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Derek:
Well done Pete. hope all goes well for both of you

John Plater:

--- Quote from: bodrighywood on July 02, 2020, 06:33:09 PM ---We  put it in the gallery and put a price on it. The gallery then has its own mark up price. They are responsible for the items as long as they are in their possession and are responsible for marketing and sales. Standard practice.

Pete

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Hello Pete and Mo,
That for me is where the problems might start. If you are making sales independently at the same time as having work in a gallery which is relatively close to home, how do you reconcile any price differential where a potential customer may perceive that one is cheaper than the other ? When a gallery puts on commission and VAT where appropriate, a piece may become much more expensive than the regular craft show price. A 100% mark up and VAT could make the turner's £100 piece a £220 piece (0r £240 if VAT is put on the whole price and not just the gallery commission) Maybe a more typical mark up may be much less, say 30%. I have experience of gallery commission across that range. Alternatively, in order to "match" the two, your wholesale price becomes too low to be worthwhile. I am not knocking the gallery systems as they have a facility and staffing costs to pay for and it might be considered that their cohort of regular customers and often being open seven days a week offers alternative advantages. My own answer was to increase my craft show prices so that I could offer a more realistic wholesale price to the few galleries I have been involved with and give parity to the point of sale prices. Not quite so important if a distance is involved between the home market and the gallery clientele ?
ATB John

bodrighywood:
Hi John, we mulled this one over before deciding that we would accept the same price from the gallery as we asked for at shopws. We have increades outr prices for tmuch of our work at shpows thia last couple of years anyway.The shows that we do are a log way from the location of the gallery so there is not likely to be a crossover of potential customers and wherever we sell items from we will get thje same money. I have known galleries with up to 200% markup but they have been in London and a bit lout of our range at gthe moment LOL. End of the day even a 30% markup means if I want £100 for a piece the gallery would be selling it for aroiund £145  as they take 30% of the retail price not the wholesale price. So many thigs to favctor in. When doing shows I am selling for the same proice but have to factor in the cost of the show, accomodation as well as the nasic cost of materials, time etc. It's swings and roundabouts. Again I am fortiunate as Mo was involved in selling high end custom furniture for many years so at least one of us has some understanding LOL. Like I have said before we all need a MO.

Pete

Bryan Milham:
Pete, your work and your collaborations with Mo are so different to the normal turners round and brown I'm not surprised that they took to your work so readily.

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