Tailor Archive

"But, why is the minimum price per resource 5 credits? My basic resources are generally 3 or less (though I also add to the price based on various other factors)."

I knew it! You are basing your prices off 3cr per...

Ok, I set the default for master work to 3x

I also added Novice Tailor items.

AyaneKimusume, I added component charge of 3 and 4 credits. As to why I charge so much, I'd like to buy a large house, so I can display every item of clothing. I've already got most of formalwear displayed in my small house. Plus, it's nice having some extra money =)

JimTheCactus, no database, the component information is just coded into the php script. There's a link to a list of the items with number of components already on the page.

Thanks again for the input all, keep it coming!

-- I have absolutely no idea why people are charging such rediculous amounts of money for their items --

I charge what the market, on my server, will bear. 1k for hotpants, 1.5k for bustiers, 2k for twi'lek wraps - and I cannot keep them in stock. Tier 4 formal gowns between 3k and 4.5k, the occasional duster for 4k and 6k.

Why? Because I can and because I'm buying 75% of my resources off the planetary bazaars because my harvesters cannot keep up with my customers demands.

I have YET to hear a single complaint about my prices - in fact, several of my clients have asked why I sell for so LOW. If I sold for a flat rate of 1c per resource, I'd lose my ever-loving mind.

Tiffany's charges $15,000 for an item. You could obtain a resonable facsimilie of same from Target for $150. More people shop at Target than Tiffany's. Both businesses are alive and kicking, serving their individual markets. I prefer running a boutique with a Tiffany's "look and feel" instead of having half the server standing outside my house screaming for their "Matrix Ensemble"

I guess, the real reason I base my prices on (a) resource, (b) factory use, (c) tier, and (d) complexity is to keep my customer base small and under control.

-- I'm not in this game for money, I'm in this game for fun --

Same here. We aren't making real money anyways, so its all for fun. And doing fun things in-game requires in-game money (at least, the things I'm planning on require cash).

Holy moly, how do you charge only 3c per resource?!? I just ran my own calculator with 3 as base charge, and there's no way I could run all my harvestors, the factory, my house, and the vendor at those prices. Do you have other people helping you out?

I'm currently basing my pricing of real resources harvesting costs which can run from 0.33 to 0.77 per unit. You should at least have a 1 credit per unit spot in that calculator.

Ok, I have added as low as 1 credit per resource. Have fun charging that low though, I know I won't waste my time with those prices. At that point, you could easily make more money doing delivery missions. But that's why I made the calculator, I guess, for the variety of pricing

There is no modifier for items that take factory same items as well. I typically add a charge to those items to cover factory costs.

Fawe

Fawe's Fashions

Located south of Kor Vella, Corellia

Flurry

I love your calculator!

I set the resource value to 10, with 15 for a specific resource and level multiplier of 1,2,3,3,4 respectively, and it comes out awfully close to what I've been charging. I of course charge 8-15k for master items, 3-5k for tier IV, and about half that for lower levels.

Honestly, I think any less than that and your effort goes up substantially, and your profit goes up minimally. In the 5 days that I've been a master, I've increased my bank from 70k to 600k, with very little effort (making items, dropping on vendor, and occassionally putting items on bazaar with vendor loc.) This might not be a lot of money, but honestly, what am I going to do with 1,000,000 credits anyway?

Wow that's nice, I'm going to have to print out a list for reference. I used about the same modifiers as Saldeeve did and my prices were just about dead on. Though I do mark up things I sell alot of to keep the demand in line with my production.

I wish I had seen this yesterday. I created a spreadsheet in excel yesterday. It basically does the same thing except I hadn't added a special resources modifier to it yet.

Awesome Job

Rose Cha'ton

Bria

OMG!!!!! Thank you so very much. All crafting needs pricing standards. This is such a good start! Thanks for all the work!

I have one question, however. What does "Multiplier for Novice items" mean?

A couple quick additions...

You may want to add an extra charge for # of components. For example, the Ribbed Pants (3 components, 70 total resources) takes longer to make than the Link-Steel Gloves (1 component, 70 resources) so it should probably cost more. Maybe make it an optional thing - 5cr increments from 0 to 50 sound good?

For those of you who make the components in a factory and reason that it doesn't take longer to make - you then have to pay for the factory and loss of XP...

Also, I'm not sure how many people do this, but I have two fixed prices for "common" (non-titanium/thoranium/etc) resources - one for anything that can be mined, and a second, higher one, for hides and bone. Since that either takes active hunting or purchasing, I figure it's worth breaking the two types apart.