From the moment the work order lands on your designer's desk to loading the plotter, and then cutting, then weeding. Transfer tape, the applying. Are your blanks already cut to size? What about rounded corners? Holes? Those operations take time unless you get them from your vendor that way.
Time it, I'm serious. Then take that time, round up to the nearest hour... times that by what your shop rate should be... that's the minimum you should charge. Otherwise the shop loses money.
Put a stopwatch to that sign project. From the moment the work order lands on your designer's desk to loading the plotter, and then cutting, then weeding. Transfer tape, the applying. Are your blanks already cut to size? What about rounded corners? Holes? Those operations take time unless you get them from your vendor that way.
Time it, I'm serious. Then take that time, round up to the nearest hour... times that by what your shop rate should be... that's the minimum you should charge. Otherwise the shop loses money.
