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CHARGE PER FACE????
by tiggas_boo2003 on Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:21 am
hello guys im new to this and i find it very helpful... but can anyone tell me how much i should charge per face i always get stuck on my prices and tend to lower them although i do use alot of time on a face to make it stand out i usually charge $5.00 full face $3.00 half and $1.00 cheek art are these good prices? please help facepaint friends 
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Re: CHARGE PER FACE????
by rthling on Thu Nov 03, 2011 3:00 pm
I have $5 and $8 designs and do $1 moustaches on the face or the finger.
It really depends upon the venue, though. I found out the hard way at my first big PPF event, that people were paying ridiculous prices for everything except my painting. I could have made at least double what I made. But I figure that it gave people a chance to be painted that may not have been able to afford it. Next time, I will research the venue better, and not have the prices already on my menu. I will add them once I know what is reasonable for the customers to expect to pay.
It really depends upon the venue, though. I found out the hard way at my first big PPF event, that people were paying ridiculous prices for everything except my painting. I could have made at least double what I made. But I figure that it gave people a chance to be painted that may not have been able to afford it. Next time, I will research the venue better, and not have the prices already on my menu. I will add them once I know what is reasonable for the customers to expect to pay.
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Re: CHARGE PER FACE????
by Denise Cold on Thu Nov 03, 2011 4:55 pm
I think there is a whole thread on this somewhere...but I'm at $3 or cheek, $5 or crown/half face and $8 for a full face.
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Re: CHARGE PER FACE????
by helena on Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:37 pm
Welcome!
Depends on the situation - I was at $5 no matter what, but depending on how busy it is I might charge $3 for cheek/$5 for face, to keep things going
(people don't seem willing to pay much for ppf in my area.)
Depends on the situation - I was at $5 no matter what, but depending on how busy it is I might charge $3 for cheek/$5 for face, to keep things going
(people don't seem willing to pay much for ppf in my area.)
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Re: CHARGE PER FACE????
by a face painting mom on Sat Nov 05, 2011 5:40 pm
It does depend on the venue, but I think we all start ourselves too low, and bump up after just a little. 5, 8 and 10 seem pretty reasonble. but if the day is slow, I would rather paint than sit! I put things on "special" so that it just looks like a good deal if things are slow!
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Re: CHARGE PER FACE????
by anniel on Sun Nov 06, 2011 12:23 am
I did 7 & 10 at Halloween---I hate cheek art, & figured if I priced it high, people would choose full face --- it worked usually, or I developed the cheek art to where I would get tipped the extra three...
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Re: CHARGE PER FACE????
by Stacia on Sun Nov 06, 2011 11:15 am
Welcome!
Tell us a little about yourself
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I think what you can charge varies by event too, I read somewhere on here that you can usually tell how much you can get away with charging by the price of a bottle of water at the event, $1=cheap, $2=moderate, $3 or more=go all out. At my last PPF the water was $2 and I started out charging $4, $6 & $8...but everyone kept saying my prices were so cheap and that I should charge more (and my line was 2 hours long!!!)...so I kept some at the old prices and added some at $10, $12 & $15 just to see if people would pay it....and THEY TOTALLY DID!!! So next time I think I won't vary my prices that much, but I'm going to raise them for sure.
Tell us a little about yourself
. I think what you can charge varies by event too, I read somewhere on here that you can usually tell how much you can get away with charging by the price of a bottle of water at the event, $1=cheap, $2=moderate, $3 or more=go all out. At my last PPF the water was $2 and I started out charging $4, $6 & $8...but everyone kept saying my prices were so cheap and that I should charge more (and my line was 2 hours long!!!)...so I kept some at the old prices and added some at $10, $12 & $15 just to see if people would pay it....and THEY TOTALLY DID!!! So next time I think I won't vary my prices that much, but I'm going to raise them for sure.
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Re: CHARGE PER FACE????
by kate_777 on Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:41 pm
Stacia wrote:Welcome!
Tell us a little about yourself
I think what you can charge varies by event too, I read somewhere on here that you can usually tell how much you can get away with charging by the price of a bottle of water at the event, $1=cheap, $2=moderate, $3 or more=go all out. At my last PPF the water was $2 and I started out charging $4, $6 & $8...but everyone kept saying my prices were so cheap and that I should charge more (and my line was 2 hours long!!!)...so I kept some at the old prices and added some at $10, $12 & $15 just to see if people would pay it....and THEY TOTALLY DID!!! So next time I think I won't vary my prices that much, but I'm going to raise them for sure.
Don't you love it when that happens? I teach private violin lessons and my rates have gradually gone from $10 for a 1/2 hour lesson to $30.
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Re: CHARGE PER FACE????
by TheGildedCat on Sun Nov 06, 2011 7:20 pm
I don't charge less than $5 for anything unless it's a few sprinkles of flowers or a small butterfly on the hand of a patient/tolerant toddler.
5/8/10/12 is reasonable for small seasonal fairs
Larger county/state fairs could easily do 8/10/12/15/20+ depending on the venue.
5/8/10/12 is reasonable for small seasonal fairs
Larger county/state fairs could easily do 8/10/12/15/20+ depending on the venue.
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