Steve Dalton on thu 14 oct 99
Hi everybody,
I'm trying to decide which kind to use.
I'm thinking of getting a price gun with
my pottery's name on the little pieces of
paper. My wife thinks I should go with
hang tags. Right now I'm using the little
squares on a larger piece of paper, peel
and stick type.
I feel that a price gun would be a lot faster,
saving time in packing and pricing before
or during a show.
Now here's my question...what type of
price label do you use?
Incase it makes a difference, I make functional
pottery.
Steve Dalton
sdpotter@gte.net
Cindy Strnad, Earthen Vessels Pottery on fri 15 oct 99
Steve,
I had stickers printed with my business name, "Lead-Free", MW/DW safe,
address, and phone number. These go on each pot. I used to use tie-on tags,
but that became too much work. Also, they were a problem with bowls and
plates, obviously. Currently, I use the peel-off price labels, but plan to
get a pricing gun. If you do a large number of pieces at the same price, I'm
sure it will be worth it for you. Takes a little while to set the price,
however, so if your prices vary a lot, you wouldn't save much time.
Cindy Strnad
Earthen Vessels Pottery
Custer, SD
Janet Kaiser on fri 15 oct 99
The "neatest" price tagging I have seen to date is by Judy Adams (Hi Judy!
:-)
A little bead of clay with a string through and a card label attached with
her name one side and all "pot details" on the other. This idea combines all
the information your customers could possibly need. The tag is then hung
over the edge of the pot with the little clay bead as a counter-balance.
Here in The Chapel of Art, we use foam-board with laser printed labels stuck
on. We frown on sticky labels and the public appreciate not having to
scratch off ultra sticky ones. But that is in a gallery context, where I
know every single pot "personally" so there is no way a label can be
switched "accidentally on purpose".
If anyone is going to the expense of having labels printed, leave a space
below the maker's details and address for the price. But do not choose gold
labels: they are difficult to write on. This kills two birds with one stone:
your customers can contact you at a later date and you have a price label.
I personally feel those label gun labels "cheapen" work and make it look
like a "cut price store". If you really have to label work, at least
hand-written looks individual and personal... Just a further expression of
the time and effort that has gone into making each individual piece. Not a
kind of "slap 'em on, chuck 'em out" feel!
As I say, just my opinion!
Janet Kaiser
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Dalton
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>snip<
>I'm thinking of getting a price gun with
>my pottery's name on the little pieces of
>paper. My wife thinks I should go with
>hang tags. Right now I'm using the little
>squares on a larger piece of paper, peel
>and stick type.
(snip)
Chris Campbell on sat 16 oct 99
Steve -
Everything in your booth says something about you and your work. More
importantly, it tells people at a glance what YOU think about your pottery.
Stop and think about what you want to say.
Are you willing to say that your work is only worth the time it takes to
zap on a sticky tag?
Or would you like to create a little tag that tells people it is
handmade by you, how and where it can be used, put your name, address and
phone number so they can call you to get more. Tell your customers " Thanks
for buying this, I appreciate you."
This need not be expensive and can be printed on your computer using the
new stock of decorative papers that you can find at Office Depot. Or just on
a heavier grade of paper that they will cut to size for only pennies. You can
use tiny little stickers to put the prices at the bottom corner.
People love these tags as it makes gift giving more special and the
price is easily removed by taking off the sticky tag.
Always bear in mind that everything in your booth tells people something
that either makes them come in or walk by.
Chris - in Carolina - wondering why elements decide to wear out in late
October !!
Dwiggins, Sandra (NCI) on mon 18 oct 99
What I started doing a few years ago, was putting an inexpensive gold sticky
lable imprinted with my name, address etc. These are quite easy to remove and
they look very nice. I then add hang tags that are hung on by their strings for
the price. That way, buyers have a label on the work that they don't have to
worry about losing when they give the gift, and they can easily cut off the hang
tag. Since it's not always possible to put a tag on bowls, etc. this seemed a
good solution for me at the time.
This year I have a line of work that was inspired by a particular person with a
specific design vision so for these pieces, I plan to print up a special card
about that vision and include it with each piece. This was just one of the
excellent marketing ideas given at the Craft Business Institute.
Sandy
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Campbell [SMTP:CCPottery@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 1999 8:18 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: Re: Price Tags
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Steve -
Everything in your booth says something about you and your work. More
importantly, it tells people at a glance what YOU think about your pottery.
Stop and think about what you want to say.
Are you willing to say that your work is only worth the time it takes to
zap on a sticky tag?
Or would you like to create a little tag that tells people it is
handmade by you, how and where it can be used, put your name, address and
phone number so they can call you to get more. Tell your customers " Thanks
for buying this, I appreciate you."
This need not be expensive and can be printed on your computer using the
new stock of decorative papers that you can find at Office Depot. Or just on
a heavier grade of paper that they will cut to size for only pennies. You can
use tiny little stickers to put the prices at the bottom corner.
People love these tags as it makes gift giving more special and the
price is easily removed by taking off the sticky tag.
Always bear in mind that everything in your booth tells people something
that either makes them come in or walk by.
Chris - in Carolina - wondering why elements decide to wear out in late
October !!
Jennifer Boyer on wed 20 oct 99
Watch out for price gun stickers. I used them for years. The
stickers I had were VERY hard to remove. I've gone back to hand
written prices on Avery stickers for shows. Got sick of using
Goo Gone to get those stickers off! I got my gun from Monarch.
It did save time. You could get one with changeable numbers
under your name, if you had a coding system. They might have
different levels of "sticky".
Jennifer
Steve Dalton wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hi everybody,
> I'm trying to decide which kind to use.
> I'm thinking of getting a price gun with
> my pottery's name on the little pieces of
> paper. My wife thinks I should go with
> hang tags. Right now I'm using the little
> squares on a larger piece of paper, peel
> and stick type.
> I feel that a price gun would be a lot faster,
> saving time in packing and pricing before
> or during a show.
> Now here's my question...what type of
> price label do you use?
> Incase it makes a difference, I make functional
> pottery.
> Steve Dalton
> sdpotter@gte.net
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logan johnson on mon 7 aug 06
Hi Gang,
With all the work needed to open my little shop ( pulling up glued carpet , re-finishing hard wood floors, painting & such) I didn't have time , energy or cash to deal with
bi-fold tags or cards or anything nice like that. So I decided to use my grandmothers old hand held Dymo machine. I grabbed a multi color pack of the replacement tape so I could get as close to matching the glaze color as I could . When I couldn't get close to the glaze color I used black. I learned if I stick the tape to the shelves in front of a batch of bowls I don't need to put a label on every bowl or whatever. The tape also stuck better to the shelf. I plan on using a small bi-fold card with my logo on the front. On the inside describing the piece , any instructions & the price. Dymo labels are NOT what I'm going to use permanently cause the glue doesn't stick as well as I'd like on pottery & it CERTAINLY does not give the impression that my customers are buying high quality products. But the labels did work in a pinch. They also looked better than my hand written prices on little white sticky circles
Just my two cents worth,
Logan
Logan Johnson
Yakima Valley Pottery & Supply
719 W Nob Hill Blvd. Ste C
Yakima, WA 98902
509.469.6966
www.audeostudios.com
"Carpe Argillam!!"
W J Seidl on tue 8 aug 06
The problem with that, Logan, (and I have personally run into this type =
of
customer):
You label the shelf, not the product.
Customer comes in, sees the price and decides it's too much, so
when you're not looking, customer moves the piece to whatever price he =
or
she thinks is suitable, or what they think they can get away with.
And yes, they WILL argue with you about it, even when they have been =
spotted
by a witness.
Label the product, dear.
Best,
Wayne
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of logan =
johnson
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 1:45 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Price tags
Hi Gang,
With all the work needed to open my little shop ( pulling up glued =
carpet
, re-finishing hard wood floors, painting & such) I didn't have time ,
energy or cash to deal with
bi-fold tags or cards or anything nice like that. So I decided to use =
my
grandmothers old hand held Dymo machine. I grabbed a multi color pack of =
the
replacement tape so I could get as close to matching the glaze color as =
I
could . When I couldn't get close to the glaze color I used black. I
learned if I stick the tape to the shelves in front of a batch of bowls =
I
don't need to put a label on every bowl or whatever. The tape also stuck
better to the shelf. I plan on using a small bi-fold card with my logo =
on
the front. On the inside describing the piece , any instructions & the
price. Dymo labels are NOT what I'm going to use permanently cause =
the
glue doesn't stick as well as I'd like on pottery & it CERTAINLY does =
not
give the impression that my customers are buying high quality products.
But the labels did work in a pinch. They also looked better than my hand
written prices on little white sticky circles
Just my two cents worth,
Logan
Logan Johnson
Yakima Valley Pottery & Supply
719 W Nob Hill Blvd. Ste C
Yakima, WA 98902
509.469.6966
www.audeostudios.com
"Carpe Argillam!!"
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Mark Issenberg on tue 8 aug 06
Ive been buying Avery 3/4 round white tags for years .. The last pack of
1000 has the white backing and its hard to find the tag,, seems they are set up
for printing on computers..The Avery # 05408 are the tags that i dont like..
Is any one else using the 3/4 round white Avery tags? Can you tell me the
Avery number if it does not have the white background?
Thanks
Mark on Lookout Mountain
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