Post #447513 by Monkeyman on Thu, Apr 16, 2009 1:23 PM

As a person who makes stuff too (me)... its hard to separate yourself from the labor and cost involved in a project when you try to price it for sale. In the end you need to know your competition WELL and know what is in demand. Have your finger on the pulse of coolness.

Sometimes that is hard to do. Some of us will NEVER have the level of pure craftsmanship and artistic ability that some others here have. Thus our work will be priced lower.

No matter how much I practice and how hard I try, I will never carve as well as Crazy Al and thus my carvings will most likely never sell for the prices that his work commands.

With that in mind.. it doesnt matter how much you spent to make it or how long it took you to make. If its not on par with other $800 tiki bars.... then it wont sell for $800.

It is possible that there is such limited availability in your area of product like this that someone could be dying for a bar just like yours. Or perhaps they know so little of tiki stuff that this might be the coolest thing they have seen. For $800 it seems unlikely.

I only offer this perspective as someone who also fabricates his own work and thus has dealt with the pricing issues you currently face. I think its great you are making your own stuff and hope you keep sharing here on Tiki Central.

[ Edited by: Monkeyman 2009-04-16 13:42 ]