Question: Dear Robin, I have only been doing scrapbooing for almost two years and only on my spare time. Various friends of mine have asked me to make them scrapbooking albums for them with their pictures and have offered to pay me money for the job. I really am not sure how much to charge for each page because I really do not want to chage a very expensive cost nor charge to little and latter need more money to complete the costs. Can you please let me know the range of money that I should charge per page? Any guidence of where to find more information about this topic will be greatly appreciated. Oh, your page is just so great keep up the good work.
Answer: Of course it would always depend on how elaborate you make the pages. I would first take about 10 of your pages and average out the cost of making them (i.e. scrapbooking supplies, paper, adhesive, wear and tear on your cutting tools etc.). Once you have this cost, I would then figure out the time you spend on each page and average that out. For example, let’s say it cost you $20 to make 10 pages - that’s $2/page. And let say it took 5 hours to make them all - 1/2 hour per page (if you do these in bulk it could cost less and take less time). Once you see how much money and time you are putting into these pages, then you can estimate how much your time is worth. If you charged $7 per page - $2 for supplies, you would make $5 per page. At that cost you would make $10/hour (because it takes 1 hour to make 2 pages).
Here are some companies that do charge for custom scrapbooking. Keep in mind that these are professional comapanies and their prices reflect that. But this might help you friends see that you would be giving them a deal to do it for them.
http://www.generationscrap.com/pricing.htm
http://www.customscrapbookmaker.com/pricing.html
http://www.savannahscrapbooks.com/pricing.htm
http://www.bcdservices.com/stores/handmadeheirlooms/store/
http://www.photosintheattic.com/services.htm
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