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post #1 of 9
1/11/13 at 5:53pm
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I have someone who is wanted these scrolled cake pops. I quoted her $4 each. I am a registered home bakery and have an EIN # with IRS, so I do collect taxes. 

 

Does this seem high?

 

 

 

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post #2 of 9
1/12/13 at 4:28am

I don't think so.  Truthfully, if it were me, I would probably charge more just as a deterrent.  I think I would go insane dipping all of those and having to individually decorate them like that.

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post #3 of 9
1/12/13 at 11:52am
Those are cute and very time consuming im surprised someone would pay that price even though $4 isnt expensive just because of all the work I just think people are really cheap when it comes to cakes or cakepops
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post #4 of 9
1/12/13 at 12:47pm

I'd say charge what you think your time is worth. If they don't like the price, they'll cancel their order, and you won't be stuck spending on hours working on something for little to no pay :) 

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post #5 of 9
1/12/13 at 1:40pm
How long will it take you to make each one? $4 might be on the low side.
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post #6 of 9
1/12/13 at 7:41pm
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I would probably take me from rolling to dipping to finish work about 20 min each I guess. I am going to try to make one tomorrow to see what the actual time is. It is for a friend, but I am no longer offering huge discounts for friends. She is also trying to make me feel bad for not making the cake.She can't afford it she says, but yet she can set up a whole table from pinterest ideas, LOL

 

I agree, I tend to overprice certain orders higher, so if I do get hired for them, then I am getting paid very well to do them.icon_biggrin.gif

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post #7 of 9
1/12/13 at 7:46pm
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I would probably take me from rolling to dipping to finish work about 20 min each I guess.

Given a reasonable wage of $15/hour, the labor cost alone for each one would be $5, and that's not including ingredients or markup. A price of $4 would probably be equivalent to paying yourself $7-8/hour.
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post #8 of 9
1/12/13 at 8:02pm

I have made those before for Christmas, red with green scrolls.  Once you do a few practice ones, they won't take 20 minutes each.  If the customer is willing to py $4 each, then that is the right price.  It's all about what the market will bear.  Where I live, $2.00 is about the max I could charge.

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post #9 of 9
1/13/13 at 10:42am

it takes a lot of time to do cake pops, and scroll work is even more work. i say you're pretty much on target.  BUT you will always find customers who are hoping to get something as cheap as they get, so if they're not happy, don't take it as an offense.  they need to realize that time is a lot of your cost.

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