chrisasst Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Ok, if I buy critters from millcreek, this is what I figured as my price point....if I buy 6 / $24 = 4.00 a pieceshipping would be 1.63 a pieceFO= (1.5 oz) lets say I have an 8oz bottle that I paid $9.00 for...that would be $1.72 for 1.5ozwax= .13 /oz x 16 = 2.08Cello bag =.20grand total of4.00+1.63+1.72+2.08+.20 = 9.63 x 2 =19.269.63 x 3 = 28.89so whole sale pricing would be 19.26 and retail be 28.89 ??????is this correct and who would buy these at this price..Grant is I can go locally and buy critters, I think someone said the dollar tree sells them, but that would only knock off a few bucks....anyway....help me understand this please.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinDucky Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 $5.63 per bear is rather expensive. Even so, I think of the bears like jars for container candles and only double it. I don't remember the exact breakdown of mine, but I round it off to $20. Baby Bears are $25 because they have more decorations and are personalized with the baby's name. I don't do wholesale so this is the normal price. I don't make a large profit, but that's ok. I make enough to be worthwhile. Since I'm in a rather backwoods locations, I can't charge high society prices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky_CO Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Well since wholesale is all about larger quantity so you would need to get your price down one way is to buy larger quanity yourself of your supplies. Or do like Satin says and just double you money and do not mess with wholesaling them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinDucky Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Oh, forgot to add.... in your cost there you didn't mention a base. Some people may sell them without a base but I would advise against that. I actually glue mine to the plate so they're not tempted to set them on furniture that the FO could damage. I use the glass desert plates from WalMart for $1. I don't triple that price either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisasst Posted April 1, 2008 Author Share Posted April 1, 2008 even if I bought them at bittercreek ( $99 / 36 ) it would still come out to $3.50 a bear...Could I use a plastic type plate for the base? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinDucky Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 You probably could if you knew exactly what kind of plastic it is and that it wouldn't react to or dissolve under the FO...too complicated for me to mess with though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country Crafter Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Actually wholesale looks to keystone at minimun plus any ship costs. So if your wholesale cost is $19 + dollars a retailer would look to at least double that plus shipping on the shelf. Pretty pricey I think for the bears from a retailers standpoint. (But I don't do bears so I am not sure of the going prices on the shelf.)Wendy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowball907 Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 My WalMart has the glass dessert plates for 67 cents. Every little bit helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barncat Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Ok, if I buy critters from millcreek, this is what I figured as my price point....if I buy 6 / $24 = 4.00 a pieceshipping would be 1.63 a pieceFO= (1.5 oz) lets say I have an 8oz bottle that I paid $9.00 for...that would be $1.72 for 1.5ozwax= .13 /oz x 16 = 2.08Cello bag =.20grand total of4.00+1.63+1.72+2.08+.20 = 9.63 x 2 =19.269.63 x 3 = 28.89so whole sale pricing would be 19.26 and retail be 28.89 ??????is this correct and who would buy these at this price..Grant is I can go locally and buy critters, I think someone said the dollar tree sells them, but that would only knock off a few bucks....anyway....help me understand this please..If you read my thing in the classroom list up top, truly in order to do wholesale (IMHO) you need to get your costs down, to be able to compete. Out of the items you have listed, I can do the same for $4.77. Don't forget, you don't have your labor included there. I have a freind in the wholsale biz that wholesales hers for $11.00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisasst Posted April 1, 2008 Author Share Posted April 1, 2008 I don't plan on selling wholesale at this time.....just a number I threw in there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberly Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I do wholesale on the bears...they sell like crazy. I have right at $6 into each finished bear. That is including the plate. I wholesale them for $11 and retail them for $15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connie Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 My bears go for $22.99 for the 7.5 and 17.99 for the 6". You might want to try and get your bears from First and Main. That would cut your cost alittle. You could also buy you oil at the 16oz. price. Every little bit helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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