Vinyl signs HELP!

[Diamond Gals]

Hi there and a Happy New Year to you all!

 

when we took over this shop we inherited a vinyl cutter, which to be honest we havnt done much with, mainly because we simply dont know how to price jobs up,

 

just had a chap in wanting a sign replaced, that our predecessor had done for him, 12"x4", how do you go about costing this please???

 

cheers

 

mel

[Craig Gardner]

Hi there and a Happy New Year to you all!

 

when we took over this shop we inherited a vinyl cutter, which to be honest we havnt done much with, mainly because we simply dont know how to price jobs up,

 

just had a chap in wanting a sign replaced, that our predecessor had done for him, 12"x4", how do you go about costing this please???

 

cheers

 

mel

 

my minimum chargre for vinyl is £9.95 and thats what i would charge for that as you have to consider the cost of aplication tape and wastage aswell as the size of the sign

Craig

[TITs]

Ah Vinyl cutters my no 1 subject, The art of cutting vinyl is all in the detail,detail,detail. You are going to be slow for the first dozen signs but as you do more the faster you can knock them out, but even a basic sign can take you 20/30min unless you have everything at your fingertips and your in the right frame of mind, We charge £60 ph and work it back from there, if the job is going to take 20min then we charge £20 , for the sign you are talking about we would print it on an A3 epson printer on an sheet of A3 paper or on A4 sheets of white or clear printable vinyl , much cheaper and faster 5min, just like printing a poster you could print him 2 to a sheet so he has a spare, or print a sign for your door on the waste, We love our cutter , we use it for all sorts but printing is way easyer and faster and you can get started for under £150