Reply to "What to Charge for Hand Painted Biscuits?"

Thanks Julie -
Sorry, I may have explained myself badly.

I intend to make my own model from my own costs (I already have a homemade spreadsheet which does this and which I have used for the past 2 years-  to accurately monitor what costs were associated with each lot of biscuits i've made to date. While I wasn't in business & only made for family and friends - I wanted to know what 'prices' would eventually be needed if it were to be a viable business option)

I am now looking at 'going into business' but i would like to have a 'quick guide' for customers based on the one Sugar belle uses - as I think this is a great (and relatively simple way) for a customer to quickly gauge what they 'may' be up for, in terms of cost - I think having something clearly available is important.

While hand painting a cookie itself may take more time than icing one - it doesn't have the time associated with mixing and perfecting icing colours either - So depending on the number of cookies needing to be done (as i really have only done relatively small batches to date) it would seem negligable because of this.

I fear having two separate models may then become confusing/overload to a customer - which psychologically - is not a great marketing tool, So possibly delegating 'hand painted' to one of the already charted categories may be a more fluent way of getting an approximate pricing point across to the customer.

I was also curious to see how others price their hand painted biscuits compared to their RI biscuits, especially as they may have had the good fortune of doing large hand painted orders